Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

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

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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Humpback - Megaptera novaeangliae - breaching.

Image ID: anim0814, NOAA's Ark (Animals) Collection
Photo Date: 1992 October
Photographer: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps (ret.)

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.

Humpback whale
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