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	Humpback Whale \| Cetacean Fact Sheet \| American Cetacean Society
		The humpback whale is one of the rorquals, a family that also includes the blue whale, fin whale, Bryde's whale, sei whale, and minke whale.
		Humpback whales reach sexual maturity at 6-10 years of age or when males reach the length of 35 feet (11.6 m) and females reach 40 feet (12 m).
		Whales in the North American Atlantic population sing the same song, and all the whales in the North American Pacific population sing the same song.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/humpback.htm (1094 words)

	HUMPBACK WHALE
		Humpbacks are acrobats of the ocean, breaching and slapping the water.
		Humpback whales (like all baleen whales) are seasonal feeders and carnivores that filter feed tiny crustaceans (krill - mainly Euphausia superba, copepods, etc.), plankton, and small fish (including herring, mackerel, capelin, and sandeel) from the water.
		Humpback whale breeding occurs mostly in the winter to early spring while near the surface and in warm, tropical waters.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Humpbackwhale.shtml (1384 words)

	Humpback Whale Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Another trademark of the humpback is its array of acrobatic antics including breaching, lobtailing, slapping the tail and waving the flippers in the air.
		Humpback whales occur in all oceans of the world, although they are uncommon in Arctic regions.
		Humpback whales are among the most endangered of the large whales.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/huwhfs.html (645 words)

	Save the Whales
		Whale songs heard on recordings or movies are usually the beautiful, haunting sounds of the humpback whale.
		Humpback whales are fl or gray, with white regions of varying degree on their throat and belly.
		The body of humpbacks is robust, but the head is surprisingly slim and covered with fleshy knobs or protuberances, which are also found on the lower jaw.
	www.savethewhales.org /humpback.html (665 words)

	Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
		The humpback whale also has 20 to 30 ventral grooves that extend from the lower jaw to the navel.
		The flippers of the humpback whale are very long (as much as 1/3 the length of its body.) The leading edge of its flippers is very rough.
		Humpback whales tend to travel in large, loose groups and congregate in breeding and feeding areas.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Humpback_Whale.asp (414 words)

	The Whalesong Project - The Humpback FAQ
		Although humpback whales differ from their other family members in many ways, one characteristic that is the same with all six family members is the way the throat grooves, or ventral pleats, are situated.
		Humpback whales undertake the vastest migration of all the whales.
		Humpback whales eat up to a ton of feed per day when they are in cooler waters to build up a thick fat layer, called “blubber.” They live on this blubber during the winter months when they stay in warmer waters where less food is available.
	www.whalesong.net /humpbacks.htm (4285 words)

	Humpback Whale - The Humpback Whales of British Columbia, Canada. Whale Watching in BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Description - The humpback whale is fl with white patches on the flippers, bottom surface of the tail flukes and body; it is identified by this unique back and white pattern.
		The humpback is usually found in small groups but have been known to be as large as 200.
		Due to commercial whaling, less than 2000 humpback whales are found in the northern Pacific.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/humpback.htm (213 words)

	Humpback Baleen Whales, Cetacean Regulars at Hervey Bay
		Humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all of the great whales, displaying a wide variety of leaping, rolling and breaching movements.
		Humpbacks are also known to be curious, and are renowned for swimming up really close to whale watching boats where they poke their heads out of the water to get a good look at the humans.
		Humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all of the great whales displaying a wide variety of leaping, rolling and breaching movements which provide fascinating viewing for whale watching humans.
	dkd.net /whales/hbhback.html (780 words)

	Types of Whales
		Humpback whales have a stocky body with a broad head and long flippers up to one third of the total body length.
		Humpback whales migrate from Antarctica to the sub-tropical coastal waters of Australia to give birth and mate during winter and spring.
		Whaling for humpbacks ceased in 1963, and the populations appear to be recovering.
	www.abc.net.au /oceans/whale/type.htm (849 words)

	SDNHM - Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)
		The humpback whale is fairly easy to recognize: it has a robust body, large flippers, and irregular rows of conspicuous fleshy knobs—each with one or two bristly hairs—on the snout and along the lower jaw.
		There are presently three major populations of humpback whales in the world: one in the North Atlantic; another in the Southern Hemisphere, ranging seasonally from the Antarctic Seas to the South Pacific Ocean; and the third in the North Pacific (Orr and Helm).
		The humpback has a relatively low oil yield, but was still considered commercially valuable because of its large size, and it was heavily hunted during the early to mid-twentieth century.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/mammals/mega-nov.html (900 words)

