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Since 2000, there have been 10 instances of humpback whales getting caught in anchor lines or cables in Alaska.
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To date, the organization has cataloged 60 individual humpback whales in the area.
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Some of Malone's favorite moments were in Alaska on a boat watching humpback whales splash in the ocean, standing on the pier in San Francisco, and eating the famous donuts on Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs.
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Bait (anchovies) have been moving in and out of the river; the coho bite has been excellent barely offshore (wind is forecast this week) and humpback whales were already reported in the bay before Tuesday's official opening.
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About 10 entangled humpback whales have been confirmed so far this year.
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Humpbacks are unique among baleen whales for feeding on a wide range of prey, including krill, fish, crab and squid.
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Segre, a biomechanics postdoctoral student at Stanford University, was in the southern Atlantic studying humpback whales' secret lives below the surface.
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But when did the ancestors of today's minkes and humpbacks make the switch from chomping their food to straining the seas?
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First Known Use of humpback
1697
HUMPBACK Defined for Kids
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Definition of humpback for Students
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:a humped or crooked back
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humpbacked
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