Yesterday was an exciting day. We were mugged by whales. A dyad (group of 2 animals) we were observing took an interest in the boat and began playing around us. Swimming underneath the boat upside down (belly up)...
At one point one of the whales lifted its tail over the bow of our boat. I was about 2ft from the top of the tail (it was right at eye level) and then it just lightly tapped the boat with the barnacles on the tip of its fluke. That just helps prove how aware these enormous animals are of their bodies. If it had wanted to, it could probably have flipped the boat right over, but instead they were just mugging for the camera. They went as far as to perform a synchronized spy hop...
These two were relatively small, probably still juveniles. Yea whales!
3 comments:
Thanks for the pictures. wish I were there to see for myself.
Again I am infinitely jealous.
i am not jealous. at all. i have whales in my living room and kitchen. they cook me eggs and falafel. swimming under your boat....big deal!
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