Project 365: July 22, 2008

This is Nile, a female humpback whale I saw on the New England Aquarium Whale Watching cruise in Boston. After posting it to Flickr, a group that is building a catalog to identify humpback whales contacted me and asked to include this photo in their catalog. I of course said yes! Whales can be identified by the undersides of their tails, or "flukes." Here's what we know about Nile:

Nile - Female

Born: 1987
Mother: Hwc#0269 Mars (first seen 1979)
Sex: female
Calves:
1998 Amazon (female)
2000 Aswan (male)
2007 ?

Siblings:
1982 #0343 Felis
1984 #0421 Seal
1985 #0474 Excalibur
(1987 #0688 Nile)
1990 calf
1993 #8144
1997 calf
2004 calf

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