Humpbacks congregate during their birthing stage making them easy to find. Habitat of Humpback Whales Humpback whales live all around the wolrd's oceans. In the winters, humpback whales migrate to the tropical regions near the equator for breeding and raising their young. In the summers, humpback whales go to the artics, both the north and south, for feeding. Although humpback whales have no teeth, they have what are called baleen plates.
Baleen plates are triangular in shape, and are embodied into the roofs of the mouth.
The whales let large amounts of water into their mouths, then force the water out, trapping all the food in the baleen plates. However, to get a more concentrated amount of food in one area the whales do something very unique. They then travel up through the middle of the bubbles, mouths open, towards the surface and errupt in a feeding frenzy. The diet of the humpback whale consists mainly of plankton, shrimp, squid, copelin, and other small fishes. Only whale to use bubble net feeding method.