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Humpback Whale Tail Flukes/Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale Tail Flukes. Humpback whales have very unique tail flukes, the undersides of each and every humpback whales tail fluke is unique to each individual and that is how they are identified. Researchers employ volunteers to photograph the undersides of their tail flukes to I.D. each individual. The markings can range from all white to all black and everything in between. Even scarring from Orca encounters to entanglement are identifying clues that help researchers. The flukes can reach 13 feet across from fluke to fluke.
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Humpback whale tail fluke rising above the surface as it dives in the Santa Barbara Channel.
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Humpback whale tail fluke rising above the surface as it dives in the Santa Barbara Channel.

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  • Humpback whale tail fluke rising above the surface as it dives in the Santa Barbara Channel.
  • A humpback whales tailflukes all have individual characteristic patterns on them and are used in identifying them.
  • Water drips off the large tailflukes of a humpback whale on its deeper dive.
  • Cow and calf humpback whale synchronize their dive.
  • "Close Call"<br />
Humpback whale dives next to a large container ship in the Santa Barbara Channel.
  • A humpback whale tail flukes as it approaches Santa Cruz Island,CA.
  • Humpback Whale in the Santa Barbara Channel,CA.
  • "Kohola"<br />
The name the Hawaiians give to the humpback whale.
  • Light glistens off the tail flukes of this humpback whale.
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  • "Ocean Futures Team getting a listen in on this single humpback whale."
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  • coach factory

    on September 2, 2011

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