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Humpback Whales
(Aug 2008) / page 4
Between South Passage & Pt Adolphus (near
Alaska Glacier Bay National
Park)
Humpback whales
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About this image: And he
slides in....
Here was another whale doing a little rolling and playing
about in the waters. After watching the actions of these
humpback whales it appeared that this action was something
similar to the tail lobbing or flipper slapping. Very seldom
did the whale disappear from sight after doing this sort of
side roll. |
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About this image: Need a
good skin cream?
This close up of a humpbacks whale back while arching before
a dive shows that while we assumed the surface was smooth
and slick , this one appeared to be bumpy and lumpy. |
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About this image: Are there
hippos in the waters here?
Are you sure we're still at Point Adolphus, Alaska? This
humpback whale was cruising slowly just under waters surface
looking more like a hippopotamus in the water waiting to
spring upon an unsuspecting tourist, than a humpback whale. |
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About this image: Open
wide....
We saw this humpback whale near Eagle Point, Alaska. This
humpback is lunge feeding, that is, they come to the surface
with their mouth wide open, filling their throats with
hundreds of gallons of water and small schooling fish such
as herring or krill. They close their mouths and force the
water out through their baleen. The baleen is a material
hanging down from their upper jaw, almost like a comb,
straining out the water and keeping the food inside.
Humpback jaws are attached in a way that allows them to open
their mouths almost a full 90°. Talk about a case of lock
jaw! |
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About this image: What part
is this?
Sometimes while these humpback whales are turning or
rolling, if you look away for a split second and look back
you can't exactly figure out what part you're looking at.
This part is a half a tail fin going into the water in
another sort of side slip. The scarring and white coloration
of the flippers and tail flukes are used by researchers to
identify individual humpback whales. |
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About this image: It's
merely a flesh wound... (Monty Python's Holy Grail)
This humpback whale tail reminded us of a Texas Longhorn
skull. This humpback appeared to have a large gash on one
side of the tail fluke. We aren't sure what would cause such
a wound, however we assume that the researchers and
biologists located in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska had
already noted this whales condition and made a note of it.
They would have used the coloration on the flippers and tail
to identify this particular animal. By the activity we saw
and the feeding going on, it looks like this whale was not
affected by his wound. |
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About this image: Let's play
"Follow the leader"
These whales were a small group of three that had surfaced
simultaneously and dove again as if training for the Olympic
Synchronized Diving competition. |
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About this image: Which part
was that again?
The Mad Dog Voyager photographer is always looking for good
photos and here's another one of these photos that takes a
moment to figure out. It looks like this whale is on his
back facing left. His throat pleats are quite visible,
followed by the underside of a flipper. of course, we could
also be completely wrong and he was actually working on a
new Yoga position... |
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