Humpback Whales*
We took all these photos
from the lanai of our condo
Breaches: whales leaping
out of the water
Mother's pectoral fin on the
left, baby's tail on the right
Backs of three whales:
escort, mother and baby
Spy-hop: sticking face out
of the water to look around
Whale's tail diving behind
whale-watch catamaran
*An adult humpback whale is about 40 feet long and
weighs about 80,000 pounds. Whales are mammals and come up to the
surface of the ocean to breathe every 15-45 minutes. About 7,000 humpback
whales live in Alaska in the summer and Hawaii in the winter. They only
eat when they are in Alaska. They mate in Hawaii, are pregnant for 11
months and give birth the following winter in Hawaii.
All photos on this and the linked-to
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