Close Encounters with Beluga Whales

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7 жыл бұрын

A Pod of Beluga Whales approaches our kayaks, then things begin to get physical as they interact with us and push our boats around like toys. This is the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec Province, Canada.
See minke whales playing with our boat
• Close Call with Whales

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@avrilpeters 4 жыл бұрын

they are seriously like a puppy dog wanting to be played with I am frickin in love with beluga whales❤😍

@bloodymary12100 3 жыл бұрын

Mine to.Playing with the boats is almost there way of playing fetch lol.

@xbpbat21x 4 жыл бұрын

It's fascinating to me to be so close, but worlds apart. Spying through a looking glass at each other curious about the other side.

@cainster 4 жыл бұрын

"Hey Frank, I dare you to touch that hooman's boat!"

@amylmoquin519 5 жыл бұрын

OMG. What an unbelievably, totally awesome experience. Exactly how nature and humans should interact with each other. I thought you sounded scared at first and then realized it was pure awe. 🐳

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Is Zeus your God

@alanagee6043 5 жыл бұрын

They have such happy faces lol

@ocmom7971 5 жыл бұрын

How can anyone hurt these beautiful creations simply amazing

@CockatooDude 3 жыл бұрын

Think about it this way. For some people the potential for profit and getting ahead in the world outweighs all else. If they see that they can make a shitload of money by putting some Belugas in an amusement park, they'll do it.

@bloodymary12100 3 жыл бұрын

@@CockatooDude It really is sad when the love of money is put above the welfare of these amazing animals.

@CockatooDude 3 жыл бұрын

@@bloodymary12100 Yeah it is, but no one has really made laws prohibiting this so I guess there's not much we can do. I mean someone could always run for office on the issue but it's a bit of a niche issue for most people and they probably wouldn't get elected.

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Not created no

@melonyfisher9411 4 жыл бұрын

How thrilling just watching! Can only imagine what it was like for you! Ty for sharing😊

@sailingaccidentalgybe 2 жыл бұрын

May you share your own amazing adventures one day

@hughcdavies 5 жыл бұрын

Magical, peaceful and utterly beautiful. I'm a dinghy sailor and I've meet Dolphins and Basking Sharks in my time, but not in such calm conditions to hear them talk. Thanks for sharing.

@badeditor2528 3 жыл бұрын

The area looks beautiful!

@ChristenBustani 2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful place. Magical forests dripping with lichen. I have other videos on this channel that show more of the Saguenay Fjord Park!

@sniferlip 4 жыл бұрын

I can tell you're excited by the soprano in your voice

@daisydd1709 4 жыл бұрын

they are beautiful and so smart

@wendymorrison5619 5 жыл бұрын

True wonder and joy. For both species.

@andreabaker5538 5 жыл бұрын

Wendy Morrison my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience! I saw a Mommy & baby humpback

@golden1324 5 жыл бұрын

My dude went into reverse puberty when he started getting excited

@katie0707 5 жыл бұрын

Bofa Deez my dumbass thought it was a girl

@josephreynolds1220 5 жыл бұрын

I’d probably start balling if I saw that.

@kellyjoiner4418 4 жыл бұрын

@@katie0707 she is 🌞

@redpalex 4 жыл бұрын

Uhh... that was a woman actually 😅

@sppencer 5 жыл бұрын

such calm waters as if it was a lake not ocean

@vetere0599 5 жыл бұрын

Wow what an experience! Nice to see them in the wild😊 opposed to a glass bowl. 😭😡

@Wild.horse. 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@oliviamorgan3021 5 жыл бұрын

Love Beluga Whales! 💙....Such smart,sweet animals! 💙

@samiamisme 5 жыл бұрын

Exciting video! You're so smart to wear wet suits. It was the first thing I thought...what if they get knocked over, it looks coooold Then I read your description. Their vocalizations remind me of toddlers. Lol. Oh and thank You for just having natural sounds of video and not adding music, or yelling and screaming your excitement. That drives me nuts. Also it makes the experience all about the human and not about the wonder they are seeing. Nature is so much ore enjoyable in the quiet, imo. 🐳💕

@inkedskindeep9941 4 жыл бұрын

Their legs & arms will get pretty cold though.

