Humpback whale calf with adults (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Humpback whale calf with adults

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Humpback whales travel to shallow tropical waters to give birth and then return to their feeding grounds in cooler ocean waters. Researchers think that most orca attacks on humpback whales involve calves in their first year of life.

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Eduardo Estrada

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