natural_phenomenon

spouting whale phenomenon

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Properties

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0
associated_action
respiration
composition_mystery
water or vapor
description
The act of whales expelling material from their spiracle, observed for centuries, whose exact composition (water or vapor) remains a scientific problem.
observation_duration
centuries

Relationships

  • is_a_subject_ofProblem of Spout Composition
    description
    The exact nature of what constitutes a whale's spout—whether water or vapor—remains an unresolved scientific problem.
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    source_text
    it should still remain a problem, whether these spoutings are, after all, really water, or nothing but vapor
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:08:18.616Z
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