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  • This is a north Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae novaeangliae) pursuing a large school of herring in the cold, dark water of Arctic winter. The humpback whale swallowed several mouthfuls of fish during this foraging period.
    humpback-whale-pursuing-herring-norw...tif
  • This is a male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) playing at the ocean surface, using his pectoral fin to sweep through the water, leaving turbulence and bubbles in its wake. The calf’s mother was resting below.
    humpback-whale-calf-playing-megapter...tif
  • This is a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) demonstrating the tremendous power of its fluke and caudal musculature. The whale has just lifted its fluke out of the water prior to whipping it back to hit the ocean. This produces a loud percussive sound that reveberates through both air and water.
    humpback-whale-tail-slap-tonga-20180...tif
  • This is a female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) swimming together with her mother at depth, ventral surfaces of both whales clearly visible. The proximity of the calf to mother and similarity of body language underscores the bond between the two. This mother and calf were accompanied by at least three escort whales in a dynamic situation.
    humpback-whale-mother-calf-tonga-201...tif
  • Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), one of six whales involved in a competitive group heat run
    humpback-whale-breaching-heat-run-to...tif
  • This is a female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) nursing. To ask for milk, the calf presses her rostrum and tongue against her mother’s mammary slits, as pictured here. Extended periods of nursing are often followed by bouts of play, after a calf has in effect been re-fueled.
    humpback-whale-calf-nursing-201808-3...tif
  • Head-on view of an adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) at rest, with her male calf visible in the background and slightly deeper than she is.
    humpback-whale-female-with-calf-2016...tif
  • This is the view from beneath a male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing at the ocean surface. The calf had just lifted its caudal region out of the water, then flipped over so that his belly was facing upward while he spun his body around. This had the effect of whipping his fluke in a circle, leaving a wake of bubbles, froth and whitewater as seen here. This type of play behavior is typical among healthy humpback whale calves.
    humpback-whale-calf-male-playing-ton...tif
  • Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) demonstrating incredible power as it launches itself from the ocean
    humpback-whale-breaching-201608-3916.tif
  • This is a male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis), one of four males engaged in a heat run centered upon and female with calf. This male was unusually aggressive, shown here making a U-turn to swim directly toward me.
    humpback-whale-male-201008-5926.tif
  • Pictured here is a relaxed female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) stationary in the water, with her female calf heading to the surface for a breath of air. Strong, direct sunlight illuminated fine particles, creating a shimmering curtain of sunbeams in the water.
    humpback-whale-female-with-calf-sunb...tif
  • Male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) playing just below the ocean surface
    humpback-whale-calf-male-playing-ton...tif
  • Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping at the ocean surface, playing with her mom and an escort.
    humpback-whale-calf-tail-slap-tonga-...tif
  • Lone juvenile male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) engaged in a spyhop at the ocean surface.
    humpback-whale-juvenile-male-spyhop-...tif
  • Male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) breaching on a sunny day in the South Pacific
    humpback-whale-calf-breaching-tonga-...tif
  • Energetic, playful female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) rolled over on her back, slapping the ocean surface with her fluke.
    humpback-whale-calf-female-playing-t...tif
  • This is a male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) engaged in play while his mother rests at the ocean surface. Young calves often rub against and roll on top of their mothers’ rostrum when the females and calves are at the surface.
    humpback-whale-calf-playing-mothers-...tif
  • This is an adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) spyhopping at the ocean surface with her pectoral fin extended. This female was accompanied by an adult male, which fended off other males from time to time.
    humpback-whale-female-spyhop-extende...tif
  • This is a playful male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) practicing how to make big splashes and loud sounds with his fluke and caudal region. Skills like this will become an important part of life for this calf once it matures.
    humpback-whale-calf-male-tail-slap-t...tif
  • Male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) calf playing at the ocean surface after coming up to breathe. His mother was resting below at a depth of around 20 meters.
    humpback-whale-calf-male-201808-2253.tif
  • Aerial view of a dead humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) stranded on a remote beach. This calf was female.
    dead-humpback-whale-calf-south-afric...tif
  • This is a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) bringing her fluke down, creating a foot print or fluke print at the ocean surface, with streams of bubbles trailing from the leading points at the either tip of her fluke. This female was accompanied by a male. The two rested together, rubbing bellies at one point. The male also sang while with the female.
    humpback-whale-female-fluke-surface-...tif
  • Male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) swimming just under the ocean surface, partially backlit by dramatic rays of sunlight
    humpback-whale-calf-male-tonga-20180...tif
  • A juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing by raising and slapping its pectoral fin, with snow-capped mountains visible in the background. Photographed in Chatham Strait, Alaska
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  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in front of Hunga island in Vava'u, Tonga
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  • This is what it looks like when a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) comes up for a breath while swimming at speed. The whale forcefully expels air from its lungs, often creating massive water spray, then takes quick, deep breaths before submerging again.
