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Humpback whales
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Underwater neighbours
Although their songs are heard for miles around, the humpback isn’t by any
means the biggest swimmer in the ocean
Grey whale
Eschrichtius robustus
14m
Humpback whale
Harbour porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
1.6m
Fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Minke whale
22m
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
10m
Killer whale Narwhal Bottlenose dolphin
Orcinus orca Monodon monoceros Tursiops truncatus
9m 6m (Not including tusk, 3m
which is 2m long)
North Pacific right whale
Eubalaena japonica
Blue whale 17m
Balaenoptera musculus
30m
Sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
18m
A humpback calf jumping completely
clear of the water’s surface
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