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Humpback whales are very acobactic whales. They are well known for 'Breaching,' or leaping out of the water. It is commonly suspected that breaching may loosen skin parasites or be a form of communication. I prefer to believe that Humpbacks' breach just to play.
A newborn baby humbback whale weighs around 2.5 tons and approaches 15 feet in length! The mother and her calf have a very close and lasting relationship. Humpback whales' life expectancy is 45 to 50 years and the adult male humpbacks average around 48 feet; females a few feet longer, and both weigh-in between 34 to 45 tons
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July 1998 Send this Page to a Friend 
Click Here to Send a Postcard This photo was taken from a 22 ft. Osprey on a "halibut" venture out of Homer Alaska. We headed across Kachemak Bay toward Seldovia and kept hearing "pppttt" in the distance. After at least a half hour of listening and fishing for halibut we decided it just had to be whales and headed even further into the bay. Not far from the Baron Islands we came across these graceful humpback whales feeding in pods. We shot at least 4 rolls of film with whales surfacing literally 10 feet from the boat! It was quite exciting as most of the whales were definitely 'longer' than our boat! There were at least 4 pods of 6-10 humpback whales each swimming toward each other then heading under just feet from each other. It was a sight to behold! I hope you enjoy the select photos as much as we enjoyed taking them.
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