This lunge photo was a second late. A humpback lunged toward the boat through the herring ball but has already closed its mouth. It should be more like tomorrow….
Humpback Lunge Feeding 2 of 2
This past summer more of the humpback whales viewed were doing a vertical lunge. The whale would come up slowly with its mouth wide open and often remain as shown in this photo and slowly rotate in a circle for up to a minute. It would then slowly close its mouth, hopefully full of herring, and sink below the surface. It must have worked because it was viewed often over the summer.
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