Friendly Humpback Whales near Farallon Islands

On October 11, 2009, a dramatic event occurred on an Oceanic Society whale watching boat near the Farallon Islands, 25 miles west of San Francisco. The vessel Salty Lady came upon a group of humpback whales, which is not unusual as it had been sighting whales pretty much every whale watching weekend, However, on this trip, four humpback whales approached the boat and for over an hour circled the boat, nearly brushing up against it, and seemed to make contact with the 45 passengers on board. One even lifted its head out of the water with passengers reaching out to pet it. There is no doubt that these whales sought out human contact and some form of communication was taking place. Look for yourself.

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Pets & Animals

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• Friendly Humpback Whales
• Oceanic Society
• Humpbacks
• Farallon Islands
• Farallones
• Whale Watching
• Salty Lady
• Ocean
• Friendly Whales

[spwb2k]

very cool.

watching vids like this of whales and dolphins commune with people,

i get the feeling theyre saying "dude, aliens are totally down here under the water!!"

[yuptydoo]

@PosEidoNhNs

Let's go yell at the Japanese! haha

[dmperri]

@ghostdein1 or maybe a school teacher???? 

[PosEidoNhNs]

they're soooo cute , i hope people will understand and live them alone

[MaiAriSquee]

They're... showing off! Unbelievable!! I mean... LOOK at that!

[nacijo]

awesome... i used to go whale watching on this same boat and with this same "oceanic society expedition" outfit about 12 yrs ago. I think it's time to go again.. expensive though, i thnk it's like $120..they are located out of San Fran

[flourishcomm]

Wow weird you guys (rapriverlady and ghostdien1) shouldn't this video make you feel good? Calm? Maybe even connected to one another somehow?

[redasscd]

whales are amazing animals. In this era, why do we still hunt and kill these beautiful creatures.

[LatinDelicious]

Animal's are God's creatures, just remember that

[Konabish]

This is so awesome. They obviously are an incredibly intelligent creature. I noted a couple of awesome spots at 1:17 (spy-hop), blow-hole VS humans at !:37 & 6:34, and twin tails dive at 7:30.