Whale Encounter---PRICELESS!!!!

[tasuki199]

If you stick your hands or feet into the water is it dangerous? Killer Whales are the only ones who might bight, right? I would be the foolish one stretching my arms out to pet them as they swam by.

[LetternotePlayer]

@tasuki199 To be honest with you---my husband and I were both "really scared" that the mother whale would do something drastic to protect the curious baby. Plus, I can't remember if I mentioned in the writeup about this video---but a MUCH larger whale was with these two a little bit earlier, but "he" just kept on swimming along and left them "in the dust" (so to speak)--so we weren't sure if he would just come right back over and really make "a splash"!!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[Gazjohnful]

@tasuki199 Nah, thats extremely unlikely to happen... If you were a big school of shrip a whale might try bite you... but the whale in the video isnt a killer whale... so the only threat they actually came in contact with is if the whale decided it didnt really like the look of the shape of the boat and rammed it, tipping it over.

[tatertotwebkinz4]

this is 4 days after my birhtday!

[lemonrind]

OK, so the ladies like the whales, but they don't dig my morbid obesity? Hypocrites!

[TheStaticage01]

Lol-Do you think he would knock us over? Answer..If he really wanted too, we all know he could lol?...I love whale watching too, and when I go to coastal states its one of my favorite things to do...but then that question always comes up...Do you think he would knock us over?..and the answer is always the same..If he wanted too...YES! Great video gang-have fun-and be safe-STAT

[captom100]

That is a Minke whale, smallest of the baleen whales at a max of about 30 feet. They are fish eating whales that will sometimes get friendly, but are mainly very shy. A very lucky and great look.

[ljmuzza]

Your gonna need a bigger boat. A MUCH bigger boat

[jir250]

check out the boot????

[galesnelson]

@jir250

Did you mean "Checking out the Boat??" The whale was checking us out maybe sizing us up to see if we were a threat to her and her baby!!

[rickardo004]

I live in Oceanside! My birthday is April 12!! LOL awesome!

[poweredparagliding]

Very nice!

Why were you whispering?

[galesnelson]

@poweredparagliding We were kind of scared---we had been watching a LARGE whale off in the distance --> maybe three (3) football fields away! Then about 10 minutes later the baby surfaced right next to our boat---and took us by surprise! I think we may have been thinking that the LARGER whale was nearby and we just didn't want to threaten the baby and cause the adult whales to retaliate. 

[poweredparagliding]

@galesnelson

Yeah I can imagine, I guess being scared is a smart move being 15 miles out, you never know!

[cory1438]

how do the japanese find it fun to kill these creatures

[Zeph1914]

What an encounter! I love it, "Pets and Animals"

[Shakibers]

nice video

[gshdrums]

there just saying hello, they dont wanna hurt anyone! amazing creatures.....damn japanese whalers....shoot em i say

[Taikkah]

Wow! That's a minke right??? It must have been really cool being that close to them.

[katielou30]

oh my goodness....wow! brydes whale by the looks of it....i think minkes are slightly darker and tend to be solitary...either way it's a fantastic and priviliged experience to have well done! 5 stars

[JEROyROSA]

This is AMAZING!!! You are incredibly lucky! Wish I had been there. Thanks for this video, it just makes me want to be and explorer like you guys. Unforgettable.

[Mckwaa]

i wonder what it tastes like... just kidding. love animals, even bad tasting ones.

[ANGELBLU2042]

It's as though the whale is trying to communicate by making itself known to the people in the boat. It is believed they never forget a face, and I suspect them to be one of the most intelligent creatues on earth, but just cannot talk. They mate once in life, have a pregnancy gestation of 36 months. Go figure.

[TheGreatSpankini]

whale scientists would disagree about the intelligence.

[Eatmybologna]

@ANGELBLU2042 Whales have a much more evolved version of communication than we do. Its us who cant talk.

[finch6789]

love whales. you're supposed to keep your motor in idle/neutral, though, so they can hear you and won't hit the boat, cause injury to you and/or them.

[DarioSwampy1]

good they didnt die

[LewHarvLufc]

Amazing :), i would be terrified though

[AlbyFC]

Isn't it amazing how a little glimpse on the life of these ancient creatures can be so affecting? They'll go on swimming the ocean day and night and will forget us, but how hard it is to forget them! Very humbling. Thanks so much for sharing your very happy experience with us.

[Eatmybologna]

@AlbyFC What makes you think they forget us?

[Taikkah]

Oh wow, is that a minke whale?

[meltrustsno1]

Oh my god, UNbelievable...Absolutely amazing, you are sooo lucky!!!

[grecon444]

That was incredible! I had tears in my eyes. Wow!!! thanks for sharing! We go to Dana Point often to go on whale watches but that would have been amazing!!! :)

[lisajoe1960]

Okay that was AWESOME! Thanks for sharing that!! I am from Alaska and I could see whales a million times and never get tired of admiring their beauty.

[luvmns]

It is a minke whale. The white patches on the flippers are nicknamed mittens.

[flamedrag18]

looks like either minke or fin whales, not sure.

[IslamBoy4Ever]

:what an experience!

and its really a nice fish :)

a loved to see his video.

and good bey to our beautiful whale and to every one.

[buffytariq]

They are so beautiful. It's moment like this when you think 'How could anyone kill such a beautiful animal?' what an experience!

[ezinhadinali]

@buffytariq They kill because "we need supplies" and for ignorance. Such amazing creatures must be spared.

[TheStaticage01]

@ezinhadinali They kill whales because whales and dolphins dropped the atomic bomb on their country back in 1945 lol...haven't you ever seen that episode of South Park?-jeesh! LOL

[caladesistar]

Priceless is right. I live in Florida and do alot of boating. I have had similar experiences with pods of dolphins. I have felt the power of the experience and am left feeling blessed. Im sure you were blown away.

[galesnelson]

You may want to check out the video I put up of a dolphin encounter last

weekend: "Dolphins~I Touched One!" I live for the time I can go out and be in this ocean environment ~ we see something new every time we're out there!!!! Things that make me go, "W O W"!!