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  2. Cetacean surfacing behaviour - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Woman Captures Rare Video of Sperm Whales ‘Cuddling’ and ...

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    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 ...

  6. Boaters left with ‘jaws gaping’ as two ‘titans of the ocean ...

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    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.

  7. Marine mammals and sonar - Wikipedia

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    Before extensive research on whale vocalizations was completed, the low-frequency pulses emitted by some species of whales were often not correctly attributed to them. Dr Payne wrote: "Before it was shown that fin whales were the cause [of powerful sounds], no one could take seriously the idea that such regular, loud, low, and relatively pure frequency tones were coming from within the ocean ...

  8. Understanding sperm whales through AI - AOL

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    All the information is in a database so we can see where they've been, who they've been hanging out with, kind of what the social structure of what the groups are."Steiner says the end goal is to ...

  9. Inside Nature's Giants - Wikipedia

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    Inside Nature's Giants is a British science documentary, first broadcast in June 2009 by Channel 4. The documentary shows experts performing dissection on some of nature's largest animals, including whales and elephants. The programme is presented by Mark Evans. The series attempts to uncover the secrets of the animals examined.