Pronunciation of the English word humpback.
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1. | Humpback whales are often curious and may swim right alongside your boat, even rolling side-ways to look up at people. | |
2. | Baleen whales, such as gray and humpback whales, have hundreds of comb-like plates with stiff bristles growing from the upper jaw to strain small food from huge mouthfuls of water. | |
3. | Within national marine sanctuaries's protected waters, giant humpback whales breed and calve their young, temperate reefs flourish, and shipwrecks tell stories of our maritime history. | |
4. | Humpback whales migrate annually through the Sargasso Sea. | |
5. | Marine experts are planning to rescue humpback whales that have been recorded for the first time in crocodile-infested waters in the Kakadu national park in tropical northern Australia. | |
6. | Marine experts estimate about 40,000 humpback whales are now migrating through Australian waters annually, up from about 1,500 half a century ago. | |
7. | Australia is now considering removing humpback whales from the endangered species list because of their growing numbers. | |
8. | The recovery of the humpback has helped the rapid growth of Australia’s whale-watching industry. | |
9. | Humpback whales live in all the world’s oceans. They take their common name from a distinctive hump on the whale’s back. | |
10. | Much about the humpback, a species famous for its song, remains a mystery. |