A humpback whale breached the water and capsized a boat off the coast of New Hampshire on Saturday, injuring four people. The whale's mouth was open as it breached the water and then closed down on what one man on the boat thinks was the engine.
A humpback whale breached the water and capsized a boat off the coast of New Hampshire on Saturday, injuring four people.
The boat was carrying six people when the whale breached the water and hit the boat's stern. The impact caused the boat to capsize, throwing all six people into the water.
Whale Breach Capsizes Boat off New Hampshire Coast
Four of the people on the boat were injured, including a 52-year-old man who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The other three injured people were treated at the scene.
The Coast Guard rescued the six people from the water and took them to shore.
The whale was not injured in the incident.
The incident is under investigation.
* The boat was a 21-foot center console boat.
* The whale was a humpback whale, which is a species of baleen whale.
* Humpback whales are known for their acrobatic behavior, including breaching.
* Breaching is a behavior in which a whale leaps out of the water and then crashes back down.
* Humpback whales typically breach to communicate with other whales or to remove parasites from their bodies.
* It is unclear why the whale breached the water and hit the boat.
* The incident is a reminder that whales are wild animals and should be treated with respect.