@jasmineluxemburg6200 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a tummy rumble ! And a baby gurgling! Awesome!

@AndWeHaveRisen 4 жыл бұрын

The one filming is adorable tooo...

@stevenhulbert7540 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christen, I know this is old but what an amazing experience to interact with the belugas! Im envious!

@marshkid1 4 жыл бұрын

Just like me, "hi, hi, hi!" I love animals :)

@alishawyman37 5 жыл бұрын

I would be dam scared out my pants

@unclefreddieDied 5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the camera lady crapped her pants...

@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara 3 жыл бұрын

But they’re so friendly

@savannahlevy97 3 жыл бұрын

@@unclefreddieDied crapped her pants from joy, lol. She's so excited

@idoodle7103 5 жыл бұрын

.... a fellow human who sounded like me whenst playing in the water with belugas (finally)..... eeeegaaaads!!.... nothing less, nor more than feeling the joy of their company. God bless you sir, stay that memory forever and forever stay a child at heart in your every reaction to sharing all future nature with yourself :)))))

@hhelton8683 6 жыл бұрын

So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

@ohlalamuah5832 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful planet we live in...even if it doesn't look perfect, it is perfect.

@laughtoohard9655 5 жыл бұрын

What an awesome experience. I've been up close and personal with Killer Whales, which aren't true whales, but never Beluga's. Great video!

@eiffapearson4628 4 жыл бұрын

LaughTooHard I think balugas are technically dolphins if they have tears then dolphins if they have the brale like a humpback they are whales

@bobbiesullivan2793 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing experience you are so lucky to have experienced something like this. What a beautiful moment

@sailingaccidentalgybe 2 жыл бұрын

A docent and The Marine Mammal institute downstream in Tadousac it worked for 17 years around the Wales and never had an experience like we. We got lucky!

@Dolanlol1984 4 жыл бұрын

Wow !! Truly amazing!! Beautiful curious big creatures. ... so marvellous! Xxx

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Not creatures who told you this?

@XP-nt9iy Жыл бұрын

Elmo didn't know kayaking could be so fun!

@oldladylovesBruno 4 жыл бұрын

How fun! I love Belugas.

@tubamansmom7012 5 жыл бұрын

aww sweet thing. Poor baby needs a good scrubby!

@Trouble-Clef 4 жыл бұрын

Such an incredible encounter! I love it ❤️

@jeremyatkinson4976 2 жыл бұрын

Over 40 years ago a leather skinned Curragh on journey across the Atlantic, also attracted Whales, likely due to the soft pliable structure giving off very different vibes to a hard boat.

@sharries.1297 3 жыл бұрын

What an honour that must've been ❣️

@Bearwoman11 5 жыл бұрын

I wish that was me! I love beluga whales!

@coraleecossey3320 2 жыл бұрын

This encounter with these Belugas will stay with you forever. Things like this has a hold on you. You were so lucky to see these beautiful creatures. They are beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Uneducated they are not creatures

@coraleecossey3320 Жыл бұрын

@@matimus100 For real? Educated or not, I call them creatures. And they are very intelligent.

@Fuutoux 2 жыл бұрын

Lol they look like yellow and brown pudding, wiggling under the water 😍😍

@maryjane-ip3tr 5 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!! Thanks for sharing

@Orchidxraven 3 жыл бұрын

Lol "btw these are my inflatable kayaks"

@Cyperspiller 5 жыл бұрын

Ohh wauw, I almost forgot to breath 😃... great video...

@kokonana4086 4 жыл бұрын

Close encounter with the curious kind. What an experience!

@rayalex7794 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful! I still would have shit my pants.

@kellyjoiner4418 4 жыл бұрын

😂 Hahaha right?! Those noises would have been my nervous gut 😮 lol. Would have been an amazing experience tho. 🌞

@tracylmcenaney 3 жыл бұрын

Simply, WOW!!!

@ambitionKampfsport 5 жыл бұрын

wow, this is precious!