	Humpback Whale
		Distinctive Characteristics: Flippers longer than any other whale's, usually 1/3 the length of the body; a series of wart-like bumps called 'tubercules' (actually enlarged sensory hair follicles) on the upper and lower jaw; stocky body; low, knobby dorsal fin, which is variable in shape; 25–50 pleats or grooves on the underside of the throat.
		Humpbacks catch the small fish be herding them into "bubble nets," which the whales create by swimming in a circle under the water's surface and releasing air bubbles.
		Scientists classify whales as either "baleen" or "toothed." The humpback whale is a baleen whale.
	www.ocean.udel.edu /kiosk/hwhale.html (199 words)

	Humpback Whale: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Humpback whales have a small dorsal fin which is often seen when the animal is beginning to dive.
		Humpback whales that summer in the north Pacific are from three separate stocks which winter in Mexico, in Hawaii, and in the western Pacific near the Mariana, Bonin, and Ryukyu islands.
		Humpbacks were subjected to severe harvest pressure during the twentieth century; more than 23,000 animals were taken in the north Pacific before this species was granted protection from whaling in 1966.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/marine/humpback.php (853 words)

	Factsheets: Humpback Whale
		Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae has distinctive knobbly protuberances on the head and long flippers making this one of the most easily recognised of the large baleen whales.
		Humpback Whales have a worldwide distribution involving two broad population groups that do not appear to mix - one in the Northern Hemisphere and one in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Humpback Whales main prey, krill and small schooling fish such as mackerel are caught by repeated open mouth lunges into the prey school.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/humpback_whale.htm (420 words)

	Detailed Information about Humpback Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Humpback whales are mostly fl or gray (although they sometimes appear brown) with the undersides of their flukes, flippers and bellies white.
		Humpback whales are extremely active and do lots of flipper and fluke slapping and tend to breach more than any other baleen whale species.
		Humpback whales die of natural causes and are sometimes preyed upon by killer whales.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/humpback2.htm (659 words)

	About the Hawaii Humpback Whale NMS: The Humpback Whale
		Humpback whales have the longest pectoral flipper of all the whales--about one third the length of the body--which can be mottled white on the upper and lower surface.
		Humpback whales are classified in the balaenopterid family, which also includes the world's largest whale--the great blue whale--and the smallest baleen whale, the minke.
		Because the humpback calves are born here, they are truly a "child of the land", or "kama`aina." And thanks to the many tour boats that share the whales' winter home, we are often lucky enough to have a fairly close encounter in the heart of the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
	hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov /about/humpback.html (1301 words)

	Humpback Whales - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Humpback whales are highly vocal animals, whistling and rumbling in complex songs that can last up to 20 minutes and be heard over 20 miles away.
		Humpbacks are very social whales, often traveling or hunting in pods of 200 or more individuals, though they are more spread out during their migrations.
		Humpbacks may be recognized by their enormous flippers, which can reach one-third of their total body length.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/whales/humpback.shtml (638 words)

	Humpback whale biology and behavior Information part one
		Humpback whales start arriving to our area in the late Winter and very early Spring with males and juveniles arriving first, and female whales with new calves arriving last (usually by mid-May).
		Humpback whale feeding behavior consists (usually) of the whales blowing huge clouds or rings of bubbles which are thought to confuse and trap small fish inside the column of rising bubbles.
		Humpbacks often repeatedly strike the water's surface with their flippers which produced a loud slapping sound that can be heard a great distance both above and below the water.
	www.7seas-whalewatch.com /humpback_whales_part_one.htm (822 words)

	Animal Info - Humpback Whale
		Humpback whales in the Southern Ocean feed mainly on the Antarctic krill.
		Commercial harvesting of humpback whales was banned in the North Atlantic in 1956, in the Southern Ocean in 1963, and in the North Pacific in 1966.
		Humpback whales are termed "gulp-feeders." They feed in discrete events, rather than continuously filtering their prey as do some other whales (called "skim-feeders"), such as the North Atlantic right whale.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/cetacean/meganova.htm (3166 words)

	Humpback Whale Watching in Big Sur California
		Humpback Whales reach lengths of 50 to 55', are dark in color with distinctive nodules on their rostrum, and have pectoral flippers that are nearly a third of their body length.
		Humpback Whales are in Monterey Bay area to feed and they often shift to various feeding locations depending on prey density.
		Humpbacks are often observed lunge feeding near the surface or deep diving for prey that is concentrated several hundred feet deep.
	www.bigsurcalifornia.org /whalehumpback.html (542 words)

