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Humpback Whale Head Lunge with Blowholes Visible | Tonga

This perspective of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) performing a forward head lunge provides a clear view of the whale's two blowholes. Viewed from this position, the blowhole structure resembles a human nose turned upside down. Baleen whales like humpbacks have two blowholes in this fashion, in contrast to toothed whales, which have a single blowhole.

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This perspective of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) performing a forward head lunge provides a clear view of the whale's two blowholes. Viewed from this position, the blowhole structure resembles a human nose turned upside down. Baleen whales like humpbacks have two blowholes in this fashion, in contrast to toothed whales, which have a single blowhole.