2009年4月19日 · So the “spout” you see is not a fountain of water; rather, it’s a stream of warm air being forced out of the whales lungs, aka the whale’s breath. Some whale watch guides can tell you the kind of whale that has just come to the surface, even before they see the animal, based on the height and shape of their spout.

2019年4月17日 · One distinguishing characteristic of whales are their whale spouts. When a whale breaches the ocean’s surface for air, it exhales through its blowhole, creating a spout spray. Due to the differing sizes and shapes of the sprays, you are able to determine which whale is …

A spout (or blow) is the cloud of air and condensed water vapor that forms when a whale exhales. A humpback spout is bushy and 10-16 feet high, a right whale has a distinctive V-shaped blow, and a fin whale spout may reach more than 40 feet.

The blowhole of a sperm whale, a toothed whale, is located left of centre in the frontal area of the snout, and is actually its left nostril, while the right nostril lacks an opening to the surface and its nasal passage is otherwise well developed.

A spout (or blow) is the cloud of air and condensed water vapor that forms when a whale exhales. A humpback spout is bushy and 10-16 feet high, a right whale has a distinctive V-shaped blow, and a fin whale spout may reach more than 40 feet.

2024年10月19日 · A whale blow refers to the spout of air and water vapor that is expelled when a whale surfaces to breathe. This phenomenon occurs through the blowhole, a specialized respiratory opening located on the top of a whale's head.

2024年3月8日 · Whales create spouts by exhaling air through their blowhole, which is essentially the nostril of a whale. The strong exhaled breath shoots small water droplets into the air, which looks like a big spray of steam coming from the top of their head.

2017年1月3日 · What we see as a whale’s spout is the hot moist air being expelled from the whale’s lungs condensing as it hits colder air. The reason that many think that the whale sighted in the East River is an endangered right whale is because of the spout photographed by the New York Police Department.

What is spout? A blue whale can breath in just 1 to 2 seconds. With each breath, whales replace up to 90% of the air contained in their lungs (compared to 10-15% for humans).

2024年6月15日 · Different whale species produce water spouts of varying heights, shapes, and sizes. For instance, the spray from a fin whale can reach heights of 9-12 meters. Whale hunters can not only spot whales from a distance based on these sprays but also identify the species and estimate their size.