While I didn’t get any extraordinary pictures of them, seeing multiple once-endangered humpback whales was pretty exciting. Even with only seeing their backs and flukes, you get a feel for just how massive these creatures are.
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, conservation efforts including bans on commercial whaling have allowed most of the species’ populations to rebound considerably.
Interesting fact… The humpback whale’s fluke (tail) is distinctive to each individual with differing pigmentation patterns, shapes, sizes and scars. These allow them to be used essentially as ‘fingerprints ‘ to identify individual animals.
