It wasn’t love. It could have been adventure. Or maybe she just got lost. This 2001 photo released by F. Johansen and taken in Madagascar, shows a female humpback whale’s tail fin, commonly known as a “fluke.” This photo was used to identify a whale that traveled some 6,200 miles from coastal Brazil to waters off the African island of Madagascar.
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