PORSTMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man celebrating his birthday on the ocean along with his three daughters captured video of one thing so uncommon that even marine scientists are jealous — three humpback whales leaping from the water in close to good unison.
“It was such an uplifting thing to see. Just incredible,” Robert Addie stated.
The Portsmouth man, now a house remodeler, spent a long time on the water as a business fisherman in Massachusetts and Alaska. In that point, he stated he’s seen hundreds of whales.
But he by no means witnessed something like Monday’s whale encounter on a tuna fishing journey off Cape Cod. The tour along with his daughters was for his 59th birthday, in addition to to have a good time his protected return from a humanitarian assist journey to Ukraine the place he got here underneath heavy artillery hearth.
During the fishing journey, he was attempting to movie some humpback whales about 300 yards (275 meters) from their boat and was having no luck, till he received what he referred to as a “whale ballet.”
“A triple breach is unheard of and a synchronized triple breach is even rarer,” he stated. “It’s once in a lifetime. Just very fortunate. I feel God shined down on me to allow me to to capture that.”
To add to the fun, seconds after the three whales breached and twisted by means of the air, a juvenile whale did the identical factor. Whale specialists later instructed Addie that the aerial maneuvers could have been an try to take away parasites or assist digestion.
He has one other principle: “I have a feeling that maybe they were teaching or training” the youthful whale.
Those identical specialists additionally understand how uncommon the spectacle was.
“Even some of the whale experts that have reached out to me, they’re all jealous because they’ve never seen it,” Addie stated.
