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Capelin reaching shore to spawn.
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Capelin reaching shore to spawn.

  • A nice close-up of the whales upper body as he prepares to dive. Note, the body scars.
  • A humpback whale exhaling close to shore. It was this spray that allowed Whalers to spot the humpbacks at a great distance and hunt them down.
  • A fast moving humpback whale.
  • A beautiful flipper coming out of the water.
  • It is believed that flipper slapping is part of the humpback's communication process.
  • Very unique fluke markings as this 40 ton giant dives just off the coast.
  • During feeding, whales can get very close to shore as the Capelin head for the beach to spawn. We have two whales working together to gather the Capelin.
  • There is some research that thinks even the barnacles on the tip of the humpbacks fluke may commnicate with the whale.
  • Here we see the points on the tips of the flukes. They help with swimming and direction.
  • The humpback's powerful tail provides propulsion and speed. Each tail color is unique to each whale.
  • Capelin reaching shore to spawn.
  • They made it.
  • Humpback whales enjoy breeching just to have fun and also to communicate with other whales.
  • A diving humpback whale.
  • This is an image of two whales swimming together when one suddenly flips over onto its back and swims along with it's flippers in the air. Fun, fun, fun.
  • A diving humpback whale with a beautiful white fluke.
  • We see the roof of the whales mouth and on the sides the baleen plates. These are 330 pairs of coarse gray bristles which hang form the jaw. The whales push the water out of their mouth and the fish remain.
  • As the whale reaches the suface with a mouthful of Caplin, they push the water out of their baleen plates and this water bubbles to the surface.
  • Being very curious creatures, the humpback whale will often swim directly at a boat to see whats going on. As they approach, they enjoy diving under the boat to observe things from underneath.
  • How many humpback whales cooperative feeding? Answer, four.
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