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WATCH: Humpback Whale Gives Passengers The High-Five in Dana Point!

Check out this YouTube video of a rare humpback lobtailing, when it slaps the water with is tail flukes making a loud noise, near the harbor on Tuesday.

Football players aren't the only ones who can give a high-five.

On Tuesday, a rare humpback whale spotted off Dana Point gave whale watching passengers aboard Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari a big "high-five" in this YouTube video.

This humpback is displaying a behavior called lobtailing. Lobtailing is when the whale lifts its tail flukes out of the water and slaps it against the surface of the water producing a very loud noise.

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