Amazingly Friendly Whale

Excerpt from "The Whale's Tale", Intrepid Berkeley Explorer free, non-commercial streaming video of the friendly Gray Whales at San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico. For more information and to watch this film plus 30 other free, non-commercial, streaming travel videos from every continent, please ask a search engine for:
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• whales
• Baja
• Mexico
• friendly-whales
• San-Ignacio-Lagoon
• gray-whales

[Crazy21Grl]

You dont need seaworld aquariums or cages. They'll come to you in their environment!

[intrepberkexplorer]

@Crazy21Grl,

To avoid misleading people, I need to emphasize that this particular whale was super-friendly, way more so than what people otherwise see at the San Ignacio Lagoon, which is usually very impressive.

From my camp three boats set off for an island, and two of them made it there, never encountering this amazing whale. By pure luck I was in the third boat and this clip is a highlight of my free travel video, "The Whale's Tale".

Luck is never something you can count on.

[cmcwhiting]

Hysterical! I used it in a blog post: /candacewhiting/2011/03/04/irr­esistable-friendly-whale-video­-if-you-have-the-chance-go-see­-the-whales/

[intrepberkexplorer]

@cmcwhiting,

Both the whales and I appreciate your enthusiastic review. Keep in mind this is only a clip from my complete video of San Ignacio, entitled "The Whale's Tale". This film can be reached by either clicking on the link above or asking a search engine for: Intrepid Berkeley Explorer

[LeeviON]

What are those dots on its back?

[intrepberkexplorer]

These whales all have barnacles, which may be attached in the womb. It seems unlikely the barnacles are parasites, instead closer to hitch hikers. They grab food as the whales swim.

Every gray whale I saw at San Ignacio had barnacles.

[PardonMeParisX]

Oh, I would LOVE to be able to touch a whale. They are SO majestic and just amazing.

[Burritos4life]

@Crazy21Grl unless you are japanese

[queenangel321]

aw he wants to say hello :3

[Llzdd]

See....it doesn't matter how big or small or what species we are......we all want love and compassion :)

[golthimere]

The brain to body mass ratio of most whales is very close to our own. They're at least as smart as young children, and quite possibly sentient. This whale is genuinely curious and friendly.

[sesshyforever21]

Now THATS what i call a close enounter, awesome awesome footage

[SolarGamer]

nasty looking whale tell it to take a shower.

[SayaAensland]

I wonder if it's interacting with the boat or the people. Boats tend to be the correct size and shape that whales can mistake them for other whales. (See Springer and Luna the killer whales that rubbed against boats, and the humpback whale calf that tried to suckle off a yacht in Sydney in 2008).

[gnarkillkicksass]

Amazingly their breath smells like shrimp/prawn - coming from their diet of Krill. My step mother is Japanese and USED to eat whale as a child, not for the last 20 years - she said the sale is a niche market and the meat used at dinners between rich bankers. She said it tastes like a salty, more tender venison but with hints of their diet. She fights against consumption and hunting of whales for 20 years and I do to!

[LmNutZ]

Maybe this whale thought you guys were a ocean cleaning station lol

[taniahurley]

@RollingReunion i cant agree more with you. we are humans but some of just dont act like one sometimes. iceland, norway and japan still do a lot of whaling way beyond boundary set up by international whaling commission. whales are beautiful creature and are endangered now just because we dont act like human at times.