{"id":26043,"date":"2025-12-04T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26043"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:20:10","slug":"humpback-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/humpback-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpback Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Humpback Whale Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it was found that Humpback whale populations have surged from 10,000 to nearly 80,000 because of conservation efforts and the species incredible ability to adapt and switch food sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Humpback Whale<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a <\/span><b>species of baleen whale.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a rorqual; a member of the <\/span><b>family Balaenopteridae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They undertake long migrations between <\/span><b>polar feeding grounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in summer and tropical or subtropical breeding grounds in winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the distinctive <\/span><b>hump on its back.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its long pectoral fins inspired its scientific name, Megaptera, which means \u201cbig-winged\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humpback <\/span><b>females are larger than males.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They inhabit <\/span><b>all major oceans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from sub-polar latitudes to the equator<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Behavior:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Humpbacks use a unique method of feeding called <\/span><b>bubble netting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which bubbles are exhaled as the whale swims in a spiral below a patch of water dense with food.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They filter t<strong>heir food through baleen plates<\/strong>. They strain krill, anchovies, cod, sardines, mackerel, capelin, and other schooling fish from the waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lifespan &amp; Reproduction:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Humpback whales reach sexual maturity between the ages of 4 and 10 years. Females produce a single calf <\/span><b>every 2 to 3 years on average.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation status: IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/humpback-whales-comeback-russia-climate-change-krill-polar-cod-adaptation-marine-mammal-science-2025-arctic-recovery-2830230-2025-12-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India Today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. 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