Humpback Whale

• It is famous for its complex 'songs', which can last from 4 to 33 minutes.
• It makes one of the longest migrations of any mammal, between polar and tropical waters.
• It hunts using lunge-feeding techniques and bubble nets.
• comunicaciónMales sing structured songs lasting more than 20 minutes that are repeated and that evolve collectively across an entire regional population, year after year.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat & environment

Every ocean in the world; migrates between high-latitude feeding grounds and tropical breeding grounds

Birth weight

~1 tonne and 3-4.5 m long at birth

Size at birth

~1 tonne and 3-4.5 m at birth

Sexual maturity

4-10 years

Gestation / incubation

11-12 months (~11.5 months)

Litter / clutch size

1 young per birth, with intervals of 1-3 years

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (Humpback whale); PMC (chromosome-level reference genome study); Alaska Department of Fish and Game; CRRU Cetacean Fact Files; NOAA Fisheries; Mingan Island Cetacean Study; Hawaii Marine Animal Response