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Humpback whale breach sequence. A breach or a lunge is a leap out of the water, also known as cresting. The distinction between the two is fairly arbitrary: cetacean researcher Hal Whitehead defines a breach as any leap in which at least 40% of the animal's body clears the water, and a lunge as a leap with less than 40% clearance. [2]
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, ... This is known as spy-hopping.
A shark, also called a "selachimorph", can be described as all of the following: ... Spy hopping – Raising the head out of the water; Shark attacks
In a rare video captured by a whale watching expedition off the coast of San Diego this week, a killer whale teaches its baby how to hunt by headbutting a dolphin, causing it to flip several times ...
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A group of whale-watching tourists got more than they bargained for in a recent trip off Australia's coast. A massive whale circled a boat near Sydney for nearly an hour Aug. 16, leaving the 21 ...
A new year means more viral moments of animals being animals. From Florida alligators and Oregon black bears to a Massachusetts great white shark, 2024 proved to be a big year for ferocious animal ...
This is the only shark known to regularly lift its head above the sea surface to gaze at other objects such as prey; this is known as "spy-hopping", this behaviour have also been seen in at least one group of Blacktip reef sharks but this might be a behaviour learned from interaction with humans.