Humpback Whale Head Lunge

Humpback Whale in competitive group, displaying head lunge, Megaptera novaeangliae, note colonies of Acorn Barnacles, Cornula regina and/or Cornula diaderma, attached under chin growing Long-necked Goose Barnacles or Rabbit-eared Barnacles, Conchorderma auritum, on top of them, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

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Mammalia Cetacea cetacean marine mammal Mysticeti baleen whale Balaenopteridae rorqual Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale nature wildlife photo photograph picture image shot telephoto travel trip destination Pacific Ocean USA US United States Of America Hawaii Hawai`i Big Island behavior behavioral lunging lunge head-lunging head-lunge marine invertebrate arthropoda arthropod crustacea crustacean cirripedia thoracia barnacle symbiosis parasitism parasite parasitic commensalism commensal

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