Read the passage. A 40-ton creature was coming right at my boat, spinning round and round. We could hear his fins slapping the w
ater with each revolution. The brute exhaled and salty water sprayed us before he dove again. The sight of his tail revolving around, barely missing the boat, sent shivers down my spine. When he came to the surface again, we could have counted the barnacles on his enormous head. What type of animal is described? a penguin a shark a whale an octopus
