Mother and calf Humpback Whales accompanied by male escort

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae. In this case a mother and calf surface to breathe, accompanied by an adult male escort. When the calf is several months old it will follow its mother away from the warm, sheltered waters of the tropics and swim thousands of miles to summer feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean. Tonga, Pacific Ocean

Filename

Humpback Trio 20 x 30

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9000x6025 / 155.2MB

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