The Humpback Whale

The kyphosis hunt down is a large yet picturesque cr giveure of the deep. Its estate is Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, class: mammalia, Order; Cetacea, Family; Balaenopteridae, Genus; genus Megaptera, Species; Novaeangliae. The organic evolution of the whales is controversial due to it beingness hard to find a fossil. Scientist think that the earliest forms of electric fan were originated in the Eocene era (about l million yrs ago). The suborder archaeoceti could be found in tropical vegetation in and near swamp lands and advancing seas (Evans 1987). fit to Evans the archaeoceti were aquatic elongated species and bring down hind limbs. They were well capable to life along the glide and the open sea. As the blower order moved into the ocean, they began to contrive certain traits to help them to survive. The Balaenopteridae, which the humpback is a member of, chiffonier be found as early as Micene (five to fifty- millions year ago). There was an ancient rorqual from this time period called Megaptera miocene, which is similar to todays humpback whales, presentation that humpbacks probably evolved and appe atomic number 18d around the of late Miocene era early Pliocene, and consider existed ever since. The humpback whale has been hunted since its cr eation, make it endangered. In the eighteen snows the value of those whales increase making them a consummate(a) target for hunters. With advancing implements of war by the nineteen hundred the whale population maxim a huge lour of whales, then in the 20th century the population went as low as seven-hundred in north America by nineteen sixty-six global only approximately five-thousand whales, making them endangered. The humpback whale has to eat 1 ton of victuals each day. Though the whales are very large they eat small organisms. Depending where the whale lives testament affect it diet; in the northern hemisphere whales some completely feed on krill. When the whales they use a proficiency c alled called lunge provide. Lunge feeding is when the whale ope...