"TEETHING" BABY WHALE USES HUMANS AS PACIFIERS, WHALE WATCHING

This video was taken in upper Magdalena Bay, Baja, CA during Capt. Dave's family vacation. Captain Dave used his GoPro camera attached to a broom handle to film this. These gray whales come over here just to be petted. No one feeds them or does anything to entice them. They simply come over for the physical contact. According to the naturalists who see them everyday, these gray whale calves enjoy having people touch them, even in their mouth and on their baleen. Even though these whales don't have teeth, perhaps it is like a teething child who enjoys having his gums rubbed.

Gray whales pass by Dana Point, California, where our unique whale watching boats see them on their annual migration as they travel from the Chukchi Sea near Alaska to the lagoons in Baja, where this was filmed, and back every year. You can see them or learn more about them by reading Capt. Dave's book "Lily, A Gray Whales Odyssey" or by coming out with Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari on one of our daily trips. Go to http://www.DolpinSafari.com.

Gray whales have one of the longest and most dangerous migrations of any mammal in the world. They have to watch out for killer whales which kill up to 35% of their calves, aboriginal hunters in Russia which are allowed to kill up to 140 a year, and they must avoid ships and getting entangled in fishing gear which kills nearly 1,000 dolphins and whales a day (308,000 a year) worldwide. Capt. Dave Captain Dave organized Orange County's only whale disentanglement group in 2008 and was hands-on with Lily the Gray Whale's disentanglement that made national headlines. He has been featured on the Ellen Show and on CBS Morning News for his conservation efforts and his success in disentangling whales.

All audio and video footage is copyright David Anderson/DolphinSafari.com and may not be used without permission.

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[eggsandwich8885]

I'm happy & sad to see it so trusting around humans. I just hope it doesn't come across any whale hunters.

[0kamiW0lf]

Not a dog. Both cetacea(whale & dolphins) and kanine evolved from the mesonychidae; in short mammals with a little reptile traits left. (most likely the reason they "jump back into the ocean")

So saying whales are dogs is like saying birds are dinosaurs.

And guess what I'm an IT technician; lots of time to do useless shit.

[ranchdressing]

Actually, it isn't. I'm curious.

[0kamiW0lf]

I can't read the tone... Is the question rhetorical?

[alyeify]

Actually... I wanted to be a marine biologist at one point and they're correct. Birds also evolved from dinosaurs. A study was done where chicken embryos had a string of DNA present that laid dormant for millions of years, that was turned back on by scientists, and when they opened the eggs they found that the chicken embryos had reptile-like skin on their feet and legs. Velociraptor bones also have air sacks and hollows just like a bird, which allowed the body to move faster to catch prey.

[ranchdressing]

How much useless shit?

[Raiken Xion]

Yes they're such luvly creatures its nice to see things like this and sad to think of the atrocities us humans do to animals, I fear man will only learn the lesson when it is too late.

[BellinghamsterTrail]

I don't know if these people realize it but whales are hollow

[Cindy Smith]

Wow, that is amazing!! You are all so lucky to have done that!!