    humpback-whale-expelling-air-to-take...tif
  • Adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in tail slapping with her calf. The calf is slapping its fluke in the normal manner, with ventral side down, while its mother is tail slapping with dorsal side down, hitting the dorsal surface of her fluke on the ocean surface. This type of joint activity is common with humpback whale mother and babies. The calf is Orion, the 13th calf I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-mother-calf-tail-slap...tif
  • Male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) hanging out under his resting mother. From this angle, the acorn barnacles (Coronula diadema) attached to the adult humpback whale are clearly visible, as are the marks left from where barnacles have fallen off.
    humpback-whale-calf-resting-under-mo...tif
  • Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship (male visible in the rear), slapping the water and creating an impressive bubble stream. These whales were extremely friendly. They engaged for several hours with people in the water.
    humpback-whales-engaged-in-courtship...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a reverse tail slap, with dorsal surface hitting the surface of the ocean. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • During courtship, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sometimes swim together in a graceful manner reminiscent of a choreographed performance, and take an interest in boats and people. The two whales pictured here are a good example. The closer whale is the male, while the darker whale in the background performing a spyhop is the female. I came across this pair outside the Hunga island area in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whales-engaged-in-courtship...tif
  • Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing at the surface by slapping its tail on the water. This calf was the 44th calf I ID-ed in the 2011 season. She had multiple wounds over her body, including this prominent wound on her fluke. I don't know the cause of the wounds, but I believe that the possibility of an attack by false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) is high.
    injured-humpback-whale-megaptera-nov...tif
  • Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) heading to the surface for a breath of air while her mother waits patiently below
    humpback-whale-mother-calf-megaptera...tif
  • Adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with Hina Hina, humpback whale calf #1 of the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga. The juxtaposition of mother and calf shows the relative size between adult and baby.
    megaptera-novaeangliae-humpback-whal...tif
  • Humpback whale singer (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hunga Channel. Visibility was poor, but the whale was highly cooperative. Fluke at 10 to 20 meters.
    humpback-whale-singer-megaptera-nova...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
    breaching-humpback-whale-megaptera-n...tif
  • Energetic heat run comprising eight humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The whales spent a considerable amount of time at the surface, splashing and creating a commotion.
    humpback-whale-heat-run-megaptera-no...tif
  • This is Tahaua, calf #12 of the 2011 humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) season in Vava'u, Tonga with mom. Tahaua is a female calf, and this was the third of three encounters with this mother and calf pair.
    humpback-whale-female-with-calf-mega...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing to take a breath, expelling air from its lungs and sending a spray of water and bubbles from its nostrils on top of its head. This was one of several whales engaged in a heat run.
    humpback-whale-surfacing-to-breathe-...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf slapping its tail at the ocean surface. The calf was playing together with its mother, which is common behavior for humpback whale mother and calf pairs. This calf, which I named Orion, was the 13th calf I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-calf-tail-slap-megapt...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a reverse tail slap, with dorsal surface hitting the surface of the ocean. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-reverse-tail-slap-meg...tif
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) entangled by longline fishing gear. This whale was still able to swim, but was very weak. The fishing line had immobilized both pectoral fins, slicing through them as is visible here. The whale was infested with whale lice (Cyamus boopis), and there were a number of large sharks trailing it, including tiger sharks and bronze whalers. Another healthy whale was accompanying this whale, though it was clearly unable to assist. This whale most likely died soon after this sighting.
    longline-fishing-gear-entanglement-h...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeanglia) slashing its tail from right to left, kicking up a curtain of water in the process
    humpback-whale-tail-slash-megaptera-...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf playing at the ocean surface. The calf was tail slapping together with its mother. Playing together like this is common behavior for humpback whale mother and calf pairs. This calf, which I named Orion, was the 13th calf I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-calf-fluke-megaptera-...tif
  • A competitive heat run comprising seven humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), with six males vying for the favor of a female whale, the dark individual visible behind the foremost whale. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
    humpback-whale-heat-run-tonga-megapt...tif
  • Friendly male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) with his mother. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
    humpback-whale-mother-and-calf-tonga...tif
  • Close-up view of the pectoral fin of a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was one of the two whales in a courting pair. She was very friendly and approached closely on a number of occasions. Note what appear to be parasites attached to some of the barnacles on the pectoral fin.
