This Whale Is About The Size Of A Bus
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Humpback whales are roughly the size of a school bus, measuring 40 to 60 feet in length and weighing approximately 30 to 50 tons.
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Females are generally larger than males, and these massive marine mammals possess 15-foot pectoral fins.
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A humpback whale's heart is massive, weighing about 200 kg and their flukes (tail) can be 18 feet wide.
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Their head and the leading edge of their flippers are covered in knobby, rounded bumps called tubercles, each containing a sensory hair.
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Instead of teeth, they have 270 to 400 dark baleen plates made of keratin (the same material as human fingernails) to filter feed.
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Most humpback whales are highly migratory, undertaking some of the longest migrations of any mammal.
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They are filter feeders, primarily consuming vast amounts of tiny crustaceans (krill) and small schooling fish.
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They have a robust, dark gray or black body with variable white markings on their belly.
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