Portal:Cetaceans/Selected Picture/March, 2007

A pair of humpback whales lung-feeding.

Photo credit: U.S Government's Minerals Management Service

Humpback Whales blow a curtain of bubbles around their prey and then lunge through them with their mouths open. The Humpbacks strain the tiny creatures, called krill, through the baleen in their mouths.

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