About
Whaling is a Vine video fad in which participants mimic a breaching whale by falling backwards in mid-air.
Origin
On March 9th, 2014, Viner StarsCHI_nHutch uploaded a video with the hashtag #whaling, in which he is shown mimicking a whale’s breaching behavior while inside a grocery store (shown below). In the first 48 hours, the Vine received over 1,600 likes and 1,400 revines.
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On March 11th, 2014,