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Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration , collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole . [ 1 ]
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]
Octonauts is an animated children's television series, produced by Chorion in series 1 and Silvergate Media starting from series 2 for the BBC channel CBeebies.It is based on the children's books written by Meomi, the design team of Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy.
A pod of orcas thrilled onlookers on Fox Island, Washington State, the creatures putting on a remarkable display as they breached repeatedly.Footage filmed by David Cope, who said the event ...
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After 29 beached whales ended up in a swamp Thursday, many of them were able to save themselves and return to sea.
Iceland and Norway do not recognize the ban and operate commercial whaling. Norway and Japan are committed to ending the ban. [citation needed] Dolphins and other smaller cetaceans are sometimes hunted in an activity known as dolphin drive hunting. This is accomplished by driving a pod together with boats, usually into a bay or onto a beach.
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