Some Images from "Wildlife Watch on an Alaska Cruise"
by Bruce Whittington





13Humpback bubble net

The Bubble Net

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engage in a cooperative feeding strategy called "bubble netting". Several whales enclose a school of small fish by exhaling bubbles from their blow holes. The whales then lunge to the surface with their mouths open

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