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“Whale lice spend their entire life cycle on the body of whales, ... The boopis has a taste for the humpback skin near “the blowhole, wounds, around barnacles and in the ventral grooves. ...

BARNACLE BIOGRAPHY The barnacles that latch on to baleen whales, such as this humpback, may offer a record of their hosts’ movements, even millions of years later, new research suggests. Gregory ...

Whale barnacles contain clues to migratory paths. Tagging and monitoring whales can reveal their extensive migration routes, but not how far—or whether—their ancestors roamed five million ...

Biagini, owner of Gone Whale Watching San Diego, was on a filming expedition 18 miles southwest of San Diego with Taylor Parent when the male humpback whale, nicknamed Snowflake, approached the boat.

There are 20 known whale lice species, but only one, Cyamus boopis, is attracted to humpbacks, experts say. ... wounds, around barnacles and in the ventral grooves. ...

There are 20 known whale lice species, but only one, Cyamus boopis, is attracted to humpbacks, experts say. ... wounds, around barnacles and in the ventral grooves. ...

There are 20 known whale lice species, but only one, Cyamus boopis, is attracted to humpbacks, experts say. ... wounds, around barnacles and in the ventral grooves. ...