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Humpback Whale migrate between summer
feeding grounds along the Pacific rim and in the Bering and Okhotsk
seas and winter calving and mating areas in subtropical or tropical
waters.
Reseach programs on living Humpback Whales based on photographic
identification.
Humpback Whales are identified by means of photographs of
the black and white pigment pattersns on the underside of the
tail flukes.Each Whale is defferernt and the patterns in adult.
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| No51 13 Mar 1997 Kuroshima(Kerama) |
No52. 27 Mar 1997 Nita(Zamami) |
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| No46. 22 Mar 1997 Tomumooya |
No47. 15 Mar 1997 Nita(Zamami) |
No48. 12 Mar 1997 Tonaki-Is. |
No49. 16 Mar 1997 Nita(Zamami) |
No50. 13 Mar 1997 Kuroshima(Kerama) |
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| No41. 21 Mar 1996 Tonaki-Is. |
No42. 15 Mar 1997 Ugan(Kerama) |
No43. 31 Mar 1997 Tomumooya |
No44. 28 Mar 1997 Agenashiku |
No45. 14 Mar 1997 Tonaki-Is. |
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| No36. 6 Mar 1996 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) |
No37. 14 Mar 1996 Ugan(Kerama) |
No38. 13 Mar 1996 Tonaki-Zone (Kerama) |
No39. 13 Mar 1996 Tonaki-Zone (Kerama) |
No40. 21 Mar 1996 Tonaki-Is. |
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| No31. 11 Mar 1995 Tonaki |
No32. 11 Mar 1995 Tonaki |
No33. 19 Mar 1995 Maejima(Kerama) |
No34. 19 Mar 1995 Maejima(Kerama) |
No35. 19 Mar 1995 Ugan(Kerama) |
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| No26. 11 Mar 1995 Aharen-zaki(Kerama) |
No27. 13 Mar 1995 Tomumohya(Kerama) |
No28. 11 Mar 1995 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) |
No29. 13 Mar 1995 Tomumohya(Kerama) |
No30. 13 Mar 1995 Tomumohya(Kerama) |
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| No21. 1 Apr 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No22. 2 Apr 1994 Kubajima (Kerama) |
No23. 3 Apr 1994 Tonakijima |
No24. 3 Apr 1994 Tonakijima |
No25. 9 Apr 1994 Kurosima (Kerama) |
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| No16. 21 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No17. 31 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No18. 31 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No19. 1 Apr 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No20. 8 Apr 1994 Utyakashi(Kerama) |
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| No11. 5 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No12. 5 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No13. 5 Mar 1994 Yakabijima(Kerama) | No14. 9 Mar 1994 Aharenn-zaki(Kerama) | No15. 31 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) |
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| No6. 26 Feb 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No7. 6 mar 1994 Maejima(Kerama) | No8. 28 Feb 1994 Yakabijima(Kerama) | No9.4 Mar 1994 Chishi(Kerama) | No10.4 Mar 1994 Chishi(Kerama) |
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| No1. 19 Feb 1994 Maejima(Kerama) | No2. 19 Feb 1994 Maejima(Kerama) | No3. 10 Feb 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No4. 16 Mar 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) | No5. 20 Feb 1994 Tonaki-zone(Kerama) |