Humpback Whale flukes (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Query: Megaptera

Result: 31^st of 89

Subject:	Humpback Whale flukes (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

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Humpback Whale flukes (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Humpback whales often flap their tails or fins on the water surface. Megaptera novaeangliae

Image ID: nur02006, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection
Location: Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific
Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 km each year.

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