Whale is a colossal mammal.
The humpback whale when he becomes an adult, is bigger and way heavy than a city bus.
The flipper of the humpback makes it easier to dive and turn.
FLIPPER
How can the whale do that ?
The secret resides in the bumps of the whale's flipper.
What a marvelous creature!!! Thanks to the Lord !!
Most whales and other cetaceans have their flippers with smooth leading edges. This is the secret of the humpback, it possesses a unique large bumps, or tubercles, on the leading edge of its flippers.
This is where the ingenuity kicks in. As the humpback swims, water flows over the bumps and breaks up intelligently into a multitude of vortices.
The bumps serves as a conduit to flow and create a turbulence.
The whale is heavy as we all know but the tubercle effect provides the whale with more lift. It allows the humpback whale to tilt its flippers at high angle without losing speed.
This ingenuity continues to give the whale support to reduce drag. This is a good benefit for the long flippers, each being about one third of his body.
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INTERESTING FACTS
Let's go back to the humpback. Researchers and developers studied the whale and applied this flipper concept to make boat rudders, windmills,helicopter rotor blades, water turbine.
The tail of each humpback whale is unique like a human fingerprint.
The humpback whale has two blowholes on top of their head.
Humpback whales love to sing during their mating season. This beautiful songs can be heard miles away and are described as a combination of howls, cries and moans.
LIVE LONG HUMPBACK WHALE
May the humpback whale be with us and amazed us with his gigantic beauty.
