#humpbacks — Public Fediverse posts
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A humpback whale off the coast of Australia. A humpback whale has made a 15,000km (9,300 mile) journey from Brazil to Australia, marking what researchers believe is the longest distance ever documented between sightings of an individual humpback.
Photograph: Pacific Whale Foundation/AP
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California turns to AI as whale deaths spike https://www.byteseu.com/2037794/ #AngelIsland #Australia #BayArea #California #Canada #DouglasMcCauley #environment #Humpbacks #KathiGeorge #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoBay #SanFranciscoBayFerry #Science #TheMarineMammalCentre #vallejo #whales
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Entanglement and drowning of baby humpback in NSW
"‘Animal cruelty’: two-year-old humpback whale found dead in NSW shark net causes anger. Absolutely heartbreaking to see a baby humpback whale die like this, especially because its death was totally preventable. It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this year."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/humpback-whale-calf-dies-off-nsw-coast-while-entangled-in-shark-net
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Once nearly wiped out by whaling, humpbacks are making a remarkable return to the Salish Sea. From “Big Mama” to new calves and songs that echo like human language, Salish Sea Sings Again celebrates resilience, recovery, and the whales’ vital role in our climate. https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/humpback-comeback
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Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
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Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
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Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
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Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-humpback-whale-capable-net.html -
Only #HumpbackWhale is capable of #bubblenet feeding, study finds
In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of #baleen #whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding strategy.
The research shows #humpbacks use their unique pectoral flippers to achieve this maneuver, shedding new light on the biomechanics of this iconic feeding strategy.
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We were warned! From September 2024. And now the #whales are falling silent!!! And #krill are dependent on whales as much as whales are dependent on krill!
#KrillHarvesting threatens #whale recovery
Soaring human demand for krill in the Southern Ocean poses a challenge to the recovery of whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. Stanford researchers identify the growing food conflict and offer solutions.
September 10th, 2024
"Human harvesting of krill in the Southern Ocean could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling in the 20th century, according to a Sept. 10 study in Nature Communications.
"The tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans known as krill are the essential food source for baleen whales such as blues and #humpbacks. To feed, these giant marine mammals take in great gulps of ocean water, filtering krill through bristly mouth structures. Booming demand for krill as #FishMeal and #omega3 fatty acid nutritional #supplements, however, could leave whales without enough victuals to sustain even their diminished numbers.
" 'Our calculations suggest an alarming possibility that we might harvest krill to the point where we do real damage to recovering whale populations,' said lead study author Matthew Savoca, a research scientist in the lab of Jeremy Goldbogen, associate professor of oceans in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
"The results highlight a need for scientists, regulators, and industry to carefully assess the impacts of krill harvesting in the Southern Ocean at current levels before expanding. 'With this study, we want to draw attention to how there likely isn’t enough krill to support fully recovered whale populations, and now on top of that, we’re harvesting krill and plan to harvest more krill in the near future,' said Goldbogen, the study’s senior author
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Counting on krill"The new research grew out of a prior Stanford study documenting how baleen whales gobble up significantly more krill than scientists had previously estimated. A paradoxical finding of that study was that, as whale populations plummeted by roughly 90% in the Southern Ocean during whaling’s grim heyday, so, too, did krill populations.
"The researchers worked out that #BaleenWhales effectively fertilize the ocean through their prodigious droppings, providing nutrients for the #phytoplankton that krill eat. The upshot: The krill population must have been much larger, perhaps five times greater, than it is currently to have sustained the pre-whaling whale populations in the early 20th century.
" 'Krill is the foundation of the entire Southern Ocean ecosystem. They’re really the only thing that large whales eat down there,' Savoca said.
"In the nearly 40 years since a global whaling moratorium went into place in 1986, some Southern Ocean species – particularly humpbacks – have made an impressive comeback. Yet this recovery has taken place against increasing competition with humans for the whales’ critical food source; over the past 30 years, the krill catch has quadrupled to around 400,000 tons annually and is set to expand further.
"Savoca and colleagues calculated how much krill is left in the Southern Ocean for baleen whales, seabirds, and other predators to eat after industrial krill harvesting at current rates, compared to the estimated amount of krill available before industrial whaling began. 'The basic math makes it pretty clear that the current krill biomass cannot support both an expanding krill fishery and the recovery of whale populations to pre-whaling size,' said Savoca."
Read more:
#SaveTheWhales #KrillSupplements #Overfishing #FoodChain #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #Whales #Extinction #BlueWhales
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#Humpback #Whales May Not See Their Most Dangerous Threats
These gentle giants have poor #eyesight and may not be able to see #fishnets and #boats with which they have fatal encounters.
The softball-size eyes of #humpbacks offer shockingly poor vision, according to a study in Proc of Royal Society B. Unfortunately, this isn’t the kind of vision issue that can be corrected with a prescription (as much as we’d all like to see a whale in glasses).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/science/humpback-whale-vision-collisions.html
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Have a whale of a weekend, this evening in The Watershed:
https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/have-a-whale-of-a-weekend
#LionsBayWatershed #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #HoweSound #Nature #Humpbacks #LionsBay
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20-May-2025
Surprise baby #whale sightings reveal there’s still much to learn about #humpbackshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084310 #science #marineBiology #ecology #whales
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The Great Whale Conveyer Belt | Nautilus
https://nautil.us/the-great-whale-conveyor-belt-1197608/
It's well known that salmon transfer ocean nitrogen from the sea to the forests, to the extent that 30% of the nitrogen in BC forests historically arrives that way.
But the whale transfer of nutrients is a whole other things. Sysco of the Seas!
