Hi Cherie,
Most animals only fight when they both want something. Humpbacks and right whales are both baleen species but they don't compete for food. They also don't compete for mates. So no, right whales and humpbacks would not be likely to fight with each other.
Cathy Schaeff
Cathy Schaeff
Associate Professor and Chair
Biology Department
American University
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cherie Strickland <cstrick@sonet.net>
To: schaeff@american.edu <schaeff@american.edu>; pita@whale.wheelock.edu <pita@whale.wheelock.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:23 PM
Subject: question about right whales
do right whales and humpback whales ever fight?
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