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Humpback whale calf playing at surface | Megaptera novaeangliae | Vava'u, Tonga

Humpback whale calf playing at the surface, while its mother (right) and accompanying escort (left) swim beneath. This calf is male, and is the 3rd one I ID-ed in the 2011 season in Vava'u, Tonga. The calf has a wound on its lower abdomen that is visible in this photograph. It looks as if it may have been caused by a rope or line of some sort.

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Humpback whale calf playing at the surface, while its mother (right) and accompanying escort (left) swim beneath. This calf is male, and is the 3rd one I ID-ed in the 2011 season in Vava'u, Tonga. The calf has a wound on its lower abdomen that is visible in this photograph. It looks as if it may have been caused by a rope or line of some sort.