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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“I love #Humpbacks, #Greywhales & #Orcas. As long as they let me ride them & give me access to #rareearth #minerals - otherwise - harpoon them all!”
Federal politics live: Trump asked about AUKUS, responds 'what does that mean?'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-28/federal-politics-live-blog-february-28/104993122
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Is fishing the new whaling?
Stop whales getting tangled in fishing ropes and nets on their whale migration routes."At least 45 whales were entangled by fishing ropes and line on the east coast in 2024, and experts are calling for better management of fishing gear in Australia to prevent marine suffering...Only about 15 whales were successfully disentangled in 2024.The constant drag of rope and floats over time slowly causes a whale to succumb to exhaustion. When they are on their migration … they would have to travel thousands of kilometres. Even the smallest float around the tail would mean, over several weeks, a loss of all energy reserves. It’s probably the worst way of dying for any marine … animal. It takes weeks to several months until they actually die."
"Preventing entanglements required better management of fishing gear."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/11/scientists-urge-coordinated-effort-to-stop-whales-getting-tangled
#Fishing #FishingGear #fish #bycatch #food #whales #humpbacks #entanglement #CMS #migration #ocean #waste #plastic #entanglement -
Record number of #whale rescues in NSW as over 19,000 #humpbacks spotted off #PortMacquarie.
Not spotted all at once. 😉 #auspol
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#HumpbackWhales make custom #fishing nets — out of bubbles
The 50-foot #whales blow circles of bubbles underwater, creating a net of air that entraps the krill. A new study shows that #humpbacks can do this with remarkable precision to corral their prey, even tailoring the bubble nets for the type of food they’re eating.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/06/nx-s1-5087900/humpback-whales-krill-bubble-net-feeding -
#Humpbacks are among animals who manufacture and wield #tools, researchers say
Researchers have known that #humpback #whales create "bubble-nets" to hunt, but they have learned that the animals don't just create the bubble-nets; they manipulate this unique tool in a variety of ways to maximize their food intake in Alaskan feeding grounds.
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How the World’s Oldest #Humpback #Whale Has Survived Is a Mystery
First spotted in 1972, Old Timer is now a male of at least 53 years, making him “the oldest known #humpbackwhale in the world,” said Dr. Pack, who is also the co-founder and president of The Dolphin Institute.
#OldTimer was spotted last month near Alaska, enduring in the Pacific Ocean while some other #humpbacks have struggled in a changing environment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/science/oldest-humpack-whale-old-timer.html
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These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
#OceanOptimism: Australia's #humpback populations rebound
https://abcnews.go.com/International/marine-scientists-australia-humpback-population-rebounds/story?id=100610377 #Whales #ConservationOptimism #Conservation"A #CitizenScience census recorded 5,116 #humpbacks, a 57% annual increase. It's an incredible recovery for #Australia's humpbacks, whose populations crashed in 1961... Starting in 1948, the #USSR ignored restrictions implemented by the International #Whaling Commission and conducted a 30-year campaign of illegal whaling in the rich feeding grounds of the #Antarctic."
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*actually it's gonna be #Humpbacks but #whale l♡ve is universal right :awesome: 😆
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Two Dead #Humpback #Whales Are Seen Off Coast of #NewYork
The animals, observed floating off #LongIsland and #StatenIsland this week, were the latest casualties of a species that faces many threats. Recent post-mortem examinations of #humpbacks suggested that ship strikes were a likely cause of the #whale's death.
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Humpbacks down at the beach today!
(Of course the closest one breached in a big way as soon as I stopped recording the video.)
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I need to get a joke out of my system. For the niche orca enthusiasts:
Which pod of northern resident killer whales sings the most whale songs
I Pod
OKAY! There’s lots of variety in how Northwesterners refer to our whale neighbors—from nicknames like Hydra to coded strings of letters and numbers like J14. These names & IDs often tell us a lot about the whales, and just as much about our relationships w them. 🐳
https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/05/big-mama-hyshqa-how-northwest-whales-get-their-names
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These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
Record number of #whale rescues in NSW as over 19,000 #humpbacks spotted off #PortMacquarie.
Not spotted all at once. 😉 #auspol
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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Is fishing the new whaling?
Stop whales getting tangled in fishing ropes and nets on their whale migration routes."At least 45 whales were entangled by fishing ropes and line on the east coast in 2024, and experts are calling for better management of fishing gear in Australia to prevent marine suffering...Only about 15 whales were successfully disentangled in 2024.The constant drag of rope and floats over time slowly causes a whale to succumb to exhaustion. When they are on their migration … they would have to travel thousands of kilometres. Even the smallest float around the tail would mean, over several weeks, a loss of all energy reserves. It’s probably the worst way of dying for any marine … animal. It takes weeks to several months until they actually die."
"Preventing entanglements required better management of fishing gear."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/11/scientists-urge-coordinated-effort-to-stop-whales-getting-tangled
#Fishing #FishingGear #fish #bycatch #food #whales #humpbacks #entanglement #CMS #migration #ocean #waste #plastic #entanglement -
“I love #Humpbacks, #Greywhales & #Orcas. As long as they let me ride them & give me access to #rareearth #minerals - otherwise - harpoon them all!”
Federal politics live: Trump asked about AUKUS, responds 'what does that mean?'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-28/federal-politics-live-blog-february-28/104993122
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“I love #Humpbacks, #Greywhales & #Orcas. As long as they let me ride them & give me access to #rareearth #minerals - otherwise - harpoon them all!”
Federal politics live: Trump asked about AUKUS, responds 'what does that mean?'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-28/federal-politics-live-blog-february-28/104993122
