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Leviathan

A spray that glistened brightly in the sun alerted us to what lay just below. So close was he, we thought we’d surely run headlong, colliding with a forceful blow. And then, as if to say I’m not yet done, his tail appeared: a curtain call for show. We braced, assuming we were impact-bound; instead, leviathan commenced to sound.

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Date: 9/7/2022 6:32:00 PM
The male humpback whale the songster of the ocean.Usually sounding at between fifty and sixty feet below the surface and staying in place during the song which usually lasts about a half an hour or so .Once a humpback sang for twenty two hours however. Felt the spray heard the tune hope you sleep like a baby soon.
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