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Close up of a humpback whale belly | Tonga

One of four male humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in a heat run chasing a mother and calf (Kowai, 18th calf identified in the 2010 season). This whale seemed particularly crazed, aggressively pursuing the other males swimming directly toward me. The whale lifted its pectoral fin centimetres over my head as it passed.

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Image Size: 5184x3456 / 51.3MB; https://www.photoshelter.com/support/license#rm; https://www.tony-wu.com/contact-tony-wu; South Pacific Tonga Vava'u Humpback Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetartiodactyla Eutheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenopteridae Marine Mammal Baleen Whale Rorqual Mysticete Megaptera novaeangliae Endangered: IUCN Red List CITES Appendix 1 Filter Feeder Heat Run Pectoral Male
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One of four male humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in a heat run chasing a mother and calf (Kowai, 18th calf identified in the 2010 season). This whale seemed particularly crazed, aggressively pursuing the other males swimming directly toward me. The whale lifted its pectoral fin centimetres over my head as it passed.