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A group of whales appeared near the shore to feed for a long time about 15 days at Hon Trau, De Gi, Phu Cat District, Binh Dinh province.
Ask the experts to help identify this whale species
Thanks for the help.
Quang
It looks most like a Blue Whale, though possibly a humpback.
Note the similarity to this illustration: https://www.markcarwardine-shop.com/products/blue-whale-2
However, a quick search for reports on this sighting also agree it's a Blue Whale.
Ir is a Bryde's whale (Balenoptera edeni), the three ridges in the rostrum, that you have circled, gave it away.
I concur with Yaipen-Llanos. There are three very evident ridges in the rostrum, typical of Bryde's whale. There are no bumps or tubercles on the head and the flipper -pectoral fin- is not particularly long (as in humpback whales). Blue whales have only one ridge in the head (as most Balaenopterid whales). This is a tropical area with relatively warm waters, right?
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