For humpbacks, bubbles can be tools

The intelligence, beauty, and complexity of humpback whales never fails to astound me. Even invertebrates such as octopus are highly intelligent and resourceful. There's so much to be understood and discovered in the oceans!

In a semi-related note, I was too young to realize the environmental agenda in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home when I first saw it. But since then, I've been absolutely mesmerized by humpback whales. I hope someday to be able to dive and swim near them.

Edit: From Wikipedia [1]:

   "Nimoy said Meyer gave the script "the kind of humor and social comment, gadfly attitude I very much wanted". He added that his vision was for "no dying, no fighting, no shooting, no photon torpedoes, no phaser blasts, no stereotypical bad guy. I wanted people to really have a great time watching this film [and] if somewhere in the mix we lobbed a couple of big ideas at them, well, then that would be even better.""

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home

This is a lesson that humans have borrowed to create an ingenious way of extracting garbage from rivers[0].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/05/incredib...

Off of Cape Cod by Stellwagen Bank you can see dozens any given day in the summer. Bubblenets are incredible to see up close. Another poster stated it perfectly- the intelligence and behavior of these creatures is incredible.