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Whales (please check out our humpback whale pictures) are
mammals belonging to the baleen whale suborder and can be found
in oceans and seas around the world. They are well known for
breaching, and their complex songs. The name humpback whale
describes the motion it makes as it arches its back out of the
water in preparation for a dive. Humpback Whale can be easily
identified by their stocky body with obvious humps and black
upper parts. The head and lower jaw are covered with small,
round bumps on the front of the head called knobs or tubercles,
and are characteristic of the species. The Humpback whale
breathe air at the surface of the water through 2 blowholes
located near the top of the head. Their blow is a double stream
of spray that rises 10-13 feet (3.1-4 m) above the surface of
the water. The tail flukes of a humpback whale, which are lifted
high in the dive sequence, have wavy rear edges. The deeply-
notched flukes (tail) are up to 12 fe