
The whale was estimated to be 40 feet long and weighed around 80,000 pounds. The fishermen were amazed by the sight and managed to capture the moment on camera.
According to a photographer named Douglas Croft, who captured a humpback whale breaching next to a fishing boat, the memorable moment occurred on April 27th, 2019 in California’s Monterey Bay.
Did you know that, humpback whales have a unique feeding technique:
Humpback whales use a feeding technique called bubble netting to catch their prey. They blow bubbles in a circular pattern around a school of fish, which creates a “net” of bubbles that traps the fish. The whales then swim up through the center of the bubble net with their mouths open, swallowing the fish as they go.