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Humpback whale flukes help identify individuals
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The underside of a humpback whale’s tail flukes has a distinctive combination of black-and-white areas, scars, and edge markings. Researchers photograph the tail when a whale raises it before diving, then compare images to recognize individual animals and track sightings. This is called photo-identification; photo quality and angle affect how reliably a whale can be matched.