@momscreativethinks4658 5 жыл бұрын

You should totally bring a blow up ball and it throw it out to them and see if they bring it back

@ChristenBustani 2 жыл бұрын

I wished I had one. We never expected what we encountered!

@BertholdHinrichs 5 жыл бұрын

thanks..that was very nice to see....paddled with orcas and humpbacks...but these guys seem more playful...

@BlueTulipe 5 жыл бұрын

Such magical and magnificent creatures ❤

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Not creatures

@andershummel8491 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, thanks for sharing!! :)

@seeker7679 4 жыл бұрын

Such wonderful, beautiful beings.

@PerdyNerdy88 4 жыл бұрын

this is an amazing video thank you

@PerdyNerdy88 4 жыл бұрын

@Benton Wesley where did you expect them to be?

@midknight1968 4 жыл бұрын

Love her 💜

@semones57 5 жыл бұрын

That must have been so exciting.

@D7theband 5 жыл бұрын

He says "get that emf picture capturing device out of my face" lol

@michelleg5371 3 жыл бұрын

If only we could talk to them like we talk to one another how very cool would that be 😂💞💞💞💞💞

@markdorais2846 4 жыл бұрын

Magical 🐳✨👍

@larissamccord4968 5 жыл бұрын

That was freaking awesome 💕😘💕

@Imlookingover007 4 жыл бұрын

WOW

@eschwarz1003 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for the vid and behaving passionately but not screaming hysterically, disruptively like some people seeing cetaceans esp humpbacks; so hope to have a chance cetaceous encounter someday

@kellyjoiner4418 4 жыл бұрын

Tiny INFLATABLE kayak + Greyhound bus sized humpback whale = me, panicking and screaming like a little girl 😱 I could probably handle those beluga whales though 🌞

@willclark2990 2 жыл бұрын

he bumps the kayak like come on man say something im cool right

@gummybaam 5 жыл бұрын

Its look like mermaid💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142 4 жыл бұрын

what an experience

@mrnickbig1 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, Advanced Elements airframe kayaks!

@sailingaccidentalgybe 3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend them. Purchased in 2003 and did not expect them to last till now with zero repairs 17 years later. Keep them packed and out of the sun and UV when not in use and these kayaks just seem to not degrade!

@deandeann1541 3 жыл бұрын

Just a few mile up the Saguenay the surface water is fresh, a few feet under there is a halocline, then the water is salt. The depth of the salt varies throughout the year. A few years ago I was with some friends maybe 8 or ten mile upriver, maybe further, and the salt layer started at about 30 feet. I wonder how the animals are affected by the buoyancy changes - it certainly would make floating at the surface more difficult for them. Of course they can simply return downstream towards the St. Laurent if they tire. I would assume they are after concentrations of food - likely baitfish. Greenland sharks also frequent the Saguenay. I'm not sure it is completely understood why.

@scubaartfoto1551 5 жыл бұрын

nice video

@lisapecaskie9737 5 жыл бұрын

So Darn Sweet😘🐳

@soulstorm8806 4 жыл бұрын

Wetsuits? You will freeze in no time if you fall in even with wetsuits. What you need is two drysuits but they are expensive but it might not be prudent to kayak in a drysuit either.... Belugas are my favorites! They are oh so cute!

@Glad2BGolden 5 жыл бұрын

A shark would shred those boats, belugas seem to like your quiet friend

@jeffhubbard100 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you meant 'could', because sharks actually wouldn't shred the boat. Sharks are not human and don't do things for kicks or fun. The kayaks are not food, and nor are they a threat.

@ehhidontknow 5 жыл бұрын

jeffhubbard100 exactly lmaoo humans are the only living species that destroys things for fun. Carnivores attack because they’re hungry that’s it. Humans kill for ENJOYMENT and thrill.

@XShadOBabeX 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to point out that both cats and orcas absolutely play with their prey.

