8/28/2008

#19: Right Whale Breaching

Video of a right whale breaching multiple times in a row!!
*video taken by Jonathan

Jonathan

Labels: 2008 Season, Breaching, Jonathan, Right Whale

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: That's an amazing video. they look so magical in the distance like that.; 8/28/08 2:51 PM
Cam said...: Can you ID it from far away?; 8/28/08 3:20 PM
Anonymous said...: That's so cool!!! did it do it only 3 times? how long can it keep this up?; 8/29/08 9:43 AM
Jonathan said...: In response to anonymous:

No, the whale breached much more than 3 times. I was only able to catch the last 3 breaches on video. It is hard to say how long they can continuously breach. Breaching requires a lot of energy so the lenght of time the whale can devote to breaching would have to be dependant on the whales physical health.

In response to Cam:
Yes, in some cases we can identify a whale from a distance, especially if we are able to get a photograph showing distinctive features.; 9/7/08 4:13 PM

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