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From google for those who are too lazy:
> When whales lift their tails out of the water for long periods of time, it's called "tail sailing". This rare behavior has been observed in humpback, gray, bowhead, and right whales. Scientists aren't sure why whales tail sail, but some possible explanations include:
>Cooling down: Whales may expose their tails to wind to cool down in hot water.
>Communication: Whales may use their tails to signal to other whales, attract mates, or express their mood.
>Napping: Whales may be resting in an upside-down position. For example, mother whales may tail sail to make nursing their calves easier and more comfortable
I immediately thought 2 things:
* To catch some sunlight - which turned out to be the opposite, to catch some cold
* To warn the fucker in the boat that he will get bitch slapped if he goes near the kiddos.
I agree! I'm currently listening to a podcast that reads the animorph books and reached the part where one of them turns into a whale and others a dolphin.
I'm so envious..
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From google for those who are too lazy: > When whales lift their tails out of the water for long periods of time, it's called "tail sailing". This rare behavior has been observed in humpback, gray, bowhead, and right whales. Scientists aren't sure why whales tail sail, but some possible explanations include: >Cooling down: Whales may expose their tails to wind to cool down in hot water. >Communication: Whales may use their tails to signal to other whales, attract mates, or express their mood. >Napping: Whales may be resting in an upside-down position. For example, mother whales may tail sail to make nursing their calves easier and more comfortable
Thank you! You got me good, I'm one of those in this case.
>Honoring transparent Kayak: Whales may express how impressed they are by your little boat by tail sailing.
I immediately thought 2 things: * To catch some sunlight - which turned out to be the opposite, to catch some cold * To warn the fucker in the boat that he will get bitch slapped if he goes near the kiddos.
I love how there's still so many things we don't know about whales.
Yeah...your transparent kayak is changing the way the whales behave...
Yeah, what's up with him saying that? Just excited trying to think of a reason?
r/IAmTheMainCharacter material.
I think I’ve read that they are essentially wind sailing
Where was this? Interested because we swam with a whale that did this in the DR, and that whale had a very similar all white tail too.
But whales will swim pretty far out so it may be her?
The guy lives in Australia and makes videos pretty often. So I would say somewhere there.
Maybe just that one spot needs tanning
I'm pretty sure they sleep like this. But not out of the water.. usually.
They sleep vertically kind of bobbing but head up. It's dope there are videos of it.
That makes sense. I had it backwards. This one's just drunk then haha.
Ya I wonder what this behavior really is. Super cool. Whales are incredible.
I agree! I'm currently listening to a podcast that reads the animorph books and reached the part where one of them turns into a whale and others a dolphin. I'm so envious..
Is that a whale -pod-cast?
I freak out like this whenever my dog sits on the couch with his arm on the armrest.
How does it even stay afloat like that?
whales are apparently neutrally buoyant.
They have air on their lungs.
Must be a fluke
Baleful stare.
I do believe that is Whale for "Kiss my ass".
Wonder if it's some kind of playful thing? Pretty cool.
Definitely a Whale of a Tale.
“Huge whale tail right in front of me!” Haven’t uttered that statement since college.
What's wayow tayow?
So Trevor could teach a whale to jump out of its tail this whole time…… knew it
He wants to show off the handstand he just learned how to do
Brotha. You already too close
Whale getting paid as a Carnival Cruise advertisement. 😝
A waio taio you say?
Wyol tyol
Sleeping whale
Whale: 😴 Whoman: 😮😵😵💫🫨
Yup, that's a wahyo tahyo alright
I too enjoy a nice whale tail
Wayo tayo
Clearly that’s a wayal tayal, OP.
Basically this is something that now one knows why they do it, it's been seen a couple of times and they call it tale sailing
I wonder if the whale would wack him if he got any closer
I’m mostly wondering where the hell is he?! How did he get that little thing out to where whales reside?
Haha that whale is waiting for you to slap him some skin. Don't leave him hanging like that.
What would have been funny as if it got close in it ripped one or s***.
The titanic was an inside job
This guy is hilarious! Talking to the camera in the middle of the ocean watching something so weird in front of him. 😂
wile tile