Humpback Whale
Text by Liz McKenzie Photos and Sounds by Richard Nelson
Humpback Whales in Southeast Alaska
To listen to humpback whales' blows, feeding calls, tail slaps, and songs, move cursor over bottom of slide, and click on the play arrow.*
The Show-Off Cetacean
As whales go, humpbacks aren't the biggest—a "mere" 40-45 feet long compared to 60 foot sperm whales and 100 foot blue whales. But humpbacks are arguably the best loved and they're definitely the biggest show offs of all the cetaceans.
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Songs and Sounds
No one is certain when humpback whales appeared, but it's possible that their songs are another ancient legacy from the ocean world.
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