    close-up-view-pectoral-fin-humpback-...tif
  • Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship. The male is in the foreground, female in the background. These whales were extremely friendly and engaged for several hours with people in the water. Male/ female pairs engaged in courtship often swim in graceful motions like this.
    graceful-humpback-whale-courtship-me...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a reverse tail slap, with dorsal surface hitting the surface of the ocean. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-reverse-tail-slap-meg...tif
  • Adult male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching at Toku Island. This was an escort that remained with a mother and calf, the 14th calf I ID-ed in the 2011 season in Tonga, for at least 14 days. Note that some of the tubercles on the whale's head are red, likely due to confrontations with other male humpback whales. I witnessed several such confrontations underwater that involved significant body contact.
    humpback-whale-breaching-megaptera-n...tif
  • Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at Toku Island. This was the bigger of two whales that were traveling together. The other whale did not breach, while this one breached repeatedly.
    breaching-humpback-whale-megaptera-n...tif
  • This is a pair of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship. The whale in the foreground is the female. The darker one below is the male. The whales in this encounter were inquisitive and proactively sought out attention.
    humpback-whale-courtship-megaptera-n...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing on the ocean surface in an unusual position. The whale is flipped over on its back, raising its fluke high into the air and slapping the surface repeatedly with the dorsal surface of its posterior. The whale is using its pectoral fins to maintain balance while engaging in acrobatics.
    humpback-whale-playing-at-ocean-surf...tif
  • Pair of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship. The female is in the foreground. She is at the surface, re-entering the water after performing a spyhop. Note how graceful and delicate the movement of her pectoral fin is.
    humpback-whale-courtship-megaptera-n...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing to take a breath, expelling air from its lungs and sending a spray of water and bubbles from its nostrils on top of its head. This was one of several whales engaged in a heat run.
    humpback-whale-surfacing-to-breathe-...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a series of tail slaps. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-fluke-tail-slap-megap...tif
  • This is Orion, the 13th humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga. The calf played for several hours with its mother, in calm waters off the coast of Hunga Island.
    humpback-whale-calf-fluke-tail-slap-...tif
  • Adult male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching at Toku Island. This was an escort that was associated with a mother and calf (Tahafa, calf #14 of the 2011 season in Tonga) for at least 14 days. Note that some of the tubercles on the whale's head are red, likely due to confrontations with other male humpback whales. I witnessed several such confrontations underwater that involved significant body contact.
    breaching-humpback-whale-megaptera-n...tif
  • A very young male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae), photographed in North Bay, Vava'u island group, Kingdom of Tonga.
    very-young-humpback-whale-calf-megap...tif
  • Male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) splashing around with its fluke at the ocean surface. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
    humpback-whale-calf-splashing-with-f...tif
  • Frenzied heat run of five humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The whale in the foreground is one of the males. Its fluke passed right in front of me. The female is the dark whale in the lower left.
    high-speed-heat-run-humpback-whales-...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a reverse tail slap, with dorsal surface hitting the surface of the ocean. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-reverse-tail-slap-meg...tif
  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
    humpback-whale-fluke-megaptera-novae...tif
  • This breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a female that was with its calf (that I named Orion), the 13th I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga. The conditions were calm on this day, and the mother and calf spent a long time playing around the boat. The island in the background is Hunga Island.
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  • Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). This is an escort that was with Tahafa, calf #14 of the 2011 season in Tonga, and mother for an extended period of time spanning at least 14 days.
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  • Adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in tail slapping with her calf. The calf is slapping its fluke in the normal manner, with ventral side down, while its mother is tail slapping with dorsal side down, hitting the dorsal surface of her fluke on the ocean surface. This type of joint activity is common with humpback whale mother and babies. The calf is Orion, the 13th calf I counted in the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a series of tail slaps. This was an adult female with an accompanying calf. The mother and baby spent several hours playing together, slapping the ocean surface with their tails, breaching, and engaging in other activities. The calf was Orion, the 13th calf I counted during the 2007 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • This humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) performing a tail slap is the mother of Tahafa, calf #14 of the 2011 season in Vava'u, Tonga. Calf #14 was one of the injured calves, with multiple wounds that may have been inflicted by a pod of marine mammals, possibly false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens). I had nine encounters with this mother and calf over a period of 33 days. During that period, a male escort was with them for at least 14 days. The female, calf, escort group traveled from Vava'u to Toku Island and back to Vava'u.
