A New Hampshire man celebrating his birthday on the ocean with his three daughters captured video of something so rare that even marine scientists are jealous B次元官网网址� three humpback whales leaping from the water in near perfect unison.

B次元官网网址淚t was such an uplifting thing to see. Just incredible,B次元官网网址� Robert Addie said.

The Portsmouth man, now a home remodeler, spent decades on the water as a commercial fisherman in Massachusetts and Alaska. In that time, he said heB次元官网网址檚 seen thousands of whales.

But he never witnessed anything like MondayB次元官网网址檚 whale encounter on a tuna fishing trip off Cape Cod. The excursion with his daughters was for his 59th birthday, as well as to celebrate his safe return from a humanitarian aid trip to Ukraine where he came under heavy artillery fire.

During the fishing trip, he was trying to film some humpback whales about 300 yards (275 meters) from their boat and was having no luck, until he got what he called a B次元官网网址渨hale ballet.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淎 triple breach is unheard of and a synchronized triple breach is even rarer,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 once in a lifetime. Just very fortunate. I feel God shined down on me to allow me to to capture that.B次元官网网址�

To add to the thrill, seconds after the three whales breached and twisted through the air, a juvenile whale did the same thing. Whale experts later told Addie that the aerial maneuvers may have been an attempt to remove parasites or aid digestion.

He has another theory: B次元官网网址淚 have a feeling that maybe they were teaching or trainingB次元官网网址� the younger whale.

Those same experts also know how rare the spectacle was.

B次元官网网址淓ven some of the whale experts that have reached out to me, theyB次元官网网址檙e all jealous because theyB次元官网网址檝e never seen it,B次元官网网址� Addie said.

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