Rare sighting of a Whale tail sailing'. It refers to the action of whales lifting their tails clear of the water for long periods of time. The process is rarely observed by humans, and the precise motivation for this phenomenon is unknown.
https://imgur.com/gallery/zO3cYYL
as a kid did you ever stick your tongue out until it dried just so you could feel it soak up saliva when you brought it back into your mouth cause it felt weird? maybe it's like that
Wow, I haven't done that in years, if not decades. Doing it right now
idk, I remember seeing plenty of whale tail back in high school, doesn't seem that rare to me.
Tail slap, obvious threat display:
Tail sail in a breeding area:
See if you can spot the difference.
So she can smack tf out of his tiny little plastic kayak if he gets any closer
This, it's an obvious defence display because the dumb cunt is too close to her and her calf
>Obvious defense display
How has a whale instinctively developed a defense reaction to something outside of the water?
Y'sure it ain't just sleepin'?
I was kidding, but if she really wanted him gone he wouldn’t have had a chance to upload the vid
so if she's not protecting her calf, what is she doing? offering him a handshake? Stop being retarded, gay.
>what is she doing?
Tail sailing. They do it regardless of whether or not people are nearby
>Stop being retarded, gay.
Go watch a video of a humpback protecting its calf and see if they do a fucking handstand, retard
>'The process is rarely observed by humans, and the precise motivation for this phenomenon is unknown.'
All you whale experts should publish your secrets.
>Go watch a video of a humpback protecting its calf and see if they do a fucking handstand, retard
Tell me, how would a whale tail slap without raising it out of the water?
>how would a whale tail slap without raising it out of the water?
By turning on its back or raising it and slamming it down quickly, like how they usually slap their tails against threats. Threat displays usually also involve breaching and flipper slapping, not to mention the whale would likely try to leave the area before getting to that point
You are a fucking retard. Baleen whales cool down by 'sailing' as they have a bunch of blood vessels close to the surface in their tail flukes. A defense/aggression display would be tail slapping with the whale facing whatever it is it perceives as threat. Get educated, cunt.
>approaches whale with calf
>whale lifts its tail as he gets closer and flying his drone
>safe assumption that it's a warning display
>'The process is rarely observed by humans, and the precise motivation for this phenomenon is unknown.'
but somehow you know don't you, fucking expert.
https://whalewatchwesternaustralia.com/single-post/2016/06/24/Tail-Sailing/
>Tail Sailing can be sighted more regularly in the warm climates of the Humpbacks breeding and calving grounds with both adults and mother/calf pods seen displaying this behaviour. As they still have a lot of blubber they need to keep their body temperatures cool in this tropical environment. When a whale raises its wet fluke above the surface and allows the sea breeze to catch on the large surface area it works very similar to air-conditioning. Blood vessels close to the surface of the tail fluke are cooled by this breeze which in turn helps to cool the temperature of the whale.
morongay.
uhh wouldn't the tail cool down faster if it were in the water
No because air is less efficient at holding heat than water. That's why dolphins can freeze to death when they beach in colder countries; I remember it happening with long-beaked common dolphins at a Canadian coast. The rescue team noted how they began shuddering and they were struggling to put them back in the water in time.
>what is wind chill