@isabellatuttle0127 5 жыл бұрын

I would be so scared

@isabela3551 5 жыл бұрын

Me2!!! Id go nuts there hahahahah

@aichanaciry8252 4 жыл бұрын

There are so freindly

@hollyhocks7360 5 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful experience

@andreabaker5538 5 жыл бұрын

Holly Hocks my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience! I saw a Mommy & baby humpback

@susandilaudo9534 2 жыл бұрын

"he touched the boat!" lololol

@smugglerthesnuggler1622 4 жыл бұрын

elbows above wrists for low brace, i can see how that can be overlooked for a Reflexive brace though

@tertalksevents2day 3 жыл бұрын

Husband - gets pushed in boat Wife - Did that whale just push your boat? Husband - hold up 2 fingers. Yeah, twice. Wife - Yeah, they’ll do that, they’ll play with your boat Husbands boat starts moving backwards....and the wife never saw him again. All she heard was the pod of Belugas making sinister laughing noises Lololol

@Casca1997Berserk Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo.. and the husband lived happily ever after 😅 .

@billa4512 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes That "Awwwwe" Could surplus your Sunday budget. Poor Forking Fish dose't knew that.

@tessarix 4 жыл бұрын

LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH! The next person they interact with might not love these creatures!

@matimus100 Жыл бұрын

Not creatures no

@colleenwhite6902 5 жыл бұрын

Awesomeness!!!

@andreabaker5538 5 жыл бұрын

Colleen White my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience. I saw a Mommy & baby humpback

@XenaBe25 6 жыл бұрын

@wendymorrison5619 5 жыл бұрын

Xena Be these animals are wonders in themselves. Don't try to see human speech in their communication. That is the slippery slope to whales in cages, as entertainment, we treat criminals better than that.

@XenaBe25 5 жыл бұрын

SRSLY? I was an anthro major. I would have gone into marine biology if I'd lived near a school with available spots in that course. I know better than to stick an animal in a cage for entertainment. We can learn a great deal by reaching a common ground and working to understand each other's vocalizations and body language. Fyi, it's quite likely that belugas and cetaceans are more intelligent than humans.

@wendymorrison5619 5 жыл бұрын

Xena Be words are misread all the time and the ilinformed and uneducated will see the whales as cutesy psuedo pets if they think they are communicating in freaking English.

@XenaBe25 5 жыл бұрын

Oh I see. You're criticizing me for how some *hypothetical* somebody *might* read some comment on a vid with only 17 comments, now. You're just arguing bc you're bored or smthg. (rolling my eyes)

@michellemeader5581 4 жыл бұрын

@@wendymorrison5619feel better about yourself, now? chill out.

@ishouldbesleeping1354 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but I think they’re more like dolphins than whales

@siempreafavor730 5 жыл бұрын

Muy lindo

@deandeann1541 5 жыл бұрын

These are the world's southernmost population of belugas, which, other than these whales, are an entirely arctic animal. This population is on a fast track to extinction, as the animals are considered the world's most contaminated with industrial chemicals, primarily pcb's, and dioxin from a variety of industries in the Great Lakes region, Montreal and Quebec, and mercury and lead from the aluminum smelter in the city of Saguenay, upstream from where this video was filmed.

@deandeann1541 5 жыл бұрын

The male belugas in this population have a low life expectancy due to liver cancer etc, the females love longer as their bodies are able to remove some of the toxins by concentrating it into breast milk. The animals are not very fertile, and what young they do have often die before they are grown, it is thought the toxic milk is killing them. It's a grim picture.

@sailingaccidentalgybe 3 жыл бұрын

@@deandeann1541 Thanks for such relevant information. We visited the cetacean center in Tadoussac and learned of some of the challenges they are facing. Your description really helps solidify a better understanding.

@deandeann1541 3 жыл бұрын

@@sailingaccidentalgybe I have dove with these animals many times - Not on purpose, they were often where I was working. Often we would have to wait for them to move away from an area before we could jump in. They are interesting animals - the only cetatians with a mobile neck. When they glide by you underwater at the edge of visibility they will turn their head sideways to look at you. Unlike some other marine creatures they would leave us alone, and we left them alone.

@terryg4415 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing experience. I’m envious. I’m curious as to what the pulsating hum was - a ship?

@ricodurnstang453 4 жыл бұрын

Terry G belugas have a wide range of noises that they can produce and are known to mimick human noise. Most likely the belugas communicating with one another or using it to see what the boats where.

