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Researchers use variation on humpback whale flukes to identify and track the animals. Photo-identification is a technique used to identify and track individuals of a wild animal study population over time.
A flukeprint is clearly visible behind a humpback whale. In marine biology, a flukeprint is a patch of calm water on the surface of the ocean, formed by the passing of a whale. Flukeprints may also be named by the word for them in the Inupiaq language, qala. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...
A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state's inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing gear ...
A photo shows the humpback whale with its fluke, also called a tail, completely gone. The nonprofit said it was likely severed from a long-term entanglement of some kind of fishing gear.
Researchers use variation on humpback whale flukes to identify and track the animals. Photo-identification is a technique used to identify and track individuals of a wild animal study population over time.
The young whale was seen off Southern California, struggling, its tail flukes dangerously entangled in rope. The animal may have been injured for as long as half a year.
Humpback whale breach sequence. A breach or a lunge is a leap out of the water, also known as cresting. The distinction between the two is fairly arbitrary: cetacean researcher Hal Whitehead defines a breach as any leap in which at least 40% of the animal's body clears the water, and a lunge as a leap with less than 40% clearance. [2]