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Uploaded by on Feb 5, 2009

Researchers studying sperm whales at sea got a real surprise when these resting whales let them approach much closer than usual. The head-up posture of some of the whales, including those most closely approached, corresponds precisely with the stereotypical resting behaviour recorded by high-resolution archival tags deployed using suction cups on 59 sperm whales around the world. Miller et al., Current Biology 18(1), R21-R23.

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2807%2902200-2

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  • Why is she scared? Far as I know cetaceans are only dangerous if you hurt them. (In which case they might actually well kill you.) but if you don't harm them they won't harm you. (Well unless you swim into one of their fins.)

  • aww their sleeping :) theres nothing to be afraid of... their NICE creatures.

  • Scared of what? you moron. Those are sperm whales, not sharks.

  • id scared as fuck haha i mean they are beatiful creatures but you have to remember that one of them could easily capsize the boat

  • uh i'd be kinda scared too. one of those things could easily capsize the boat.

  • oh my gosh, that has to be the most annoying voice i've ever heard ! It annoys the hell out of me ! >=O oh yeah WHALES FTW !

  • BITCH STFU! why are you crying when they look so beautiful and chillaxing....it's not that they were about to eat you or some shit! STUPID lady.

  • Beautiful. And yet... it shows that whales aren't very clever. People are dangerous to whales. If I were a whale I'd keep far, far away from humans.

  • Simply amazingly beautiful, if they thought you were gonna harm them, you would not have been able to set with them that long....they have great senses to us humans, you were afraid for nothing! Relax next time, enjoy their company, makes it a lot easier for the giants to relax......thanks for posting

  • y did u sound like u were gonna cry??? arent u supposed to be a scientist??

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