Underwater shot of a young Sourthern right whale Eubalaena australis taken from above showing callosities

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An underwater photo of a young southern right whale Eubalaena australis shown from above. Callosities are prevalent and can be used to identify individual whales. There is also evidence of scarring from attacks by local dominican gulls, a behavior unique to Peninsula Valdez

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Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: puerto piramides, peninsula valdez, chubut, argentina
Photo credit: © Justin Hofman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: argentina, australis, baleen, callosities, callosity, cetacean, chubut, eubalaena, gull, patagonia, peninsula, scar, southern, underwater, valdez, whale