Weekend gallery: The mystery of breaching whales
Whatever their reasons might be, there's little doubt that humans are enthralled with cetaceans who leap out of the water
No one’s really sure why whales breach. Certainly to human eyes, it looks like an expression of pure joie de vivre. On the other hand, it might be something as mundane as exfoliation: most whales, and orcas in particular, are prone to growing layers of diatoms (algae) on their skin, and various activities, including kelping and beach rubbing, as well as…
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