The Evolution of the Whale

The whale's lungs almost completely collapse when it breathes out and create this forceful burst of exhalation that is in the end what we see when the whale spouts or when the blowhole opens. Wartsock: It brings up something that is at once obvious about the whale and also, you know, a lot more sublime in many ways as well. "They have evolved so much to become these masters of the ocean," he says.