Hawaii State Marine Mammal - Humpback Whale

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Hawaii State Marine Mammal:

Breaching humpback whale - photo © Whit Welles / Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary / Wikipedia.org - published under
terms of the GNU Free Documentation license Version 1.2 or later

Humpback Whale

Hawaii designated the endangered humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as official state marine mammal in 1979. Hawaii adopted another mammal symbol in 2008 - the Hawaiian monk seal. Humpback whale underwater - public domain photo on The Best Links.com: Humpback Whale Photo of humpback whale tail by Captain Budd Christman / NOAA - public domain image on The Best Links.com Pair of humpbck whales lunge-feeding - public domain photo on The Best Links.com: Humpback whale


Source:
Links:	Humpback Whales: EarthTrust State Animals - Mammals - State Fish & Water Life Symbols

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