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    The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
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    Humphrey the Whale is a humpback whale that twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay. This behavior is unusual...
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    variety of vocalizations, notably the extended songs of the humpback whale. Although whales are widespread, most species prefer the colder waters of the...
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  • by some species of whales, notably the humpback whale. This is included with or in comparison with music, and male humpback whales have been described...
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    the common minke whale (B. acutorostrata), the Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis), Omura's whale (B. omurai), the humpback whale (M. novaeangliae)...
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  • used to kill a beached humpback whale 25 miles (40 km) west of Port Elizabeth on August 6, 2001, while a southern right whale that beached near Cape Town...
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    Cetacea (redirect from Whale pod)
    feeding Mysticeti or baleen whales (which includes species like the blue whale, the humpback whale and the bowhead whale). Despite their highly modified...
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    literature on the subject and a popular tourism industry. Humpback whale spinner-breaching Dwarf sperm whale breaching Orcas double-breaching off the south side...
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    watched whales from New England than California. The rapid growth in this area has been attributed to the relatively dense population of humpback whales, whose...
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  • of the Humpback Whale is a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne. It publicly demonstrated for the first time the elaborate whale vocalizations...
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  • all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay. The White Whale Research...
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  • Humpback may refer to: Humpback whale Humpback dolphin Humpback salmon Humpback bridge Humpback, a common name for the fish Chanodichthys dabryi Humpback...
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  • of the Humpback Whale may refer to Whale vocalization, sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication Songs of the Humpback Whale (album)...
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    Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology The whale who saved Kahutia-te-rangi in Māori mythology (usually considered to be a humpback whale - paikea - a name Kahutia-te-rangi...
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    regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales (notably the humpback and bowhead whales) in a way that is reminiscent of human singing. Humans...
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    True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus), common minke whale, sei whale, Eden's whale (B. edeni), blue whale, fin whale, and humpback whale. Whale louse "Coronulidae"...
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    Rorqual (redirect from Rorqual whale)
    the gray whale, Bryde's whale, Eden's whale, and Rice's whale (which are usually found close to shore all year round) and the humpback whale (which is...
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    The Tay Whale, known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. It was harpooned in a hunt...
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    The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific...
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    Orca (redirect from Orca Whale)
    sperm whales, grey whales, humpback whales and minke whales. On three separate occasions in 2019 orcas were recorded to have killed blue whales off the...
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    Humpback dolphins are members of the genus Sousa. These dolphins are characterized by the conspicuous humps and elongated dorsal fins found on the backs...
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    minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the rorquals, a family that includes the humpback whale, the...
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    Bubble-net feeding (category Whales)
    behavior engaged in by humpback whales and Bryde's whales. It is one of the few surface feeding behaviors that humpback whales are known to engage in...
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    Mesoplodont whales are 16 species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order. Two species were described...
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    reference to a humpback–blue whale hybrid in the South Pacific, attributed to marine biologist Michael Poole. At least four subspecies of blue whale are recognized...
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  • Migaloo, a white humpback whale that frequents the Australian coastline Essex (1799 whaleship) whaler Moby-Dick Narwhal Sperm whale Hakugei (disambiguation)...
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    such as humpback whales are also known to display. Right whales are often seen interacting with other cetaceans, especially humpback whales and dolphins...
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    Whaling (redirect from Whale hunting)
    numbers killed of gray whales, sei whales, fin whales, bowhead whales, Bryde's whales, sperm whales and humpback whales. Recent scientific surveys estimate...
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    Baird's beaked whales (Berardius bairdii), Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), pilot whales (Globicephala...
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    comprises all but two of the extant species in its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two aforementioned...
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