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Breaching humpback whale with white pectoral fins | Vava'u, Tonga

Humpback whales with white dorsal surfaces on their pectoral fins are relatively uncommon around Tonga. They are more common in the northern hemisphere. Here is a humpback whale with white pectoral fins breaching during the 2012 breeding season, when there were an unusually high number of these individuals in the area.

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Humpback whales with white dorsal surfaces on their pectoral fins are relatively uncommon around Tonga. They are more common in the northern hemisphere. Here is a humpback whale with white pectoral fins breaching during the 2012 breeding season, when there were an unusually high number of these individuals in the area.