Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Learn more at bit.ly/3YSceNB. While humpback song is believed to serve several purposes, perhaps one of the most important is to attract a mate, but this majestic ritual may be on the decline.
A new study of Australian #humpbacks has found that the massive mammals now often resort to fighting for love by charging and head-slapping other potential suitors, among other tactics. Such battles tend to happen after a male has cozied up to a female and is swimming alongside her, and others barge in to take his place, as documented in one writer’s account of a whale-on-whale scuffle.
Learn more at bit.ly/3YSceNB. While humpback song is believed to serve several purposes, perhaps one of the most important is to attract a mate, but this majestic ritual may be on the decline.
A new study of Australian #humpbacks has found that the massive mammals now often resort to fighting for love by charging and head-slapping other potential suitors, among other tactics. Such battles tend to happen after a male has cozied up to a female and is swimming alongside her, and others barge in to take his place, as documented in one writer’s account of a whale-on-whale scuffle.
