Close encounter with socializing sperm whales

[rjayzonfeet]

them shits big

[spokismyfriend]

only thing that makes them different is their looks, we are all creatures of this world and can be in at peace around each other, not always but there are those special moments such as

[noyabizzle]

ORGYYY!!



[ryarod]

Wow... I had no idea Sperm whales congregated like this. Nature never stops surprising... never stops enchanting. It's also so amazingly beautiful to see the whales so comfortable around humans...

Thank you for sharing this.

[bluesbrrd]

@ryarod The baby is so curious and playful at the end. I've never seen anything like this. Incredible!

[indianavince]

Reading Moby Dick... struck at the sympathetic nature of Mellville's writing towards not just the whale but also the human condition. Can't believe we made candles out of these mighty co-inhabitants.

[bluesbrrd]

@indianavince My favorite book of all time. Yet sperm whales can be aggressive if hunted or attacked. I would be terrified!

[RPFFDS]

Nature is phenomenal...

[heldgop]

they are very intelligent, they smack each other pretty hard, but are aware that the camera guy is not so "sturdy" :D

a decent whack with their tails could kill a man i guess.

[musicgerald]

FREAK ME OUT. haha.. man these whales have such personalities. Can't imagine the feeling of being in the water with them. Huge brains.

[SayaAensland]

Aww, the calf is so curious. "Oooh, what's this? *poke*"

[ukusapillage]

funny that they come to the azores to see the whales and then in their own seas they kill them talking about icelanders the finns and the danes

[SayaAensland]

@ukusapillage I am very, very curious as to where you got the idea that Finland practices whaling. For one thing, there are no whales in Finland's territorial waters. If you google "finland whaling", pretty much all you get is newspaper articles about Finland whining at Iceland, Norway and Denmark/Greenland to decrease whaling.

[michetox]

aren't this whales dangerous to humans?

[tasman763]

@michetox there has never, to the best of my knowledge , ever been a recorded case of " whale eats / attacks human ". This includes " Killer Whales " which I prefer to call Orca . Those Orca in captivity should be released , and I believe that if I put a human in a cage, they may see this point of view. But some humans are very scared / short sighted / ignorant . Dont you be one of them . These are beautiful animals :-)

[cincinatus90]

@tasman763 There have been a few deaths from killer whales.

[tasman763]

@cincinatus90 is National Geographic a suitable quote source ??? April 2005 issue of National Geographic

It is mentioned in this article that there are NO *confirmed* deaths of humans from orca attacks--ever.

so.....be scared if you like. Im going to find my flippers and snorkel .

[xXxMiiCkEyxXx]

@cincinatus90 in captivity yes, but in the wild so far no deaths that i know of..

[Gingie4life]

@tasman763 so agreed nd the way they captured the orcas in japan its so painful nd disturbing u should c a vid in youtube very sad :((((

[tasman763]

@Gingie4life i have seen vids of the dolphins being killed......but from what I can understand, 99% of Japanese people are unaware that this is happening . I didnt know that they killed Orca. That is disgraceful ! We are sending Greenpeace boats to stop them whaling in Antartica . It is as if they just dont understand what they are doing !

[Gingie4life]

@tasman763 so sad i didnt know they killed orcas also such an intelligent animal they even cant forget people faces so sad i love whales an all animals, even watch ho they train animals for circuses im so ashamed to b human sometimes :(((

[drjohnes]

How far off shore you have to get in order to see them. Magnificent video thou.

TX

[eatyoualive10]

I love to see the sperm whale swallow that diver, what a boner!!

[MrBigAristotle]

This title is a little misleading

[birgittamueck]

Those shots are from the Azores islands where you often find big family groups socializing at the surface.

[marginallymental]

I have no idea what they're saying in Swedish. Something deep, I'm sure. Sperm whales are nutty social--diving together to hunt, traveling in family groups. Were these few at the end of a migration? They looked a little gaunt, their skin was baggy, they looked like belugas do after winter and before spring.

[tritop]

thank you

[ShawDAMAN]

eek. o_O

the babies are kind of cute ;p

[sunnymichele1981]

momma's like "all right, lets go!"

[nun01981]

I like it :D

[tamaracyan]

Beautiful and amazing!

[nasreddinehariti]

amazing mate!