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6039 Breaching Chatham Strait
Southeast Alaska
In a repeat performance, a massive humpback whale engages in behavior known as "breaching." Researchers conclude that along with communicating its location to other whales, breaching serves as an example of play in the animal world. Growing sometimes over 50 feet long, the impact of the whale's heft crashing on the water's surface is often powerful enough to dislodge irritating barnacles. These sessile, or permanently attached, marine crustaceans feed and survive by adhering themselves to the underside of boats, rocky shores, and even humpback whales by way of another unique adaptation: a cement gland which emits a highly adhesive substance, anchoring the creature to its chosen home. Edition of 950. Cibachrome Print.
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