Sea's queen

One of the most sought after images is one of a baby Humpback Whale swimming on top of it's mother's head. There is something very special about this powerful image and it makes the connection that the mother definately goes out of her way to care for the baby Humpback.
A female Humpback Whale generally reproduces every 2 to 3 years.
A baby Humpback Whale stays with it's mother for around 12 months and during that time the female Humpback feeds the calf on fat rich milk which makes the calf put on weight very quickly.
The female Humpback actively protects the calf from predators and also from male Humpback Whales who try to mate with her.
A baby Humpback whale learns quickly from it's mother with headlunging, breaching, tail slapping and pectoral slapping all behaviour I have observed both mother and calf participating in at the same time.