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Injured Humpback Whale Calf Reentering Water after Breaching

Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) reentering the water after executing a breach. Many of the calves during the 2011 calving season exhibited multiple injuries, as this one did. The wounds appear as if they were inflicted by multiple, simultaneous attacks, suggestive of pack hunting by marine mammals.

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Female humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) reentering the water after executing a breach. Many of the calves during the 2011 calving season exhibited multiple injuries, as this one did. The wounds appear as if they were inflicted by multiple, simultaneous attacks, suggestive of pack hunting by marine mammals.