David Pattyn / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping, tail lob, lobtailing. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) lobtailing Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) lobtailing Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lobtailing / tail slapping on surface, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, October

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lobtailing / tail slapping on surface, Killer whale (Orcinus orca) in foreground, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, October

Espen Bergersen / Killer whale / orca (Orcinus orca) tail-slapping / lobtailing. Andenes, Andoya, Nordland, Norway, January.

Suzi Eszterhas / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lobtailing to stun anchovy prey, with California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) raft also hunting prey fish, Monterey Bay, California

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lobtailing, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, Threatened or endangered species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lobtailing, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, Threatened or endangered species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), lobtailing, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, Threatened or endangered species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / Whale watching tourist boats overcrowd diving Humpback whale, New England, USA

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Southern right whale lobtailing, South Africa {Balaena glacialis australis}

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) lobtailing, Nova Scotia, Canada

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale calf tail-lobbing {Megaptera novaeangliae} off Tonga South Pacific (Non-ex).

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) lobtailing (Wildlife Art Company).

Rebecca Robinson / Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) Dive sequence - porpoising - breaching - spyhopping - lobtailing - playing with prey No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or T...