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Humpback Whale Forward Breach Face Flop | Tonga

Female humpback whale executing a face flop forward breach. When humpback whales perform this maneuver, jets of water often shoot out from the sides of their mouths and their blowholes, as is visible here. This female was playing with her calf, which was breaching nearby.

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Humpback Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eutheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae Cetartiodactyla Baleen Whale CITES Appendix 1 Filter Feeder Endangered: IUCN Red List Marine Mammal Mysticete Rorqual Breaching Face Flop South Pacific Tonga Vava'u
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Female humpback whale executing a face flop forward breach. When humpback whales perform this maneuver, jets of water often shoot out from the sides of their mouths and their blowholes, as is visible here. This female was playing with her calf, which was breaching nearby.
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