Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperative feeding using a bubble net, Tenakee Inlet, Southeast Alaska, USA.

This feeding group clearly illustrates a typical formation with either one or two lead whales ascending vertically out of the water and the rest surfacing on their sides. Sometimes there was more than one lead whale, but quite often it was just one.

Filename

Alaska-humpbackwhale-bubblenet19.jpg

Copyright

Duncan Murrell

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5335x3442 / 23.6MB

USA Alaska Southeast Alaska Tenakee Inlet marine mammal cetacean humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae pod bubble net feeding cooperative feeding hunting hunters lunge jaws mouth throat ventral pleats baleen plates

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Humpback Whales - Bubble Net Feeding