Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in rowdy heat run, female whale throwing caudal peduncle toward lunging male near the Big Island
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Humpback Whales Courtship Behavior
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in rowdy heat run, female whale throwing caudal peduncle toward lunging male near the Big Island
Filename:
MU271.jpg
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5400x3600 / 6.4MB
Date:
23 Feb 2003
Location:
Hawaii USA
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©2013 Masa Ushioda
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Keywords:
Balaenopteridae ,
Big Island ,
Hawaii ,
Hawai'i ,
Kohala ,
Kohala Coast ,
Kona ,
Kona Coast ,
Lunging ,
Megaptera novaeangliae ,
Mysticeti ,
Pacific Ocean ,
USA ,
animal ,
baleen whale ,
breaching ,
cetacean ,
competing ,
competitive group ,
courting ,
courtship ,
female ,
head lunge ,
head-lunge ,
headlunge ,
heat run ,
heat-run ,
heatrun ,
horizontal ,
humpback whale ,
male ,
mammal ,
marine mammal ,
mating contest ,
nature ,
peduncle throw ,
rorqual ,
tail breach ,
wildlife ,
Masa Ushioda ,
rights managed ,
whale ,
whale watching ,
whale-watching ,
kohola
