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Hawaii State Marine Mammal:

Photo of humpback whale
Breaching humpback whale - photo © Whit Welles / Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary / Wikipedia.org - published under
terms of the GNU Free Documentation license Version 1.2 or later

Humpback Whale

Hawaii designated the endangered humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as official state marine mammal in 1979. Hawaii adopted another mammal symbol in 2008 - the Hawaiian monk seal.

Humpback whale underwater
Humpback whale underwater - public domain photo on
The Best Links.com: Humpback Whale

Photo of humpback whale tail by Captain Budd Christman / NOAA -
public domain image on The Best Links.com

Pair of humpbck whales lunge-feeding - public domain photo on The Best Links.com: Humpback whale
Source:
Links:
Humpback Whales: EarthTrust
State Animals - Mammals - State Fish & Water Life Symbols

    

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HAWAII SYMBOLS:

bird -fish
mammal 1 - 2
gem - soil
tree - flower

 song - dance
 team sport
 individual sport
 language - motto
 order of merit

 Island Flowers:
  Hawai'i - Maui
  O'ahu  - Kaua'i
  Moloka'i
  Lana'i - Ni'ihau
  Kaho'olawe 
 

 eternal flame
 liberty bell 
 name origin
 nickname
 flag - seal  
 Island colors
 quarter
 
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