A young adult humpback whale breaching into the air during a miratory frolic

 A young adult humpback whale breaching into the air during a miratory frolic in Australia's Hervey Bay Marine Park off Fraser Island, north of Brisbane

A rare albino Southern Right Whale calf surfaces off the coast of the Valdez Peninsula

A rare albino Southern Right Whale calf surfaces off the coast of the Valdez Peninsula in Argentina's Patagonia region

A humpback whale breaches in Frederick Sound

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaches in Frederick Sound, Alaska

A pilot whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

A pilot whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

A beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, eyes a diver a few feet away

A beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, eyes a diver a few feet away as it swims under ice at the Arctic circle Dive Center in the White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia

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Humpback whales feeding in Alaska

Mouth agape, this huge humpback whale lunges from the water in the Chatham Strait, south-east Alaska. Humpback whales in Alaska feed mainly on herring, other small fish, and krill. These whales use a variety of methods to catch food including underwater exhalation of columns of bubbles that concentrate prey, feeding in formation, herding of prey, and lunge feeding
Photograph: Duncan Murrell/Steve Bloom Images / Barcroft Media

Dead whales lie on the beach at Farewell Spit

Dead whales lie on the beach at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island December 28, 2009. More than 100 pilot whales died after being stranded at Farewell Spit, according to local media. The beached whales were discovered by a tourist plane on Saturday.
Credit: REUTERS/New Zealand Department of Conservation/Handout