TROMSØ, NORWAY: POWERFUL images of a 40-TONNE sea-beast performing a barrel-roll through the air have been captured by a marine researcher. The humpback whale, which was the weight of a large lorry, leapt up and performed a feat of amazing air acrobatics before returning to the water rewarding itself with a nice swim and a herring lunch. Norwegian Researcher and Biologist Karl-Otto Jacobsen (49) was at the ready to snap this jaw-dropping scene which lasted only a few moments.

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Keywords: humpback, mammal, marine, megaptera, nature, norway, novaeangliae, photography, sea, spectacular, whale, wildlife