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The photographers shared their footage with a marine mammal expert, who confirmed that both whales were in fact, male. This confirms what we already know: gay and bisexual behaviour is common among animals.
PhD student Stephanie Stack from the Pacific Whale Foundation was contacted by two photographers who photographed two humpback whales in Maui, er, well, humping.
Lyle Krannichfeld and Brandi Romano got in touch with Stack because they knew the recording was rare, but they didn’t realise how revolutionary their recording was.
you and me baby ain't nothing but mammals 🦇 so let's discuss how important female pleasure and stimulation are in the reproduction of many different animals 🐇
[Image ID: screenshot of SkyNews article about two humpback whales. Text above photograph of the whales reads: "Humpback whales photographed having sex for first time – and both were male" above photograph. Below text reads: "The humpback whales were photographed in waters near Maui, Hawaii. Pic: Lyle Krannichfeld and Brandi Romano."]
In response to a recorded humpback "contact" call played into the sea via an underwater speaker, a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled the team's boat while responding in a conversational style to the whale's "greeting signal." During the 20-minute exchange, Twain responded to each playback call and matched the interval variations between each signal.
We believe this is the first such communicative exchange between humans and humpback whales in the humpback 'language'.