DRAKE BAY, COSTA RICA: A HEFTY humpback whale has been snapped showing its flip side to a boatload of amazed tourists. Pictures show the incredible forty-ton whale launching itself out of the water before completing a jaw-dropping acrobatic turn in the air and re-entering the water. American Researcher Sierra Goodman, snapped these action shots of the mighty humpback whale breaching at Drake Bay, Costa Rica off the Osa Peninsula.

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