Humpback Tail Waterfall

I know this is a different kind of whale than is usually discussed on the Steem platform. This guy may not have much Steempower, but I'm happier being a minnow on Steemit than I would be near this guy. This is the tail of a large Humpback Whale megaptera novaeangliae seen this week on a Whale Watching and Puffin's trip out of Bar Harbor, Maine. Humpbacks are baleen whales, meaning that they have a network of baleen attached to their upper jaw, and a stretchy lower mouth/chin area that they use to swim through food sources, strain out the water and catch the small fish, plankton, and crustaceans as food. A minnow in this world is just a small part of the up to a ton-and-a-half of food these whales eat each day. Humpbacks tails can be up to 18 feet (>5 meters) across, so this tail you see is massive. They can weigh up to 40 tons. They move to rich feeding grounds, get really fat, and the females move back to warmer water to give birth and nurse their young. Their milk is a thick curd-like milk that the young eat more easily underwater than if it were a liquid like in most other mammals.
Stay tuned for more whale information as I take a little break from strictly birding posts.
Steem on!