HUMPBACK WHALES: MEGAPTERA NOVAENGLIAE

By FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Category: ScienceAnimals

Tags: Nature · Wildlife

Meet the humpback whose knowing eye stopped me. In this post I tell the story of Megaptera novaeangliae, from baleen feeding and bubble net technique to 25,000 km migration, soulful male songs, Pacific Northwest First Nations ties and the local whaling history that touched my family. Includes a whale rescue anecdote.

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