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Humpback Whales
(Aug 2008) / page 3
Between South Passage & Pt Adolphus (near
Alaska Glacier Bay National
Park)
Humpback whales
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About this image: Yo man,
give me 5...
"Flipper slapping" is one of the actions of humpback whales
that is not understood and no one even has an idea why they
do it, It is, however a cool thing to see when suddenly a
filler emerges from the water and either is held airborne as
on this photo, or they begin to "slap" the surface of the
water. This photo shows the knobby bumps on their flippers
which you can also see on other parts of their body. In the
distance you can see the shore just to the east of Gustavus
and Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. |
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About this image: Almost in
slow motion
The actions and movements of whales, while being the same
motion, are as unique as every human being. This whale
appeared to be taking it easy and did a half-hazard arch and
ever-so-slowly brought his tail out of the water and slipped
back under. The whole event moved by as if in slow motion. |
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About this image: "Flaps are
level and steady, Captain..."
This humpback whale arched his back and as he went under, he
leveled off his tail and let it slip down almost horizontal
to the surface. Maybe whales do all of these funky and
strange things just so Mad Dog can take photos and wonder
why they do it |
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About this image: A little
side slip
Here's another whale doing something different. As he arched
his back and dove under, a little curve and twist on the way
down and the tail slid sideways into the water. Hmmm, wonder
what that means? |
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About this image: A one, and
a two and a .....
Just like an Orchestra led by Lawrence Welk, it was neat to
see groups of whales that would surface almost completely in
sync with each other and blow. Every time we saw this happen
we were waiting to hear Lawrence Welk's voice or maybe a
little Walt Disney jingle. |
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About this image: Look, I can
do a headstand!
Tail lobbing is another one of those things that the first
time you see it you say "what the heck???" We couldn't help
but laugh the first time we saw a humpback whale tail
lobbing, it was reminiscent of an adolescent in a swimming
pool doing a handstand in the water. Here we were in the
middle of the 600 ft / 200 m deep waters near Point Adolphus
and Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska and we see a whale
tail bobbing up and down for a few seconds , before slapping
the surface a couple of times and then disappearing into the
water. It is believed that this is a form of communication
between humpback whales. |
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