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Whales / Baleen whales

Sea Arabian Humpback Whale

(Megaptera novaeangliae)

While on their breeding grounds, males sing songs, and engage KINGDOM
in competitive & aggressive behavior to reach the females Animalia
Called humpback because of the habit of bending the back
in preparation for a dive PHYLUM *Note: 'Illustrations reproduced with permission from the International Whaling Commission”
Fleshy, oddly shaped knobs or tubercles on its head Chordata

Feeds on krill and young fish CLASS
Found in coastal waters (below 50m) in the Arabian Mammalia
Sea and the Sea of Oman
Can be up to 15m long ORDER
25-30t weight Cetartiodactyla

© R.Baldwin/ESO, 2017 FAMILY
Balaenopteridae

GENUS
Megaptera

EN Endangered
(2008)

(the Arabian Sea sub
-population)

Humpback whale surfacing
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