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Humpback whale breaching. Cetacean surfacing behaviour is a grouping of movement types that cetaceans make at the water's surface in addition to breathing. Cetaceans have developed and use surface behaviours for many functions such as display, feeding and communication.
Hvaldimir (Norwegian pronunciation: [/ˈʋɑːl.dɪ.mɪr/]; c. 2009 [1] [2] – 31 August 2024) was a male [3] beluga whale that fishermen near Hammerfest in northern Norway noticed in April 2019 allegedly wearing a camera harness. After being freed from the harness, the whale remained in the area and appeared used to humans.
The mystery as to why a beluga whale appeared off the coast of Norway wearing a harness may finally have been solved. The tame white whale, which locals named Hvaldimir, made headlines five years ...
The killer whales regularly demonstrate their competence by chasing seals up shelving gravel beaches, up to the edge of the water. The pursuing whales are occasionally partially thrust out of the sea by a combination of their own impetus and retreating water, and have to wait for the next wave to re-float them and carry them back to sea. [12]
Pilot whales form tight social bonds that often last a lifetime, so experts say it's possible that other whales could follow if a member of the pod became ill and swam to the beach in distress.
“The location of the beluga whales very close to the submarines and the surface vessels might tell us that they are actually part of a guarding system,” Thomas Nilsen, of Norwegian outlet The ...
Even the long tusk of the narwhal is a vice-formed tooth. In many toothed whales, the depression in their skull is due to the formation of a large melon and multiple, asymmetric air bags. [citation needed] River dolphins, unlike most other cetaceans, can turn their head 90°. Most other cetaceans have fused neck vertebrae and are unable to turn ...
The sudden death of the beloved whale and alleged Russian spy took an unexpected turn toward a possible murder mystery Wednesday as two conservation groups filed a police report and alleged that ...