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Humpback whale jumps near Dutch coast

Posted on November 18, 2018 by petrel41

Humpback whale jumps near Kijkduin, photo by Jan van der Sluis

This is a 17 November 2018 photo of a humpback whale jumping out of the North Sea off Kijkduin neighbourhood in The Hague in the Netherlands.

The whale has been present in this area for some weeks.

Aquatic animals’ maximum jumping height is related to their body size, while ‘entrained water mass’ plays a limiting role: here.

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frejatravels on November 18, 2018 at 1:11 pm said:

Nice:)

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- petrel41 on November 18, 2018 at 3:33 pm said:
  
  Yes, apparently it feels at home there 🙂
  
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petrel41 on November 26, 2018 at 5:56 pm said:

Humpback whales can eat up to 2500 kilograms of fish a day—and a new study reveals one tricky way they can snag these huge numbers: https://t.co/eeWXxUiyCF

— News from Science (@NewsfromScience) November 26, 2018

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