. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 46 DISCOVERY REPORTS actually thicker than when it is an adult 13-14 m. long, and is not only relatively fatter. While the whale is growing from 8 to 10 m. in length the thickness of the blubber is in- creasing very fast, but between the lengths of about 10 and 11 m. it decreases again as rapidly. A similar state of the blubber is indicated by the curve for females, but is shown less plainly because much fewer small female Humpbacks were measured than males. In Figs. 46 and 47 the thickness of t
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 46 DISCOVERY REPORTS actually thicker than when it is an adult 13-14 m. long, and is not only relatively fatter. While the whale is growing from 8 to 10 m. in length the thickness of the blubber is in- creasing very fast, but between the lengths of about 10 and 11 m. it decreases again as rapidly. A similar state of the blubber is indicated by the curve for females, but is shown less plainly because much fewer small female Humpbacks were measured than males. In Figs. 46 and 47 the thickness of the blubber expressed as a percentage of the total c QJ IS- \^ I-3- O b^l-l- in If] QJ c u h- L QJ _Q _a cn p —— Adult, over 12metres Immature,under 12 metres O Adult sp O- Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug' 5ep Fig. 46. Humpback whale. Males. Seasonal variation in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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