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This is Poto, a little female humpback whale calf, resting under her mother's chin. The tender, loving bond between humpback whale mothers and their babies is unmistakeable. Poto was the 19th calf I identified during the 2010 humpback whale season in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.

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Keywords

  • South Pacific
  • Tonga
  • Vava'u
  • Humpback Whale
  • Animalia
  • Chordata
  • Mammalia
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Eutheria
  • Cetacea
  • Mysticeti
  • Balaenopteridae
  • Marine Mammal
  • Baleen Whale
  • Rorqual
  • Mysticete
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Endangered: IUCN Red List
  • CITES Appendix 1
  • Filter Feeder
  • Calf
  • Juvenile
  • Mother and Calf

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This is Poto, a little female humpback whale calf, resting under her mother's chin. The tender, loving bond between humpback whale mothers and their babies is unmistakeable. Poto was the 19th calf I identified during the 2010 humpback whale season in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.