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  2. Cetacean stranding - Wikipedia

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    Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole. [1] Cetacean stranding has occurred since before recorded history. [2]

  3. Humpback whale - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ 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 classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...

  4. Cetacea - Wikipedia

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    There are approximately 89 [8] living species split into two parvorders: Odontoceti or toothed whales (containing porpoises, dolphins, other predatory whales like the beluga and the sperm whale, and the poorly understood beaked whales) and the filter feeding Mysticeti or baleen whales (which includes species like the blue whale, the humpback ...

  5. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

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    The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.

  6. Why are more whales getting stranded on the East Coast? - AOL

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    According to federal data, more than 30 whales have been found washed up along the eastern shore since Dec. 1, with over a dozen of them off the coast of New York and New Jersey. To get a sense of ...

  7. Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration - AOL

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    The typical migration route for humpback whales can exceed 8,000 kilometers (4,971 miles) in a single direction, making this one’s journey close to two times that of most whales, according to ...

  8. Cetacean surfacing behaviour - Wikipedia

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    The right, humpback, and sperm whales are the most widely observed jumpers. However other baleen whales such as fin , blue , minke , gray and sei whales also breach. Oceanic dolphins , including the orca , are very common breachers and are in fact capable of lifting themselves completely out of the water very easily, although there is little ...

  9. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever ... - AOL

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    A humpback whale crossed multiple oceans for a massive migration that covered more than 8,000 miles, according to a new study. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever recorded Skip ...