... version and exposure details.</small>'); Our whale watching expedition turned out to be exceptionally successful. We came across many Humpback Whale pods. The captain of our catamaran said that in his 17 years of ... he never seen whales to come that close to the boat by themselves. How close? The mum whale raised about two meters from the boat, showing her enormous size. She ...

... Caribbean Sea; and this time they’ll return in search of humpback whales! You can journey along with the Browns on a thrilling adventure in ... Caribbean Sea to the North Atlantic. You’ll see male humpback whales competing for mates and hear males singing ... females. The highlight of the presentation is a swim with a mother humpback whale and her newborn baby. You’ll then journey on ...

A beautiful BBC video of humpback whales battling for the right to mate with a female. The "battles" are not bloody - mostly pushing and shoving - but these are 40-ton creatures, so they have the power to kill one another. Voiced by David Attenborough in the BBC series "Life." (Via TYWKIWDBI)

It is the greatest animal battle on the planet, and it has finally been caught on camera. A BBC natural history crew has filmed the "humpback whale heat run", where 15m long, 40 tonne male whales fight it out to mate with even larger females. During the first complete sequence of this behaviour ever ...

Male humpback whale sing duets : Male songbirds sing at each other to claim their territory or seduce females. Though humpbacks don’t defend territories, they certainly have rivalries. Typically three to eight males surround a female and battle for the position closest to her. “These guys are streaming blood,” Cerchio said. “The gentle giant is a myth.”

... and the team at Swimming With Gentle Giants took us swimming in shallow tropical seas with humpback whales and their calves. My own little digital camera, while waterproof, was about as clear as Mr Magoo ... moving images captured by Scott, who moonlights as a professional underwater photographer when he’s not whale-guiding and being creative at a big Sydney agency. Here’s a video that ...