The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Males produce a complex song that typically lasts from 4 to 33 minutes.

Unique among large whales, Humpback whales have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; their tail flukes have jagged trailing edges. The tubercles on the head are 5-10 cm (2-3.9 in) thick at the base and poke up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).

The humpback is one of the most energetic species of whale and unmistakable at close quarters. It is relatively slow moving (although can reach speeds of up to 27km/h) and has a broad, upright, bushy blow which can reach a height of up to 3m.

2024年12月23日 · Humpback whale, a baleen whale known for its elaborate courtship songs and displays. They usually range from 12 to 16 meters in length and weigh about 36 metric tons. The body is black on the upper surface, with a variable amount of white below, and it has about 30 broad ventral grooves on the throat and chest.

Humpback whales have a rounded bulky body ending in broad, deeply notched flukes that have irregular knobby trailing edges and pointed tips. There are fleshy knobs called tubercles on their head forward of their two blowholes and on the leading edge of the lower jaw.

The humpback whale head, front side of flippers, and tail flukes are often infested. Status and Distribution: Humpback whales are rare, in Atlantic waters of Europe, from Iceland and Norway south to south-west Ireland.

2017年5月3日 · With its long pectoral (side) fins, bumpy head, and “humpbacked” body shape made prior to diving, the humpback whale is one of the most distinctive whale species. The humpback whale is a favorite among whale-watchers due to its spectacular ‘breaching’ behavior, in which the whale launches itself from the water.

Humpback whales spend spring, summer and autumn on feeding grounds in temperate or high latitude waters. In the winter months, they travel to lower latitudes where the water is warmer and where they mate and give birth

The head of a humpback whale is broad and rounded when viewed from above, but slim in profile.The body is not as streamlined as other rorquals, but is quite round, narrowing to a slender peduncle (tail stock).

The Humpback Whale is unlike any other Rorqual. The body is robust and narrows rapidly in front of the huge tail flukes. The head is broad and rounded, but the median ridge is indistinct and has been replaced by a string of fleshy knobs.