Figure 3. A in Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: Mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism? ...

• Main Authors: Pitman, Robert L., Deecke, Volker B., Gabriele, Christine M., Srinivasan, Mridula, Black, Nancy, Denkinger, Judith, Durban, John W., Mathews, Elizabeth A., Matkin, Dena R., Neilson, Janet L., Schulman-Janiger, Alisa, Shearwater, Debra, Stap, Peggy, Ternullo, Richard
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13159378; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13159378

Figure 3. A mother humpback whale and newborn calf photographed off Baja California, Mexico, Oct 2009. When necessary, the mother will use her massive pectoral flippers to defend her small calf from attacking predators, especially killer whales. Photo: M. Lynn, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. ... : Published as part of Pitman, Robert L., Deecke, Volker B., Gabriele, Christine M., Srinivasan, Mridula, Black, Nancy, Denkinger, Judith, Durban, John W., Mathews, Elizabeth A., Matkin, Dena R., Neilson, Janet L., Schulman-Janiger, Alisa, Shearwater, Debra, Stap, Peggy & Ternullo, Richard, 2017, Humpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: Mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism?, pp. 7-58 in Marine Mammal Science 33 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12343, http://zenodo.org/record/13159367 ...