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Cheeky Calf
Photo by Troy Muir
Humpback whale
Photo by Roi Iarovich
Hump2B&W by Rory Moore on Flickr.
A breaching Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), HawaiiPicture: David Fleetham/Bluegreen / Rex Features
Summer is a great time to view humpback whales feeding in the waters off British Columbia with whales arriving from their winter breeding grounds off Mexico and Hawaii.
British Columbia wildlife photo gallery by Neil Aldridge
People hold a makeshift funeral for a humpback whale that died on a beach in Canada. It died at low tide in White Rock, British Columbia, a few hours after beaching itself. It was found to be tangled in a fishing net and authorities are now trying to track down the owner of the net. After the whale died, local people held a makeshift funeral – gathering to pay their respects and laying flowers
Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex Features
An albino whale calf swims near its mother in this aerial photo snapped high above the shorelines of the Cape, South AfricaPicture: Robert Harding / Barcroft Media
A mother Humpback Whale, by Steven Anderson, United States
Humpback whale by toryjk on Flickr.
Humpback Whale Head Slap by toryjk on Flickr.
In Tonga, some female humpbacks with calves are ultra-friendly. These took as much interest in me as I did in them – we just floated in the water enjoying each other’s company.
By Doug Allan
(via frolickinparadise)
Pictures of a rare white humpback whale calf near the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.
(via frolickinparadise)
