ScienceShot+Humpbacks+Make+a+Comeback

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Alice Gengler **//Science //****Shot: Humpbacks Make a Comeback ** It is truly saddening to think about all the whaling that happens worldwide. But thanks to some new laws that internationally banned whaling sea dwelling creatures such as the hump back whale can breathe easier, not freely but easier. Before the ban humpback whales in the North Pacific numbered only 1400. Now years after the ban was put into place researchers say that there are at least 21,000 humpbacks now. Just image what these numbers will be ten years from now. Hopefully this increase will continue to reach the humpbacks historical number of 125,000 humpbacks worldwide. Humpback whales are important to the balance in nature and it would also be a shame to lose such amazing creatures. In the article the author describes that to be able to count the humpback whales photographers would take pictures of the whales fluke. Each humpback whales fluke is unique, it has its own pigmentation pattern. This reminds me of the fruit fly lab we did in class a while ago. Just like the researchers we were looking at each fruit fly’s differences.