Humpback whales are the most surface active of all the great whales, exhibiting many amazing behaviors, besides breaching. Some, such as tail throwing, tail lobbing and head lunging, are stunning displays of power, while fluke-up diving is graceful and flipper waving is downright odd. Humpbacks employ a remarkable variety of feeding strategies including lunge feeding, bubble net feeding, and social foraging when up twenty whales may feed together.

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Tail Throwing hwv0401	Blowing hwv0402	Lunge Feeding hwv0403
Head Slapping hwv0404	Head Lunging hwv0405	Tail Lobbing hwv0406
Social Foraging hwv0407	Vertical Lunge Feeding hwv0408	Bubble Net Feeding hwv0409
Diving hwv0410	Social Foraging hwv0411	Fluke-down & Fluke-up Diving hwv0412
Social Foraging hwv0413	Blowing hwv0414	Horizontal Lunge Feeding hwv0415
Double Flipper Waving hwv0416	Vertical Lunge Feeding hwv0417	Lunge Feeding hwv0418

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