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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]
Gray whale spy-hopping next to calf Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: ... Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: ...
4 False killer whales. 3 comments. 5 Capitalization. ... 11 Spy hopping. 3 comments. 12 Redesigning Portal Main Page. 3 comments. 13 Cetacean skeleton images? 1 comment.
Cetacea (/ s ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə /; from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος () 'huge fish, sea monster') [3] is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
A harness-wearing beluga whale that may have been trained by the Russian navy has reappeared off Sweden's coast.. The "spy" whale was first reported in April 2019, when he was discovered near ...
But rather than a Russian spy, Dr Olga Shpak believes the whale was actually trained to guard the naval base before opting to flee once released into open water due to its “hooligan” mindset.
A beaked whale is any of at least 22 species of whale in the family Ziphiidae. Several species have only been described in the last two decades. Six genera have been identified. They possess a unique feeding mechanism among cetaceans known as suction feeding. They are characterized by having a lower jaw that extends at least to the tip of the ...
A humpback whale has stunned scientists with a journey that spanned three oceans and more than 8,000 miles, setting the record for the longest known migration between breeding grounds.