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  2. Humpback Whale Accidentally Almost Swallows Seal in ... - AOL

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    Even if a humpback whale were to become curious, its small throat would not allow the mammal to eat anything the size of a seal. Getty A humpback whale feeding on anchovies in Monterey Bay ...

  3. Cetacea - Wikipedia

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    Pod groups also hunt, often with other species. Many species of dolphins accompany large tunas on hunting expeditions, following large schools of fish. The orca hunts in pods and targets belugas and even larger whales. Humpback whales, among others, form in collaboration bubble carpets to herd krill or plankton into bait balls before lunging at ...

  4. Humpback whale - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ 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 ...

  5. Bubble-net feeding - Wikipedia

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    During this feeding season humpback whales actively feed for up to twenty-two hours a day. [4] They do this so they can store enough fat reserves to live through their breeding season when they do not eat at all. [4] Humpback whales typically spend summer months in feeding grounds with cooler waters that they return to every year. [5]

  6. Marine mammal - Wikipedia

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    A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.

  7. Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists - AOL

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    Humpback whales live in all oceans around the world. They travel long distances every year and have one of the longest migrations of any mammal, swimming from tropical breeding grounds to feeding ...

  8. Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration - AOL

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    The typical migration route for humpback whales can exceed 8,000 kilometers (4,971 miles) in a single direction, making this one’s journey close to two times that of most whales, according to ...

  9. Cetacean stranding - Wikipedia

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    The killer whales regularly demonstrate their competence by chasing seals up shelving gravel beaches, up to the edge of the water. The pursuing whales are occasionally partially thrust out of the sea by a combination of their own impetus and retreating water, and have to wait for the next wave to re-float them and carry them back to sea.