{"id":95917,"date":"2026-04-01T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95917"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:42:52","slug":"humpback-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/humpback-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpback Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Humpback Whale Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a stranded humpback whale managed to swim free in the Baltic Sea.<\/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 species of <\/span><b>baleen whale.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>is a rorqual;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a member of the family Balaenopteridae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Migration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They undertake long migrations between polar feeding grounds 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 hump on its back.<\/span><\/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 all major oceans 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 <\/span><b>feeding called 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 their food through baleen plates. 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 <\/span><b>single calf every 2 to 3 years on average.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation status:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least concern.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/whale-done-baltic-stray-makes-a-splashing-escape-swims-free-again\/articleshow\/129922269.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. 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