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Bookmark or Share- Why Do Whales Breach? - American OceansOne of the most intriguing behaviors exhibited by whales is breaching, which involves leaping out of the water and crashing down with a splash. While scientists have been studying this behavior for a long time, the exact reasons why whales breach are still not fully understood.
- Why Do Whales Breach and Jump Out of the Water?Breaching occurs when a whale picks up speed near the water, lifts its body, and leaps out of it, exposing up to 90% of its body above the surface. The whale may land on its side or back during breaching, which often creates an immense splash upon landing.
- Why Do Whales Breach? 7 Reasons And Other Surface Behaviors - TRVSTBreaching is an out-of-water activity performed by whale species, with humpback whales taking the lead as the whale with the most breaches. A whale breach is when it propels its body out of water for a few seconds.
- Why Do Humpback Whales Breach? - Ocean ConservancyScientists suspect humpback whales are breaching and slapping their fins and flukes on the surface as a way of communicating. It is believed that all slapping creates sounds used to send messages to other whales, and the big splashes are for sending messages long-distances.
- Cetacean surfacing behaviour - WikipediaHumpback whale breaching. Cetacean surfacing behaviour is a grouping of movement types that cetaceans make at the water's surface in addition to breathing. Cetaceans have developed and use surface behaviours for many functions such as display, feeding and communication.
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