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 in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Southeast Alaska, USA.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Chatham Strait (upper jaw and baleen detail) in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

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

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the expanded ventral pleats as well as the baleen hanging from the upper jaws. Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. (rr)

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This event lasted over three hours with as many as 16 whales and as few as 12 in any given bubbl

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding off Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperative bubble-net feeding for herring in Iyoukeen Bay, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska.

Adult Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperative bubble-net feeding for herring in Iyoukeen Bay, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska.

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

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

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

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding 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.

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