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  • When a humpback is feeding, they sometimes dive and blow columns of air bubbles forming a screen to encircle the fish, trapping them inside the ring. They would dive and then come up with mouth open to feed. When a circle of air is seen, it would be less than a minute for the whale to surface. Have your camera ready..<br /> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130425-humpback-whale-culture-behavior-science-animals/">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130425-humpback-whale-culture-behavior-science-animals/</a>
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  • As water is expelled from the mouth, birds are taking advantage of the fish that leaked out.
  • "Breaching" - a rare spectacle in whale watching. Breaching occurs when a whale, mostly a humpback, flips itself out of the water, twists in midair, and lands loudly on its side in a splash. It was my lucky day to witness breaching in a foggy morning this May 2012. The reason that whale breaches is unknown, but it could be as a way to communicate with other whales or to cleanse the skin irratants such as barnacles that bother them according to marine biologist Tasia Blaugh who was onboard the boat.
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