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Female humpback whale in a heat run | Tonga

Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae) being pursued by six male humpbacks in a heat run. Here the female swam up from the deep and displayed directly underneath me while the males caught up. There is one whale with a severely injured pectoral fin directly below her, two deeper down, and three more coming up from the rear.

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Image Size: 5616x3744 / 60.2MB; 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 Injury Female
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Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae) being pursued by six male humpbacks in a heat run. Here the female swam up from the deep and displayed directly underneath me while the males caught up. There is one whale with a severely injured pectoral fin directly below her, two deeper down, and three more coming up from the rear.