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Record 1 2014-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Mammals
CONT

Fin whales rarely raise their flukes on a terminal dive and they only occasionally breach or strike the sea surface with their flukes or flippers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Mammifères
CONT

Le rorqual commun lève rarement la queue avant la dernière plongée et il ne lui arrive que très occasionnellement de sortir complètement de l’eau ou de frapper la surface de l’eau avec sa nageoire caudale ou ses ailerons.

Spanish

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