@alsin1597 6 жыл бұрын

Hi! Got a question. How is that advanced elements served you? Did you have any issues with it? Would you recommend buying it?

@ChristenBustani 4 жыл бұрын

Highly recommend it. Purchased on 2003 and they are still going strong. Dimensions and weight within limits so that took the as checked luggage to Bahamas. If you are over 6' tall, it may be a bit cramped. Only company I know that makes an inflatable kayak that has a rigid form.

@lindalakota38 2 жыл бұрын

So lucky my favorit of all the creaters in ocean are bolugas

@michealtaylor1297 5 жыл бұрын

A real encounter would be a naked swim in the White Sea northern Russia. It has been done and the person survived.

@jixrxonsiege2775 5 жыл бұрын

She went looking for belugas ,she found out she is indeed the beluga whale herself.

@ChristenBustani 5 жыл бұрын

My spirit animal is the wolf. Perhaps I'm just going to the dogs

@ChristenBustani 4 жыл бұрын

That just blows

@ShiningGalaxy01 Жыл бұрын

To tell you the fact, belugas are species of dolphins, not whales.

@dendenov4739 3 жыл бұрын

This is not a beluga. Beluga is a fish of the sturgeon family. And this is a toothy whale - belukha

@rithyham9288 2 жыл бұрын

Are they gonna bite?

@softarmor111 5 жыл бұрын

i feel like i saw the same pod at the exact same place, where it was exactly?

@sailingaccidentalgybe 3 жыл бұрын

In Saguenay Fjord National Park Here: www.google.com/maps/@48.2053353,-69.9045583,1024m/data=!3m1!1e3

@ChronicallyTT 5 жыл бұрын

How cold is the river? We will be going in Mid July and I was hoping to do some paddle boarding but now I'm afraid it will be too cold!

@ChristenBustani 5 жыл бұрын

At any time of the year I would suggest wearing a wetsuit. The Waters of the saguenay rarely reach above 52 degrees Fahrenheit. That shouldn't deter you. It should prompt you to ensuring that you have the proper equipment before you go

@oneGodtobe 6 жыл бұрын

I envy you :) Are belugas the smartest species of whales ?

@amylmoquin519 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure about other whales but I can say with confidence that they're smarter than most humans 😉

@katie0707 5 жыл бұрын

Rambaldichick 43 haha, definitely!

@ShiningGalaxy01 Жыл бұрын

This Cruel Inuit hunting of Belugas must be put to an end. Belugas are one of the most friendliest dolphins towards human beings. I watched a video of these Inuits latching on the beluga with a harpoon, and the beluga is bleeding while trying to escape, and also, killed a whole pod of belugas, which is the type of hunting that is unlike how the red man hunts one buck to feed their whole entire tribe. Inuits are overhunting belugas, indiscriminately, just how they overhunted the Steller's Sea Cow into extinction.

@HKim0072 4 жыл бұрын

Needed to go full Dory with the whales. Missed opportunity.

@Alasxr 2 жыл бұрын

Beluga?!?!??

@kimbaca6837 5 жыл бұрын

Where is this located at and are the beluga whales here always ,I love the video

@ChristenBustani 5 жыл бұрын

The location is within the saguenay fjord national Park in Quebec Canada. The whales are here year-round although they do migrate within a few hundred miles in winter

@ChristenBustani 4 жыл бұрын

Saguenay National Park, Quebec. Yes, these whales call the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers their home.

@marinela2262 5 жыл бұрын

try whistling they seem to respond to it

@marthagaspar 5 жыл бұрын

Inflatable kayaks 😬

@kellyjoiner4418 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I said 🌞

@glockpartytv4468 4 жыл бұрын

They're not vocalizing that was the other guy trying to secretly pass gas. He thought it was gona be silent yet deadly. In stead he let out a butt cheek squeak. 😵😂😷

@ChristenBustani 4 жыл бұрын

Of course. Now the secret is out!

@glockpartytv4468 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChristenBustani You gotta beware those Butt Cheek Squeaks. You never know when one will sneak out.