Eye to eye with a gray whale

Once hunted to near extinction and called "devilfish" by whalers, gray whales are now a favorite amongst whale watchers. Up close and personal experiences are possible in the breeding lagoons of Mexico. Mothers that possibly had been hunted while they were young, are now pushing their new born calves towards whale watchers in small boats. Adult gray whales are 40-45 feet long and calves are born at 15 feet, yet they delicately dance around our 17 foot boats. If you are lucky, you may get to look them in the eye and think about our amazing shared history.

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[RaindropsFantasia]

I can't believe people actually hunt such beautiful mammals, they are so graceful to watch. :)

Thanks for the upload!

[LPerrotta]

The resemblance between whale eye and human eye is astonishing!

[Pathtith]

How moving. Thanks.

[DeLaaXiiOChannel]

Oh!! This is sooooo amazing!!! That is sooooo INCREDIBLE°° I really love it♥

[NicolaRedwooddforest]

Thank you so much for this amazing footage. Are you a diver? That must be incredible to be in the water with a whale.

[watersanctuary]

Magnificent footage !! wow.

[dianagproyecta07]

this is so beautiful! thank you for sharing it!!

[IGOROTakINOH]

whow!

[c3t1f13dgoon]

wow---crazy

[PMandCCcorporation]

wow. that must be a huge experiance. absouletly amazing!

[Holktube]

They always look like they're smiling!