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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]
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 ...
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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]
You’ve likely heard the term, “jumping the shark,” but a shark that can jump is hard to imagine. However, in the video above, a 10-foot male great white shark launches himself out of the ...
Flipper movement is continuous. Some species log out of the water, which may allow them to travel faster, and sometimes they porpoise out of the water, meaning jump out of the water. Their skeletal anatomy allows them to be fast swimmers. They have a very well defined and triangular dorsal fin, allowing them to steer better in the water. Unlike ...
Tail sailing refers to the action of whales lifting their tails clear of the water for long periods of time. [1] The process is rarely observed by humans, and the precise motivation for this phenomenon is unknown. [2] It is thought that whales either undertake this activity to catch the wind and 'sail' through the water, or as a method to cool ...
Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998. Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay. [1]