Hunting of humpback whales in Alaska (12 photos) Bashny.Net

Humpback whales are quite large. Its length is 17-18 meters, and a maximum recorded weight - 48 tons. Humpback whale differs from other whales striped characteristic shape and color of the body, the shape of the dorsal fin.
They feed mainly humpback whales in the feeding areas, and during the wintering and during migration they are starving, using fat reserves

Photo by John Cornforth was able to photograph these amazing animals feeding off the coast of Alaska.




At the northern populations of humpback whales fish is 95% of the total diet. It herring, mackerel, sardines, anchovies and lrugie. Stomach humpback able to accommodate over half a ton of feed.



An interesting feature of the humpback whale is the variety of ways in which the whale fed. Sometimes that involves several whales feeding at the same time.



When a whale, he swims in a flock of fish and plankton with open mouth, swallowing the food along with the water, which is then filtered through a filter aid. Or a whale single blow stuns the fish of its tail fin, swimming in a large circle around a flock of fish.