Today's creature: The Humpback Whale 🐳 The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m and weigh up to 40 metric tons. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head. Humpback whales filter-feed on small crustaceans (mostly krill) and small fish. They use several techniques to help them herd, corral, and disorient prey and that can include using bubb

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Breathtaking footage of yesterday’s Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale 🐋✨🌊 Lunge feeding is a spectacular feeding behavior exhibited by humpback whales (and some other baleen whale species). During this feeding technique, humpbacks swim toward a school of prey (like krill or small fish), opening their mouths wide to engulf large volumes of water and food. They use their baleen plates to filter out the water while retaining the prey. Lunge feeding typically occurs in a burst of speed, with the whale

A hungry blue whale lunge feeding on krill. These small shrimplike crustaceans are perhaps the most well known type of zooplankton in the ocean, and provide a vital food source for baleen whales. A single blue whale can eat 40 million krill - or 8,000 lbs of krill a day! Contribute to OCR's conservation efforts to protect the ocean and its inhabitants → bit.ly/OCR-DreamTeam 🌊 🐋 Incredible footage by Slater Moore Photography | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR