Humpback whales. Ha'apai, Tonga.

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Uploaded 22 Oct 2012 by GRID-Arendal

Year: 2012

From collection: Coastal environments and Biodiversity

Taken by: Glenn Edney

We often view other animals' intelligence in relation to our own but this perhaps is the wrong approach. Rather we should try to understand their intelligence as uniquely theirs.

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