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  • Energetic young male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing at the surface with his mother resting below
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  • This is a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) accompanied closely by her male calf. Underneath her are two escort whales, both males competing for her attention. Note the exhalation of a cloud of bubbles by one of the escort whales. In this context, such a display is most likely intended as a display of dominance.
    humpback-whale-female-calf-escorts-m...tif
  • An average-looking, normal humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) dorsal fin shape
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  • Head-on view of an approaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), with tubercles on the whale's head clearly visible. Tubercles are bumps (about the size of a golf ball) on humpback whale heads. The tubercles contain a hair follicle, and may be for used for sensory purposes.
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  • Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing in front of its mother. The calf is male, the first one I identified during the 2011 humpback whale season in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with a healthy male calf, resting in shallow water. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga
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  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming on its side, lifting its eye out of the water to take a look around. This was one of three whales socializing together.
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  • This is a female humpback whale that was the center of attention in a heat run of five humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Behind her is one of the males, easily recognizable by the step-like rear edge of its dorsal fin.
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  • Humpback whale female at rest with male calf (Megaptera novaeangliae)
    humpback-whale-female-with-calf-tong...tif
  • Adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a dramatic tail slash, sending sea water and spray in all directions. Photographed in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) nursing from her mother, with escort partially visible in the background. The calf, her mother, and the escort were all quite white. I nicknamed the calf Snow White.
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  • Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with the right side of her fluke severed. This whale is known as konga hiku, which means half tail in Tongan.
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  • Healthy male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) playing, skimming the ocean surface with the tips of his pectoral fins. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) near Hout Bay, South Africa
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  • Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) with an infestation of whale lice (Cyamis boopis), an ectoparasite that lives exclusively on humpback whales. Single hairs protruding from the round tubercules on the whale's head are also visible.
    humpback-whale-calf-whale-lice-infes...tif
  • An adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching. This female had a calf with her. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • An adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching. This female had a calf with her. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Playful male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) splashing around with its fluke at the ocean surface. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) courtship pair, female twirling in the foreground, male in the background.
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  • Juvenile male humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae), slapping the surface of the ocean with its fluke. The calf had an injury on its left abdominal area, which looked as if it may have been caused by a rope. The wound is just visible in this photograph. This is the 3rd calf I ID-ed in the 2011 season in Vava'u, Tonga.
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  • Southern hemisphere humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female with calf, photographed in the Vava'u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga. This is the second time I've come across this adult. I first met her in 2009 with a female calf (Luna, #13 of that season), and I recognised this whale immediately upon resighting her in 2011. She has a unique dorsal fin that is more of a stub than a fin, with easily recognisable rune-like, white markings. She also has a relaxed, friendly disposition, which remained unchanged from 2009 to 2011. This adult is the fifth individual I've been able to document with repeat visits to Tonga with calves since I started keeping track in 2008. The playful calf pictured here is also female (Toluua, calf #32 of the 2011 season in Vava'u). In 2011, I photo-identified 48 calves in Vava'u, by far the highest tally so far.
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  • This is the first verified record of a living humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters of Sri Lanka. This juvenile male was eight to nine meters in length and alone, sighted south of Mirissa. The whale traveled past Dondra Head and headed east along the coast. A comparison of the fluke with records the non-migratory humpback population in Oman did not result in a match. There is no obvious place where this humpback whale could have come from or have been going to.
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  • Feces from retrieved from a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female and calf pair. Unsure whether this came from the adult or juvenile whale.
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  • Southern hemisphere humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) remaining motionless while singing. This whale was relatively shallow, with its fluke at about 10 meters. Singers sometimes stay in one position while singing, but this was perhaps the most nonchalant individual I've ever come across. We made eye contact, and he knew where I was at all times, but seemed not to mind my presence at all. I was able to get within arm's reach of his fluke to take this photograph.
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  • Inquisitive male humpback whale calf. Megaptera novaeangliae
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  • An adult female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, just about to re-enter the water. This female had a calf with her. Photographed in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Pair of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship. The male is in the foreground, with the female’s mammary slits and hemispheric lobe visible in the background.
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  • This fluke belongs to a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) known as konga hiku, which means half tail in Tongan. The right half of her fluke has been severed cleanly, suggesting a wound that occurred long ago.
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  • Humpback whale calf (Megaptera noavaeangliae) nursing in dark water with low visibility. Humpback whale females with calves seem to have an affinity for resting in areas of low visibility around the islands of the Vava'u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Two adult southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) tail slapping together. This pair was traveling north together in the winter. The one on the left is female; the one on the right male.
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  • Humpback whale calf (Megaptera noavaeangliae) nursing in dark water with low visibility. Humpback whale females with calves seem to have an affinity for resting in areas of low visibility around the islands of the Vava'u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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