Behavior

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--- Breathing, lobtailing, flipper-slapping and spyhopping are common
--- Other behavior includes beach-rubbing, speed-swimming, logging and dorsal fin slapping
--- Can travel at up to 34 mph
--- Travel in pods of 3-25 whales
--- Two of more pods may come together to form superpods (150 or more whales)
--- Members of a pod stay together for life
--- Highly inquisitive and approachable
--- Develop their own dialects between clan(closely related pods)   

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