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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]
NBC Olympics & Paralympics posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, August 6th of a whale breaching in the background while the two surfers were patiently waiting for their perfect wave.
Video shows the whale breaching the water and striking the rear of the boat. At least one of the boaters is seen plunging into the water. ocean whale breach animal wild (Courtesy Colin Yager)
Ecologists raise concerns about whale’s deteriorating health after it beached over weekend
The sperm whale or cachalot [a] (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.It is the only living member of the genus Physeter and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia.
This includes the sperm whale, oceanic dolphins, usually pilot and Orcas, and a few beaked whale species. The most common species to strand in the United Kingdom is the harbour porpoise ; the common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ) is second-most common, and after that long-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala melas ).
3 Whale breach. 4 How to Speak ... In September 2015 he was the unwitting subject of a viral video showing him narrowly escaping death ... "The Sperm Whale" [38 ...
Two boaters were flung into the Atlantic Ocean when the whale struck the rear of the vessel. They were rescued by good Samaritans, according to the Coast Guard. Dramatic video shows whale ...