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Humpback whales exhibit several foraging tactics requiring high maneuverability not seen in other baleen whales, including bubble-net feeding. We hypothesized that the significant lift force produced by the humpback whale's uniquely large pectoral flippers will result in them being the only species observed executing the tight, high-speed, sustained turns characteristic of solitary bubble-net feeding. To test this hypothesis, we used a combination of inertial sensor tag data and unoccupied aerial systems (UAS; drone) photogrammetry to quantify the turning performance of solitary bubble-net feeding humpback whales, and compared this to similar data from six other mysticete species. We found that solitary bubble-net feeding humpback whales exhibited centripetal accelerations (0.46 m s</span><sup>−2</sup><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(26,26,26);\">) that exceeded the upper limit quantified in comparable turns by all six other mysticetes. 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