Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae · Mammal

Humpbacks travel each year between cold feeding waters and warm seas where they breed, from the poles to the tropics, and come close to shore along some coasts. Males slap the water with their long flippers and crowd boats that near a mother and calf, but they hurt no one. They were hunted for oil, meat and bone meal, and fishermen curse them for tearing nets and traps.

Danger

Dangerous if cornered

How it is met

In pairs, day and night

Size

Huge

In winter

Leaves for winter

Hear it

• Whale Call High Pitch 1 (On Patreon, Free tier)

Where it lives

Coastal Shelf, Open Ocean

Gives

Humpback Whale Blubber, Humpback Whale Meat

Sources

• Mindy B. Kurlansky, Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2000.

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