A male humpback lunges on top of the male in front of him as he jockeys for position as the female's primary escort

While the males compete vigorously for her attention and to position themselves as her primary escort, the big female below left continues on her way unscathed and relatively unconcerned. But if all is quiet around her, she's not adverse to a little bit of flirtation, whacking her sixteen-foot pectoral fin on the water to generate some enthusiasm from her adernt but sometimes exhausted, flagging admirers.