Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding (note the herring jumping to get away inside the whales mouth) in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near whale watching boat (note the herring jumping to get away inside the whales mouth) in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near the Safari Quest in Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near small whale watching boat in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. (rr)

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding (note the baleen hanging from the upper jaws) Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA, Pacific coast

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding (note the baleen hanging from the upper jaws) Chatham Strait. Southeast Alaska, USA, Pacific coast

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperative bubble-net feeding in Iyoukeen Bay, southeast Alaska, USA.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. (rr)

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) Aerial view of adults co-operatively bubble-net feeding. Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near small whale watching boat in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

A group of adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively "bubble-net" feeding along the west side of Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Shown here is an adult tail-throwing after a bubble-net set.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.