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Old 08-09-2010, 09:59 PM   #15
whitedel
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Hump back for sure!

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Originally Posted by Chuck D View Post
Thanks for all the great responses, I am truly curious as to what species this was.
Gino in the post above you is right on the money. the long pectoral fins in photo #2 prove that the whale is a humpback.

"Humpback Whales are distinctive in that they have the largest appendages of any living animal, namely their knobbly pectoral fins which are close to 1/3 of their total length."
http://www.marinethemes.com/humpback.html
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