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

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

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

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

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 in Iyoukeen Bay, southeast Alaska, USA.

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

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 the Safari Quest in Chatham Strait in 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) Aerial view of adults co-operatively bubble-net feeding. Gulf of Maine, USA (rr)

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Aerial view of adults co-operatively bubble-net feeding. Gulf of Maine, USA (rr)

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Aerial view of adults co-operatively bubble-net feeding. Gulf of Maine, USA (rr)

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching off Point Adolphus in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching off Point Adolphus in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

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