	NPCA \| Humpback Whale
		Humpback whales reach lengths of 35 to 48 feet long and can weigh up to 65 tons, although females are slightly larger than males.
		Humpbacks sometimes engage in social hunting in which several whales encircle a school (group) of fish and blow bubbles that form a "net" around the fish, then move in with their mouths open to devour their prey.
		Humpbacks are also well known for hurling their massive bodies out of the water in magnificent displays called breaching.
	www.npca.org /marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/humpbackwhale.asp (271 words)

	Humpback Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Humpback Whales can be identified by the markings and shape of their tails.
		Humpback whales migrate through Pacific and Atlantic ocean waters, mating and calving in warm equatorial waters and migrating to cooler waters to feed each winter.
		Because seasons are reversed either side of the equator, Northern and Southern Hemisphere populations of humpbacks probably never meet; those in the north travel towards their breeding grounds in tropical waters as those in the south are travelling towards the pole to feed, and vice versa.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/whaleshumpback.htm (498 words)

	The Marine Mammal Center
		Humpbacks are gray or fl, except for the flippers, parts of the chest and belly, and sometimes the underside of the tail flukes.
		During "bubble net feeding," which is unique to humpback whales, one or several whales blow a ring of bubbles from their blowholes that encircle a school of krill or fish.
		Humpbacks are best known for their haunting vocalizations or "singing." They have a rich repertoire that covers many octaves and includes frequencies beyond the threshold of human hearing.
	www.tmmc.org /learning/education/whales/humpback.asp (838 words)

	Humpback whale biology and behavior information part two
		Whales do carry a variety of external (as well as internal) parasites that may cause irritation to their sensitive skin.
		Young whales, like the young of all mammals, have an unstoppable sense of play that is very important for exercising growing bones and muscles while also building body awareness and agility.
		Whales often times turn themselves vertically in the water and poke the tip of their rostrums or "noses" out of the water to get a better look at their surroundings.
	www.7seas-whalewatch.com /humpback_whales_part_two.htm (1501 words)

	Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Male humpback whales produce a long-series of calls often called "songs" that can usually be heard during the winter breeding season, although song components are sometimes recorded during the summer as well.
		Several whales blow bubbles through their blow holes and swim in a circle pattern so that the prey is trapped in the center of the "net." Then the whales swim right up through the center of the bubbles and ingest the prey.
		Humpbacks are large and grayish in color; with distinctive long flippers and a 'hump' preceding the small dorsal fin.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/humpback1.htm (235 words)

	The Tales of the Whales - Whale Species - Humpback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		baleen whale, the Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a member of the Balaenopteridae family.
		Humpback males average 48 ft. in length, while females are usually a few feet longer.
		The color of Humpbacks is almost fl, with white in the area of the throat grooves.
	www.whalesfilm.com /hump.htm (128 words)

	ADW: Megaptera novaeangliae: Information
		The olfactory organs of humpback whales are greatly reduced and it is doubtful whether they have a sense of smell at all.
		Humpbacks feed upon plankton, the plant and animal life at the surface of the ocean's water, or upon fish in large patches or schools.
		In the early part of the twentieth century, during the modern whaling era, humpback whales were highly vulnerable due to their tendency to aggregate on the tropical breeding grounds and to come close to the shore on the northern feeding grounds.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Megaptera_novaeangliae.html (2692 words)

	The Alaska-BC Whale Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Our primary focus is the humpback whale, however, we also conduct studies on other forms of marine life and their habitats The Alaska Whale Foundation operates in co-operation with Simon Fraser University and The Whale Conservation Institute in Boston, Mass.
		Presumably, individual whales join these feeding groups to increase their individual rate of prey intake or to access schooling prey that is unavailable to solitary foragers.
		Since the North Pacific humpback uses loud feeding calls to capture schooling fishes, we are presented with a unique opportunity to study the effect of human generated noise on the feeding behavior of baleen whales.
	www.sfu.ca /biology/berg/whale/abcwhale.html (2197 words)

	Humpback Whales in Hawaii pictures, behaviors
		The Humpback Whale is one of Hawaii's most iconic creatures (it was once the state mammal!) and can be found on all of the main islands during winter season.
		Humpback whales (na kohola) are found in all of the world's oceans, although they generally prefer near shore and near-island habitats for both feeding and breeding.
		The humpback's pectoral fin is longer than that of all other species of whales, measuring one-third the whale's body length, or approximately twelve to fifteen feet.
	www.sailhawaii.com /whales.html (1394 words)

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