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Feeding humpback whales lunge through schools of sand lance with mouthsagape, trapping their prey at the surface

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Description

Feeding humpback whales lunge through schools of sand lance with mouthsagape, trapping their prey at the surface. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit | Mason Weinrich)

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit

Photographer

Mason Weinrich

Display Date

1971 circa

Location

Massachusetts, Stellwagen Bank

NOAA Affiliation

NMFS