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Rare sighting of sperm whales off California coast

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Rare sighting of sperm whales off California coast
Rare sighting of sperm whales off California coast

Boat captain films rare encounter with sperm whales off Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Video credit: Newport Coastal Adventure

BROADCAST AND DIGITAL RESTRICTIONS**Broadcasters: MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY @NEWPORTCOASTALADVENTURE/ MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO Digital: MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY @NEWPORTCOASTALADVENTURE/ MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO **~ RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT VIDEO SHOWS VARIOUS VIEWS FROM DRONE RECORDING OF TWO SPERM WHALES SWIMMING WITHIN ONE MILE OF EACH OTHER OFF THE COAST OF PALOS VERDES PENINSULA SHOWS: AT SEA (JANUARY 24, 2020) (NEWPORT COASTAL ADVENTURE - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY @NEWPORTCOASTALADVENTURE/ MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO)(MUTE) 1.

SPERM WHALE SWIMMING NEAR BOAT, COAST SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND 2.

WHALE SPOUTING WATER 3.

WHALE DIVING / TAIL FIN OF WHALE 4.

VARIOUS OF SPERM WHALE SWIMMING STORY: Two sperm whales can be seen swimming off the coast of Southern California in a video recorded on Friday (January 24) by a boat captain in the area.

Captain Ryan Lawler, who is also a whale watching tour boat owner, said he steered his boat from Newport Harbor in Orange County to obtain the spectacular view of the mammals.

The whales were swimming within one mile of each other, about five miles off Palos Verdes Peninsula, Lawler said.

Sperm whales tend to stick to deeper waters, making them harder to research than most other animals.

An adult sperm whale, among the biggest mammals on earth, can grow up to 16 metres and can weigh up to 57 tonnes.

The deepest divers known, sperm whales can hold their breath for up to two hours and descend to 3,000 metres.

(Production: Pola Grzanka, Liliana Ciobanu)

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