WHALES TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEST BREEDING GROUNDS AND FEEDING SPOTS.

These gentle giants are famous for their singing abilities -belting out seductive ballads to attract mates or to challenge other would-besuitors. But they also have other talents. Their unique hunting skill, called bubblenet feeding, involves a group of humpbacks working together to capture schools of herring. Each whale has a particular role in the process: One whale swims in a circle while blowing bubbles under a school of herring. When the bubbles rise, the school ofherring can not escape and form into a tight ball in the center. Other whales vocalize -grunting or screaming - to scare the herring to the surface. The whales then rise with their mouths wide open to capture large amounts of fish.

Daily followup of a grupo o whales observed from Carlos III Island campsite.