The Center for Coastal Studies in Massachusetts rescues entangled humpbacks and other whales from entanglements whenever they find out about them. Humpbacks are doing very well, though. Even though their populations were reduced greatly by whaling, they seem to be making a big comeback in most places. In the North Atlantic, we recently estimated the population at 10,000 animals, and it seems to be growing.
Humpbacks have only one real predator that anyone knows about - killer whales.
I think it's pretty unusual for a killer whale to actually kill a humpback, but lots of humpbacks have teeth marks on their tails or bodies from killer whale attacks. My names Mike. And I'd like to know what the greatest threar to the humpback is. Thankyou for your time.