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title: "Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale"  
description: "A short explanation of the Humpback Whale and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2604/amazing-facts-about-the-humpback-whale  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Animals", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale

![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/cb986790-f0fd-4475-86a1-a7cb7c70f66f.jpeg) ![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/e60c46ee-f13f-4201-a080-272dadf477b1.jpeg) The baleen humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a type of baleen whale. ![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/406aff34-4c72-4895-9783-f5e18424de6e.jpeg) Adults can grow to be 14-17 m (46-56 ft) long and weigh up to 40 metric tonnes (44 short tonnes). ![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/504e5728-4564-4939-8784-22da747e7d78.jpeg) They have baleen plates instead of teeth which made up of keratinous material that is similar to human fingernails and hair. ![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/f8449c22-bf4e-491c-a615-3ad73f63888a.jpeg) Humpback whales filter microscopic food particles from the water using their baleen. ![Amazing facts about the Humpback Whale](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d2546b85-37fc-4342-ac56-f56d435e8ea9/images/b6b6acd0-25b3-4047-8f1a-5c1159aaa9ad.jpeg) They are social animals and often travel in groups called pods.

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