Humpback Whale
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The humpback whale is a 16-metre acrobat, famous for soaring breaches and resonant songs that echo for miles. It shuttles between icy feeding grounds and warm tropical nurseries, dining on krill and small fish. Once whaled heavily, it is now rebounding, though ship noise and nets remain threats.
Technical factsheet
Habitat: The Humpback Whale can be found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem-rep-congo, Costa-rica, Cuba, Cote-d-ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican-rep, Ecuador, Egypt, El-salvador, Eq-guinea, Falkland-is, Fiji, France, French-guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New-zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua-new-guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto-rico, Qatar, Russia, Saudi-arabia, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Somalia, South-africa, Spain, Sri-lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-leste, Togo, Trinidad-and-tobago, United-arab-emirates, United-kingdom, United-states-of-america, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, California-us, Hawaii-us, Alaska-us