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Whales (Ecotourism): Feeding
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Larger whales normally propel at least two-thirds of their bodies into the air, and then land in a belly flop, or turn to one side or onto their backs. Some ... perform 'head-slaps', which resemble breaches but involve lifting only the head and top part of the body.
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Some baleen whales can dive to 350 m and stay submerged for about 20 minutes. Since most of the feed the baleen whales are after occurs near the surface, they probably do not need to go that deep.
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Inhumane killing: many people consider that the method of slaughtering whales is extremely cruel. Although whaling fleets may be highly sophisticated, equipped with sonar, helicopters, long-range explosive harpoons and factory ships, the actual kill is barbaric. The whale is killed by a 90kg, 2 metre-long iron harpoon, shot from a 90mm cannon. The harpoon head contains a time-fuse grenade which, literally, blows the whale's insides apart seconds after impact. This does not usually kill the whale immediately and it may suffer for hours before finally dying.
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*** Female right whales have a very strong protective maternal instinct. This was taken advantage of by early whalers, who captured the calf first, knowing that the mother was then unlikely to escape.
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Not many humans have witnessed or recorded (accurately) the actual birth of a humpback whale or for that matter - two whales mating. It's hard to believe these 45-ft., 40-ton creatures can "hide" anything, but that's what makes the nature of whales so fascinating.
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