2. Baleen whales

Humpback Whales/Whale

Humpback Whales have many different behaviors from playing in kelp to close encounters with boats, they are truly an amazing animal.
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This humpback whale is upside down as it brings its pectoral fins out of the water to "grasp" a piece of kelp.
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This humpback whale is upside down as it brings its pectoral fins out of the water to "grasp" a piece of kelp.

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  • "Above and Below"<br /> A mom and baby humpback whale just beneath the surface.
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  • Humpback whale spyhopping on a calm day off of Santa Cruz Island.
  • "Humpback Jewelry"<br /> This humpback was rolling and playing in the kelp for quite awhile, they often times stop to play with a "ball"of kelp.
  • "Close Call"<br /> Humpback Whale diving close to a tanker in the Santa Barbara Channel.
  • A really good look at the characteristic two blowholes that all baleen whales have.
  • "Close Encounter"<br /> This humpback whale is eyeing the passengers. Who is watching who?
  • Two humpbacks during one of their breathing cycles on the surface.
  • Humpbacks spouting, the humpback closest to us, is a whale nicknames "Rope" after an entanglement scar that encompasses the whales body just behind the two blowholes, it is very evident here. This whale has been visiting the Santa Barbara Channel for over 4 years that we know of.
  • Mugging for the camera
  • This humpback whale is upside down as it brings its pectoral fins out of the water to "grasp" a piece of kelp.
  • Humpback whale draping a piece of kelp under its chin as it swims through the water.
  • Humpback whale rising from the depths, you can see those massive pectoral fins just beneath the surface.
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  • Humpback whale rolling on its side showing both sets of fins the long pectoral fins and the one side of its tail fluke.
  • This is a photo of "Rope" again, making his characteristic spout, the whale actually pulls water into its blowholes and makes a small geyser!
  • Humpback whale rolling in the kelp to play.
  • Close up look at the tubercules that are atop the whales top jaw that actually has tiny hairs in them at birth that suggest that they stimulate the mom to give milk during nursing.
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