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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]
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The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean after the blue whale. The biggest individual reportedly measured 26 m (85 ft) in length, with a maximum recorded weight of 77 to 81 tonnes.
The whale blubber was boiled down to make oil for lamps.” By the 18th century, the Azores’ resident population of sperm whales was drawing attention from the United States.
A gray whale does a bubble blast while foraging for food as seen via drone. Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine ...
As the whale's population numbers rebound, visits to the Seattle metropolitan area by orcas that prey on mammals and cetacean whales like humpbacks and grays have been increasing.
Bowhead whale plates can be 9 metres (30 ft) long. Their nostril(s) make up the blowhole, with one in toothed whales and two in baleen whales. [21] The nostrils are located on top of the head above the eyes so that the rest of the body can remain submerged while surfacing for air. The back of the skull is significantly shortened and deformed.
Humpback whales can measure 60 feet and weigh 40 tons, so when they breach nearly free of the surface their splashdowns are loud and spectacular. Watch: Breaching humpback whale makes boat ...