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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. Portal:Cetaceans/Selected Picture - Wikipedia

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    The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. It is a large whale : an adult usually ranges between 12–16 m (40–50 ft) long and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb).

  4. Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know - Wikipedia

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    Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know/2 ...when right whales and humpback whales breach (leap out of the water), seagulls can often be seen darting in to pick up pieces of skin that become dislodged from the breaching whales.

  5. Photographs capture humpback whale's Seattle visit, breaching ...

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    Pictures released by a conservation group show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, capturing a rare display of wildlife ...

  6. Massive sea creatures give researcher a triple surprise. See ...

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    “It’s really rare for them to do it at the same time, so it was awesome,” the researcher from Maine said.

  7. @TyLucky left a video of the whale breaching with "Whale hello there!" across the bottom of it. @Gustavo left some judges from The Simpsons cartoon holding up perfect '10' signs.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Whale surfaces, capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast

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    The Coast Guard posted to X that they had received a mayday call stating that a 23-foot center console boat had turned over because of a whale breach. “The occupants were ejected from the vessel as the boat capsized,” the Coast Guard posted, adding that an urgent marine information broadcast was issued and the Coast Guard Station Portsmouth ...