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Megaptera novaeangliae

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Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Subclass Eutherias
Order Cetacea
Sub-order Mysiceti
Family Balaenoopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species novaeangliae
Common Name: Hump-backed Whale (Borowski,1781)
Humpback whale
Raisa has several pictures on her Flickr site of humpbacks that came by in 2010.
humpback in Pedder Bay in Pedder Bay humpback
On Thursday Oct 5, 2006 Kohei, ( PC year33) took the two pictures on the left at the mouth of Pedder Bay while on the trip back from Diving at Race Rocks. William Head is in the background A picture of a humpback whale in Race Passage taken from Race Rocks in 2004.
humpback humpback humpback
The whale had also been photographed by Pam Birley of England using the remote control cam 5 from Race Rocks. These three pictures are from that sighting.. You can see Victoria in the distance in this image.

03/10/06 0930

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Sounds of Humpback whales from John Ford'd website:

Humpback Whale Feeding Calls:

Humpback Whale Song recording

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This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students of
Lester B. Pearson College
Date:
2006
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