This Giant Humpback Whale Breached Out Of The Ocean, And People Watching It Probably Got Spooked Out
Last Sunday, enthusiastic whale watchers experienced a majestic sight. During the tour organized by Whale Watchers Sydney, people had a jaw-dropping encounter with a humpback whale breaching meters away from their boat. The cold Sydney weather took nothing from the experience, as people stood in awe of the sight.
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Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
However, the rough weather is necessary to witness whales breaching out of the water, as they do it very often when the weather is bad.
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
While many species engage in breaching, humpbacks do it more often. Whale Watchers Sydney spokesperson told Bored Panda, that no one knows for certain why they do it. Some theories suggest that they do it to attract other whales, communicate or warn off males.
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Usually, a whale breaches just a couple of times, but these sightseers were lucky enough to encounter a young whale who was putting on a show for them for a whole 90 minutes. “We may get a breach on 30-40% of all trips, but to see 90 min non stop is quite special,” the spokesperson said.
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Humpbacks, despite their impressive size, are not the biggest ones in the whale family.
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
Image credits: Whale Watchers Sydney
They can grow to 60 feet (18 meters) long, and weigh around 40 tons (about half the size of a blue whale). So it must be thrilling to have one breaching just a few feet away!
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Share on FacebookDespite the humongous size, whales are some of the gentlest creatures under the sun.
Even made a little video about our encounter: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYNsNXRnzUM/?igshid=gu048v9fzj7c
Load More Replies...yeees "look at me, look at me" :) so very cute and impressive
Load More Replies...That's amazing! We recently went whale watching in the East Coast and we didn't see any :(
I live in Australia and this was on the news, the weather was so bad the the people sitting on deck actually got hit with a wave so hard, i think one had to be checked by paramedics
My bad it was on the gold coast, news article if you want to read it still; https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/freak-wave-hits-whale-watching-boat/ar-AAGE8X7
Load More Replies...Haha the title makes it sound as if they were implying that whales might not normally breach out of the ocean haha
Despite the humongous size, whales are some of the gentlest creatures under the sun.
Even made a little video about our encounter: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYNsNXRnzUM/?igshid=gu048v9fzj7c
Load More Replies...yeees "look at me, look at me" :) so very cute and impressive
Load More Replies...That's amazing! We recently went whale watching in the East Coast and we didn't see any :(
I live in Australia and this was on the news, the weather was so bad the the people sitting on deck actually got hit with a wave so hard, i think one had to be checked by paramedics
My bad it was on the gold coast, news article if you want to read it still; https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/freak-wave-hits-whale-watching-boat/ar-AAGE8X7
Load More Replies...Haha the title makes it sound as if they were implying that whales might not normally breach out of the ocean haha
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