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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]
Bubble-net feeding is a cooperative feeding method used by groups of humpback whales. This behavior is not instinctual, it is learned; not every population of humpbacks knows how to bubble net feed. [4] Humpback whales use vocalizations to coordinate and efficiently execute the bubble net so they all can feed. [4]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific ...
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Humpback whale - A species of baleen whale. Humpbacks can easily be identified by their stocky body, and obvious hump when diving. Humpbacks do not normally have a hump on their backs; the name comes from the large hump that forms when they arch their backs before making a dive. [1] [6]
“The reason it’s been so feared over the centuries is because the Drake is where ships really have to go. Other parts (of the Southern Ocean) can be avoided.” ‘We don’t gamble’
Several explanations for why cetaceans strand themselves have been proposed, including changes in water temperatures, [3] peculiarities of whales' echolocation in certain surroundings, [4] and geomagnetic disturbances, [5] but none have so far been universally accepted as a definitive reason for the behavior.
Another humpback washed up in Napeague on Dec. 17, the group added. Authorities say the humpback whale found dead on a Long Island beach is the latest in a series of similar incidents since 2017 ...