These photos show in detail the features of humpback whale anatomy. Several of these photos show humpbacks feeding. Humpback whales engulf huge quantities of water and prey with their expandable throat grooves. The mouth is closed trapping the prey, the water is strained out through the sieve-like baleen hanging from the top of the mouth and the prey is swallowed. In the fluke pictures, note the unique markings for each fluke. These patterns are used to identify individual whales like a human fingerprint.

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Mouth Top & Bottom hwa0501	Throat Grooves & Jaw Plate hwa0502	Throat Grooves Expanded hwa0503
Fluke Markings hwa0504	Fluke Markings hwa0505	Fluke Markings hwa0506
Jaw Plate & Barnacles hwa0507	Rostral Knobs & Splashguard hwa0508	Top of Mouth & Baleen hwa0509
Mother & Calf Dorsal Fins hwa0510	Dorsal Fin Silhouette hwa0511	Dorsal Fin hwa0512
Blowholes hwa0513	Blowholes hwa0514	Pectoral Flipper hwa0515
Fluke Scars From Orcas hwa0516	Fluke Comparison hwa0517

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