Broderick Tower - Humpback Whale Mural

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I've always seen this mural as a staple of the city, not because of the many of years it has been located on the side of 10 Witherell St. but how it stands out apart from everything around it. In a 'sort-of concrete jungle' city like Detroit, this huge bright blue attraction of 'jumping humpback wales' almost seemed illuminated when I entered Downtown last week for the first time since our Pre-Covid 19 days. Now I ask, not about the history of the 1997 Humpback Wale mural but why out of all animals did the artist[[s) choose jumping humpback whales for this mural instead of something more agressive like tigers, lions, bears, etc.? Does anybody know?