Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis

Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis. The male positions himself below the female and turns upside down, so the two whales are belly-to-belly and can mate. Sand has been stirred up by the courtship activities and the water is turbid. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, Eubalaena australis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 38291
Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis. The male positions himself below the female and turns upside down, so the two whales are belly-to-belly and can mate. Sand has been stirred up by the courtship activities and the water is turbid. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina

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Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38291
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animal, animalia, argentina, artiodactyla, atlantic, balaenidae, ballena, cetacea, cetacean, chordata, chubut, eubalaena australis, golfo nuevo, mammal, mammalia, marine mammal, patagonia, peninsula valdes, puerto piramides, right whale, southern right whale, underwater, valdes peninsula, whale
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