humpback whale

 humpback whale

The humpback whale belongs to the type of baleen whale and its scientific name. This whale is known for its loud vocalizations and great courtship displays. It is also a large whale, its length varies from 12 to 16 meters, while its weight reaches 36,000 kg.

 The humpback whale appears black from above, while it appears white in varying areas from below. The blue whale is distinguished from other species of baleen whales by its long and narrow fins, these fins can measure up to about a third of the length of the whale's body, while the dorsal fins are relatively small. 

The humpback whale had a high commercial value in the past, and its numbers declined dramatically in the early and mid-20th century due to overhunting, and as a result, commercial hunting of humpback whales has been banned worldwide since the mid-20th century. 1960s.  , prompting the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to change the conservation status of the humpback whale from high risk to low risk.

Humpback whale home

Humpback whales live in all the oceans along their coasts, these whales continue to swim near the coasts, and these whales can also live in harbors and rivers, and it should be noted that humpback whales perform a long-distance migration between polar feeding zones in the summer.  Tropical or subtropical tropical breeding grounds during winter.

Thus, humpback whales are present in different environments at different times of the year, since they are found in northern latitudes during the summer, staying close to the equator in winter, and it is worth noting that there is a group of humpback whales that pass every year in the Arabian

Humpback whale feeding

Humpback whales spend most of their time during the warm months foraging and eating to obtain large amounts of blubber to consume during the cooler months. These whales feed on small fish and small crustaceans such as krill. These whales also use baleen sheets to filter and eat smaller fish, smaller krill, and even plankton.

Humpback whale social behavior

Humpback whales jump on the surface of the water with a group of other whales, and this behavior is known as penetration, and it is believed that these whales perform this behavior to remove parasites from the body, play or show dominance, and these whales hit their fins and tail on the surface of the water as a sign of 

   Humpback whales have the loudest voice among all other whale species, and they have a variety of sounds ranging from moans and cries to groans and growls, these whales produce distinctive songs that are produced by mixing the different sounds they make, and these songs can be continued between 5 The mix of humpback whale sounds gradually changes from year to year.