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Nursing Humpback Whale Calf | Megaptera novaeangliae australis

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.

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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.