to see quite a spectacle. the whales just breaching right there. it looked like, you know, an absolute explosion in the water. just that force hitting the water all at once.

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Hannigan said the whales seemed to be having a blast, likening them to "kids in a sandbox." "Bursting out of the water, spinning, waving at people, they were doing the tail flaps," Hannigan said.

However, he said despite the explosion, enough of the whale remained to allow for an examination by marine biologists. Professor Wang said initial observation showed the whale to be an older bull and ...

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