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clock-iconPUBLISHEDAugust 3, 2017

Amazing Footage Shows Humpback Whale Breaching Water With Its Whole Body

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Credit: Craig Capehart via Storyful


Craig Capehart and three other scuba divers were hunting for sardines along the coast of Pondoland, South Africa, on July 8 when they saw a large humpback whale breaching several times before it jumped completely out of the water. Capehart described what he saw as “a very rare event indeed.”


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