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demstone:
yes lagos is beautiful but just wait till we get to calabar.. den u wld uderstand why tinubu wld b remembered as d greatest of all time

PDPdestroyer:
So, Obidients are still angry and sad that someone saw an aquatic animal in the waters around the coastal highway. Do these people ever have any happy moments?

Wickedfact:
Your children will hawk gala on that road.

bigpicture001:
That is a whale !


The whale is in the water , not standing

Vixlot:
Whale Spotted on the Beach along Lagos - Calabar Costal Highway

Someone randomly spotted a whale as he was cruising along the Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway.... pic.twitter.com/reGgpgycZX

— Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi (@Onsogbu) February 14, 2026

Flangelo12:
That's definitely a whale.

richmond500:
that movement looks more of a whale that shark.
If it was shark, then it would be orca but orcas aren't that long.
So it's a whale

oz4real83:
Video not enough to conclude on the animal, good siting though

bigpicture001:
That is a whale !


The whale is in the water , not standing

Flangelo12:
Be writing rubbish with confidence.

Awoleesu:
There are some fundamental differences between a Shark and a Whale locomotion in water.
The shark usually swings in an oscillating pattern while the whale moves in a dive/plunge.
The shark's submersive appearance at sea is usually a hunting quest (seeking preys) while the whale's coming afloat is in a bid to ventilate (catch some air).

The interesting thing about the OP footage is that some sharks are actually very big, the size of a whale (Note that there are different species of both with corresponding varying sizes).
Similarly, it must not be lost on us that the shark has gills, which makes its respiration in water intangible. The whale on the other hand, has lungs thus its respiration is visible in large bubbles and a blowhole like dispelling of air from beneath water level (this usually the giveaway sign sailors catch to detect a whale as against the high dorsal fin of a shark)

In essence, judging by the movement of that sea creature and the visible dorsal fin, it is very likely a Shark.

Exousiang01:
How is this an advertisement.
He didn't even show the road?
Wetin dey worry some of una sef?

Did you not see the big fish? Even tho it's not a whale, but did you not see the fish?

You need to in crease the frequency of visits to yaba left ohh. See the doctors more often.
Make you no go bite person for street oh

Krankhead:
How do you know. Uou Sidon with toyr borrowed data dey react without evidence

EbereGod:
Its not a whale, you guys should spend more time on animal planets. Thats a big damn shark.

Putindbutt:
The beauty of nature along the coast, that's the primary aim of the coastal road.

Putindbutt:
The beauty of nature along the coast, that's the primary aim of the coastal road.

MONEY247:
this is just a big fish... maybe a large shark not whale

richmond500:
u should rather spend more time on animal planet, whales are slow moving but distort water current, sharks are fast moving but water remain still
Also sharks are low divers and hardly surface except in a feeding frenzy and their movent when they surface area fast with side to side movement of the fin, whales on the other hand surfaces more often but mostly calm with ripples on around them.

That is a whale, not a shark

MONEY247:
this is just a big fish... maybe a large shark not whale

BabaO2:
Why are you always full of pessimism on any good news
shark spewing out water from its nostrils?

EbereGod:
You are correct by behavioural context and it's unfortunate you didn't expand on your research, this is a big damn shark! I watched the video, the triangle dorsal fin sticking out of the water, No blow spout visible, NO BROAD BACK OR TAIL FLUKES ON THE SURFACE, this one swim with often with its fin and its slim back visible. The swim is CLASSIC SHARK BEHAVIOUR. And NO, being a fast moving animal is WRONG, it depends on what the animal is doing .Whales often look slow because of their size, not actual speed.
Many large sharks are lazy cruisers most of the time as well.


Again, Sharks can be fast when hunting
BUT when cruising or patrolling, they often move slowly and smoothl.

If it were a whale, we would almost certainly see more body mass or a blow in at least one frame.

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BabaO2:
Why are you always full of pessimism on any good news
shark spewing out water from its nostrils?

Namaster:
This is a LOW-EFFORT advertisement for the Coastal Highway.

muyico:
Whale 🐋🐳 is sport fish
Always jump out of water

Wickedfact:
Your children will hawk gala on that road.

kay29000:
I swear. I'm not a big fan of him, but I saw the vision of this road right from the inception because of a trip I took.to Togo like 20 yea ago I still have a vision of driving along their coastal road in my head...nature on the right, and beautiful hotels on the left. Even Tinubu's opponemts know this thats why they wee figjting so hard to srop the project. People will understand soon.

Vixlot:
Whale Spotted on the Beach along Lagos - Calabar Costal Highway

Someone randomly spotted a whale as he was cruising along the Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway.... pic.twitter.com/reGgpgycZX

— Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi (@Onsogbu) February 14, 2026

Awoleesu:
There are some fundamental differences between a Shark and a Whale's locomotion in water.
The shark usually swings in an oscillating pattern while the whale moves in a dive/plunge.
The shark's submersive appearance at sea is usually a hunting quest (seeking preys) while the whale's coming afloat is in a bid to ventilate (catch some air).

The interesting thing about the OP footage is that some sharks are actually very big, the size of a whale (Note that there are different species of both with corresponding varying sizes).
Similarly, it must not be lost on us that the shark has gills, which makes its respiration in water intangible. The whale on the other hand, has lungs thus its respiration is visible in large bubbles and a blowhole like dispelling of air from beneath water level (this usually the giveaway sign sailors catch to detect a whale as against the high dorsal fin of a shark)

In essence, judging by the movement of that sea creature and the visible dorsal fin, it is very likely a Shark.