巨大的座头鲸冲出了海洋

这头巨大的座头鲸冲出了海洋，观看它的人们可能被吓坏了

Last Sunday, enthusiastic whale watchers experienced a majestic sight. During the tour organized by Whale Watchers Sydney, people had a jaw-dropping encounter with a humpback whale breaching meters away from their boat. The cold Sydney weather took nothing from the experience, as people stood in awe of the sight.

上周日，热情的观鲸者目睹了一幅壮观的景象。在悉尼鲸鱼观察者组织的这次旅行中，人们遇到了一头座头鲸在离他们船几米远的地方破浪而出，令人瞠目结舌。悉尼寒冷的天气丝毫没有影响人们的体验，人们站在那里对这一景象充满敬畏。

However, the rough weather is necessary to witness whales breaching out of the water, as they do it very often when the weather is bad.

然而，恶劣的天气是见证鲸鱼破浪而出的必要条件，因为它们经常在天气不好的时候破浪而出。

While many species engage in breaching, humpbacks do it more often. Whale Watchers Sydney spokesperson told Bored Panda, that no one knows for certain why they do it. Some theories suggest that they do it to attract other whales, communicate or warn off males.

当很多物种都在破坏时，座头鲸更经常这样做。悉尼鲸鱼观察者的发言人告诉Bored Panda，没有人确切知道它们为什么这么做。一些理论认为，它们这样做是为了吸引其他鲸鱼，交流或警告雄性。

Usually, a whale breaches just a couple of times, but these sightseers were lucky enough to encounter a young whale who was putting on a show for them for a whole 90 minutes. “We may get a breach on 30-40% of all trips, but to see 90 min non stop is quite special,” the spokesperson said.

通常，一头鲸鱼只会破水而出几次，但这些观光者很幸运地遇到了一头年轻的鲸鱼，它为他们表演了整整90分钟。“我们可能会有30-40%的行程中断，但看到90分钟不停歇是相当特别的，”发言人说。

Humpbacks, despite their impressive size, are not the biggest ones in the whale family.

座头鲸虽然体型巨大，但并不是鲸类中最大的。

They can grow to 60 feet (18 meters) long, and weigh around 40 tons (about half the size of a blue whale). So it must be thrilling to have one breaching just a few feet away!

它们可以长到60英尺(18米)长，重约40吨(大约是蓝鲸的一半大小)。所以它有一个只有几英尺远的突破一定是令人兴奋的!

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