whale_behavior

breaching

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description
A spectacular behavior of whales, particularly Sperm Whales, where they leap almost entirely out of the water, described as an act of defiance by Moby Dick.
description_MobyDick
act of defiance
type
whale behavior
visibility
visible from seven miles

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  • referenced_byMoby Dick
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    Moby Dick bodily burst into view! For not by any calm and indolent spoutings; not by the peaceable gush of that mystic fountain in his head, did the White Whale now reveal his vicinity; but by the far more wondrous phenomenon of breaching.
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    2026-03-02T00:06:58.449Z
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