Humpback Whale Breaching | Alaska
This North Pacific humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira) was part of a group of whales that engaged in cooperative bubble-net feeding for several days. One morning, this whale breached multiple times, prompting the other whales in the group to breach and pectoral slap for an extended period of time, as they ended their social foraging behavior and the whales went their separate ways.
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Humpback Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eutheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira North Pacific Humpback Whale Cetartiodactyla Baleen Whale CITES Appendix 1 Filter Feeder Least Concern: IUCN Red List Marine Mammal Mysticete Rorqual Breathing Breaching Bubble-net Feeding Cooperative Hunting Feeding Social Foraging Pacific United States of America Alaska Icy Strait
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