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Humpback Whale Competitive Group Heat Run

This is a group of five male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in a competitive group heat run centering upon a female. The female is the dark whale just beneath the topmost whale, which was the dominant male at the time. Photographed in the Kingdom of Tonga.

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This is a group of five male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in a competitive group heat run centering upon a female. The female is the dark whale just beneath the topmost whale, which was the dominant male at the time. Photographed in the Kingdom of Tonga.