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Feeding Humpback Whales with Mouths Open | Chatham Strait, Alaska

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Chatham Strait, Alaska emerging from the water with their mouths wide open to feed on schools of fish. There are fish, probably herring, visible in the photo. From this angle, there is a clear view of the baleen hanging down from the top of the humpback whales' mouths.

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Humpback Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eutheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae Cetartiodactyla Baleen Whale CITES Appendix 1 Filter Feeder Least Concern: IUCN Red List : IUCN Red List Marine Mammal Mysticete Rorqual Baleen Cooperative Hunting Feeding Bubble-net Feeding Social Foraging Open Mouth Pacific United States of America Alaska Juneau Chatham Strait
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Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Chatham Strait, Alaska emerging from the water with their mouths wide open to feed on schools of fish. There are fish, probably herring, visible in the photo. From this angle, there is a clear view of the baleen hanging down from the top of the humpback whales' mouths.
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