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Swimming Eagle, Diving Whale: bald eagle swims elegantly to shore, beluga whale helps woman retrieve her phone
Bald Eagle Caught Elegantly … Swimming?
Bald eagles are typically known for their elegant flying, skilled hunting and having such majestic strength and beauty that they became the U.S. national bird. But they also possess a lesser-known talent: swimming.
Yes, bald eagles are really good at swimming, a fact some of us learned this week from a viral video published by New Hampshire TV station WMUR.
In it, a bald eagle’s white head bobs rhythmically through the water. Occasionally a wing can be seen as the bird does an avian equivalent of the butterfly stroke. It moves quickly and gracefully through the water, covering a considerable distance before it reaches the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. It calmly strides onto land, shaking the water from its feathers before it strikes a watchful, picturesque pose.
In video footage of the scene, we witness a woman sifting through the water in hopes to see where the phone was dropped. Seconds later, Dodo the harness-wearing whale opens his mouth, revealing the phone.
According to Ina, “We laid down on the dock to look at it and hopefully get the chance to pat [the whale]. I had forgotten to close my jacket pocket, and my phone fell in the ocean. We assumed it would be gone forever, until the whale dove back down and came back a few moments later with my phone in its mouth!”
Although Ina’s phone no longer works, getting to witness a whale kindly returning the phone she dropped is something you don’t see every day! “Everyone was so surprised. We almost didn’t believe what we saw. I was super happy and thankful that I got my phone back,” she continues. I’m sure she was also happy to have video footage of Dodo the whale returning her phone!
