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A 40-ton acrobat that sings for hours and remembers the tune next year.
means A large baleen whale known for its bulky body, long pectoral fins, knobby head, and habit of breaching and slapping the water.
from The name describes the distinctive hump it shows in front of its small dorsal fin when it arches its back to dive — a visual nickname, not a scientific one. Its scientific name, Megaptera novaeangliae, means roughly 'big-winged New Englander,' a nod to its oversized flippers and the whaling grounds off New England where it was long hunted.
- songs
- Males compose evolving hits that spread across oceans
- flippers
- Up to 15 feet long, the longest of any whale
- migration
- Travels over 5000 miles between feeding and breeding grounds
- bubble nets
- Blows spiral bubble curtains to trap schools of fish