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Habenero the Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Description:

This is Habenero the Humpback Whale! She is a mother of one and enjoyed showing off by breaching and flippering a few times for us whale watchers.

Notes:

Spotted on the Dolphin IX.

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6 Comments

jonesno66@ssfs.org
jonesno66@ssfs.org 9 years ago

Wonderful Photo

galewhale..Gale
galewhale..Gale 10 years ago

Great series of Habenero!
This is her page on a citizen based collection called flukematcher on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/flukematche...

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

wonderful

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

fantastic series!

SheaEckert
SheaEckert 11 years ago

I am not sure about the wound. The pictures previously taken of her fluke a few years ago did not exceed the water past that point, so I'm not exactly sure if it is new or not.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice captures. Must have been a thrill. Do you think she might have a small wound or is that something else?

SheaEckert
Spotted by
SheaEckert

Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Sep 6, 2012
Submitted on Jan 29, 2013

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