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Getty images A humpback whale breaching (stock photo) ... In August, the company shared that they had an “extraordinarily epic year for killer whale sightings.” They added, “This week we saw ...
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]
From time to time, schools of small fish breach the water in unison, as if in symphony. ... Orcas, or “killer whales,” can grow up to 27 feet long and weigh as much as six tons. Known as the ...
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]
This is a list of Whaling Walls, which are large outdoor murals by the American artist Robert Wyland (b. 1956), featuring images of life-size gray whales, breaching humpback whales, blue whales, and other sea life.
@TyLucky left a video of the whale breaching with "Whale hello there!" across the bottom of it. @Gustavo left some judges from The Simpsons cartoon holding up perfect '10' signs.
Pictures released by a conservation group show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, capturing a rare display of wildlife ...
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