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The killer whales regularly demonstrate their competence by chasing seals up shelving gravel beaches, up to the edge of the water. The pursuing whales are occasionally partially thrust out of the sea by a combination of their own impetus and retreating water, and have to wait for the next wave to re-float them and carry them back to sea. [12]
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]
Researchers studying the majestic creatures have discovered the animals aren't just jumping for fun -- it's an important way to communicate. Turns out whales don't jump out of the water just for ...
The melon is structurally part of the nasal apparatus and comprises most of the mass tissue between the blowhole and the tip of the snout. The function of the melon is not completely understood, but scientists believe it is a bioacoustic component, providing a means of focusing sounds used in echolocation and creating a similarity between characteristics of its tissue and the surrounding water ...
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 ...
"Killer whales can easily travel 25 miles an hour," she said. "To punch a hole in the side of a dolphin and hit it so hard that it's jumping so high out of the water — the force is tremendous."
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.
Three humpback whales jumped out of the water in unison in Cape Cod in front of stunned onlookers on Monday, 24 July. Extraordinary footage captured by Robert Addie shows the huge creatures ...