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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]
Orcas are versatile predators with many populations actively hunting down whales such as the Grey Whale....the Sperm Whale, at 18 metres long, is the largest toothed animal to have ever lived....in spite of their enormous mass, baleen whales are capable of leaping completely out of the water, particularly the Humpback Whale
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.
A professional diver captured a rare video at the beginning of June of a group of sperm whales 'cuddling'. Kayleigh was having a lucky day using a drone for the first time when she noticed the ...
The last recorded sperm whale stranding along the Gulf happened in 2008. SEE MORE: Large whale spotted beached on sandbar off Florida coastline. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
What sperm whales are saying with their clicks remains a mystery to human ears. Still, uncovering the scope of whales’ vocal exchanges is an important step toward linking whale calls to ...
Tom Mustill is a British producer and director of nature documentaries, and the author of a popular science book How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has collaborated with science and nature personalities including David Attenborough , Greta Thunberg , Stephen Fry and George Monbiot .
Tourists on a boat in Australia were left stunned as they watched a pod of orcas chase and attack a group of sperm whales. A rare video shows the “titans of the ocean” battling.