Question:
> hey just a simple question do whales jump i mean would you call breaching
> jumping. i ask because i saw a snapple cap and it said elephants are the only
> mammals that cant jump and i immediately thought of whales. thanks
Reply:
Yes whales (including small whales like dolphins) can jump. It is called
breaching when a whale hurls its body out of the water. Please search the
WhaleNet archives for more information on breaching at
http://whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/classifications.html.
Thank you!
Kim
Kim Marshall
Executive Director
Ocean Alliance (Whale Conservation Inst. & the Voyage of the Odyssey)
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781.259.0423 ext. 14 fax 259.0288
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