Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) {!--혹등고래--> Humpback Whales.
Image ID: corp2920, NOAA Corps Collection
Location: Southern Ocean
Photo Date: 1993-94 Austral Summer
Photographer: Lieutenant Philip Hall, NOAA Corps
Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 km each year.
