Jet Ski Race Threatens Blue Whale

[mireiification]

YOU GOT TO RESPECT THE SEA OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO YOU!! sooner or later.

[rotaxhippie]

pretty sure if the whale felt threatened it would go down below the surface :) it probably just wanted to watch the race, but there was a large boat obstructing its view

[tanoxxx123]

the hell with the whale....good for sushi.....go jetskier

[niska24de]

Hmmm, that's funny. The PWCs did not even come close to "your" whale. Chances are that most of the PWC operators in this video have a VHF radio on them. "Swarm of bees." Still pedaling the same, old propaganda from the 90's. Loud, 2-stroke, smelly, polluting. loud.

[RiverDave]

Jetski's have no propellers.. Qutie honestly even if they hit the whale at speed, it wouldn't do anything to it. Apparently you people know very little about nature, or machines.  If that whale was bothered he'd leave. As far as that captain "protecting" him. He'd be more likely to get a prop strike being that close to the whale then anybody that was coming at it.

[saxkid07]

I'm positive the jet skis couldnt hurt the whale as far as props go but the actual collision would probably depend on how much of the whale was exposed, skis only sit about 5 inches in the water and even less when they are planed. I'm not so sure it would threaten the whale's life, but I recommend not racing your water bike into a whale.

[mylothefish]

can whales eat jet skiers!!! that would be cool. lol.

[udayan1510]

although whales are the largest mammals,they cant swallow anything much larger than algae..

but id love to see one of those stupid ignorant skiers gettin whippd by a whale..lol

[Akab6]

seems like you should be protecting the jet skis from the whale. They have no propellers and that animal probably weighs 100+tonnes lol ;)

[iliketorodeo]

jetski's should become a thing of the past

[niska24de]

You should become a thing of the past.

[oehieze]

awesome job guys! :) too bad the idiot racers didn't capsize and die....morons

[horn95hx]

Jetskis do not have props like the boat all these whale watchers were on which could cut the whale. The boat would do soo much more damage than any jetski could do to a whale. It wasn't a jetski race from what I see.

[EasternSeaWolf]

Well ya ,but collisions will still shatter bones and will not only injure the whale but the jet skiier who hits it.

[MercuryGlass]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that most if not all of the sound produced by a jet ski is above the water. That makes the craft impossible to track for the whales unless they see it coming. The rider could startle the animal even if he doesn't hit it. That is harassment.

[LagunaSlick]

As an avid scuba diver I can assure you that you can definitely hear jet skis from underwater. In fact, sound travels much faster in water due to the density of the medium.

[K38rescue]

Whales have a great sense of hearing. They can hear you coming about two miles away. If they don't want you around, they will clear off. They can swim at about 30 knots and dive for 20 minutes - this means that if they don't want to be around you, they can dive and be ten miles away before they re-surface - well out of sight and not really trackable.

[shootnmove]

Thats true, if he didnt want to hang out he would have already been gone. Hes the fastest aquatic mammal in the world. 20 knots +.... If he wanted to dip hed be gone, its obvious he just wanted to hang out

[bermy2491]

It's not a race, probably an organized ride of some sort. There's no way an express cruiser would run lead boat in a race.

[croakerlips]

I can't wait for gas to be twenty dollas a gallon. Only sailors and watermen out here. No tourists. No dingbats.

[jtno2]

We can only hope.

[greggwirth]

Wow. You'd obviously have to be quite stupid to think that. However, to actually post or say that it means you are completely unable to mask your stupidity.

[DitchBangersInc]

race? they didnt have any number plates... and some had two people on them

[decotodd]

I was in Mexico and was kyaking surrounded by dolphins off the hotel. Suddenly, a pair of jet skiers came racing by and the dolphins left. Such a beautiful tranquil moment ruined by these assholes.

[taterfamine]

That's no whale...it's just a large aquatic mammal.

[perriok123]

that is a whale idiot

[2XTURBO]

who won the race?

[reeper92]

wat r tha chances?

[bjthepumpkinguy]

the living nuclear sub is back!

[KASSIDYPOLLARD]

oh bless it ...what the hell if u tried to bless it it would probly kill u with its tail

[travelbytommy]

if the whale could hear the oncoming jet skis, couldn't he just dive down out of harms way?

[LagunaSlick]

I'm sure he would have if needed, but they didn't get that close.

[lilMCX]

thats what i thought

[diva198]

cool

[diva198]

awsome im learning about whales at school and that video really thanks

[onstot]

Man...too bad it was a race. If they had just slowed down they would have seen something really amazing.

I'm glad the whale was okay....your captain sounds like a great guy.

[gibberish517]

I agree.

[buffytariq]

aww bless it! i bet it was amazing to see such an amazing creature!

[buffytariq]

aww bless it is sleeping on the surface. Was it ok?

[LagunaSlick]

The whale was just fine and stayed around and toyed with us for another hour.