Humpback Whale Close Encounter Off California Coast
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Bill Bouton, a retired high school biology
teacher, was on an unsuccessful outing to photograph birds in
San Luis Obispo, California, when he happened upon a
breathtaking sight beneath the skyline: a pod of humpback whales
feeding in shallow water.
The 69-year-old captured one of the enormous mammals breaching
the surface while feeding on a “bait ball,” a dense mass of
sardines that forms to ward off predators. But the defense
mechanism just seemed to be attracting more hungry creatures, Bouton said, as hundreds of pelicans and seagulls were diving in
the water and flying up again.
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