I think they mistake boats amd the people on it as another whale species and their babies...in whale world there are only ocean specimen, but because they are social animals in general, they come looking...I would love to know what goes through their minds when they keep watxhing people on boats...it's still beautiful how they behave yes😍

@Tom Gordon After all the years of humans slaughtering them...

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I mean not really some whales have swallowed (accidentally) people, they are not always carefull.

Yes, because those are the only whale interactions that are allowed on KZfaq.

Ha! This one didn’t get the memo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdaGnKiJu6nOk3U.html

Karll Gilbert I think you are totally cool.

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Giving them a greater trust in humans makes the lives of whalers much easier so... let's not do too much.

Exactly. @@QuarthDoesThings Exactly. 💯% agree.

I’d pay to a whale fund to be able to do that!

purrrrson I was thinking The same thing what about a rake you know that old fashioned metal ones that rake up the leaves not the short nose rakes that break your nose when you step on it

I’ve been trying to think of a way to tell people something like that! We need to design a tool that will remove the barnacles while scratching them. As often as the same whales come to some of the boats that are out there everyday on these tours, I think it would be awesome to be able to do something for them in return; like the sea turtles!

I was thinking some hard plastic blade on the underside of the boats that might help scratch off the barnacles but not cause any problems steering the boat.

So true

The world cemented in a not great place but it comes from a much worse and more brutal time. Its easy to forget that. How far we have come and how far we have yet to go as a species.

Beautiful

Isnt it the way it is

The only problem is that they made them easy target for their main predictors. Just imagine a Japanese whaler encounter. Wouldn't be nice like this. Very stupid of the whales watchers.

Despicable yes, cowardly nah. Sounded like an ordeal for the whalers too and a lot of them died. A career for desperate people.

They're still killed by a few countries.

@@rt-uh6mt true that.

Whales don’t have eyes, silly. They use echolocation.

@@trouttrout3553 Whales have eyes. They use echolocation to search for food and communicate with one another.

Sol Feinberg yea vid would be great with out her comments

Sol Feinberg I agree, these type of people are everywhere. Very annoying

There always has to be somebody who can’t keep their mouth shut, ruins it for everyone else

I know. As I'm watching the video in awe and anticipation of what could be next, I hear (quite unexpectedly), "I think he farted.". Totally taking me out of the wonder of the moment. Then as I put the interruption behind me to enjoy what remains of this incredible encounter with this beautiful, larger than life creature, I hear, "You stink.". I couldn't believe my ears. Nobody else is talking loudly (or at all, really), an experience such as this calls for reverence and appreciation. Not because that's "the rules", but because it's a rare privilege to be there with this magnificent, gentle, giant far away from the hassles, noise and litter that acompany our daily lives. We all make mistakes, but MAAAN...if I had been on the boat with her, I would be steaming mad at her for spoiling the magic of the moment. I hope to one day be so privileged.

If she doesn't like nature she can leave.

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Definitely not English..American or Australian by the sounds of it

@@danuk2136 not American though... they'd roll their tongue "forrrted"

She could probably smell it. I was more off put by the guy who goes, "wow!" afterwords

@@dustincooper8516 Lol true!

yeah, I thought too that they were just being curious. I would be too if I were a whale, I guess.

That was Tim Severin. A wonderful book 'The Brendan Voyage'. He also did a voyage to replicate Jason and the Argonauts and wrote another a book. Both absolutely fascinating.

Wonder what they though of Kon Tiki, probably a really nice scratch pad..

Spite.

for food ofc

My thought exactly!! Any person who would kill these creatures don't even need to waste our air...

denying the obvious reason is just as idiotic as telling whats the deal about it honestly . Anyways , they are killed for their hide , meat and fat (mostly because of their fat).

If you ask the Japanese they say it is for “research”!? There is no need for any research to cull thousands of whales annually. Also, do they have any new findings to present? Maybe whalers need to actually read a few other studies related to whales and their intellect and emotional intelligence. I also don’t support the idea of it’s “tradition”. Well, there are a lot of traditions that aren’t practiced anymore as we grow to understand our world. People no longer burn witches or believe the sun revolves around the Earth. Ugh! I just get so mad and upset that these beings are being hunted and brutally slaughtered. I wish people would understand that just because we are the top of the food chain doesn’t equal killing everything. Ecotourism is proving to be waaay more profitable. As far as eating the meat, whalers harvest a few choice parts and most of the remaining whale is ground into animal feed. Additionally, it has been found that the meat is no longer safe to eat in any quantity, due to pcbs and other pollution. End Rant. Sorry I had to let it out!!😬

I think they understand they shouldn't tip the boat. I've been whale watching before and had a mother/calf duo swim right up to the boat. the calf seemed very interested in us. They're huge and powerful, but very gentle. if you haven't already, I'd recommend watching videos of people diving with Humpback whales, truly beautiful.

Orca's eat humpbacks.

Orcas are dolphins, not whales.

@@rockbottomwriter just the babies ..

I agree. It’s wonderful and lovely and what a great experience I’d love to be there. But I would be bloody terrified.

If they wanted to terrifies they have done it differently, hiding and surprising the boats ,but they where gently and carefully move in between, and we should deduct from this lot's of things!

I think the whale is more intelligent than you.

Nope. Marine Mammal Protection Act. It's illegal to do so.

Yeah, you never know when Antarctica Police Department is patrolling your area.

There's plenty of videos of divers petting whales, they specifically like to be scratched around their eyes where the barnacles or whatever cling on. As the other guy mentioned, there are protection acts, but honestly a nice pet wouldn't hurt them unless the boat propeller was too close to them, and a lot of whales do seek human interaction, and enjoy it.

@@Slayer119988 videos are from open ocean (international water)

@@Slayer119988 yeah unless.

Maybe they thought the humans were parasites on the back of the boat

Or cats are just a small whales. You know, they were here millions years before us and cats both

evolved from dogs lol

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Not funny, but, 😂🤣

they don't have hump backs in Sea World...