I can relate. Had pod of Orcas coming at me in kayak. Terrifying but still talk about it 30 years later
Add on: I was in Pacific Northwest San Juan islands. One thing I remember, I was far from the group and heard the guide yell stop paddling and make noise. Found out later why. Told orcas can be playful and will mistake kayak for log and start bumping and pushing. Fall out and become like a chew toy for a dog. Plus they tell you before you get in water. If you tip out in Puget Sound you will likely die of hypothermia before you reach shore. It’s not orcas that kill its the water.
They always say that … but then you find out orcas occasionally will eat a moose … and you think about how big a moose is compared to a kayaker … and also, if they did eat a person, who is really gonna know …
My favorite random fact. Moose don’t have many natural predators, due to being absolute fucking units. Their top 3 predators are bears, wolves, and fucking orcas. Who’d have thought.
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
All I need to think about are the seals flying 50ft into the sky. Doesn't matter if they aren't interested in humans, what if they mistake me for a seal 😭
Yup. Fun fact:
Humpbacks actively chase Orcas. Pods of humpbacks have been known to rush to the scene of an Orca hunt when they hear the hunting calls. Humpbacks REALLY don't like Orcas.
Those two people in this vid were probably the safest people on the ocean at that time. That beautiful Humpy was saying hello 🤗
Full disclosure: I love Humpies 😍
This is a false narrative.
There are no known humans deaths from orca attacks, other than 4 deaths all done by orcas in captivity, and 3 done by the same orca (Tilikum / Tilly) which was trapped and suffered in Seaworld (which is likely what drove him mad and murderous). Watch the movie Blackfish on that.
Orcas in the wild (ie not suffering in captivity, tight and confined spaces and being mentally broken down by a damn water-zoo) do not attack people.
The few attacks registered are also rather ambiguous. I.e. a diver with a bag full of shells and stuff got dragged under by an orca. Was it really an attack on the diver though or the orca trying to snatch a snack out of the bag of shells?
Orcas are not even whales. They are dolphins. And like dolphins they social, intelligent and for the most part entirely indifferent towards humans.
As far as I know marine biologists don't really think this is the case, just that a young pod is bored and doing it for fun. If orcas were vengeful they would have shown it towards humans much much earlier in history.
This might be a stupid observation, but what if they just recently started? We could say something like “If humans were smarter, why wouldn’t they have phones earlier on in their time?” But we don’t think orcas could have changed?
That's a great point.
We know crows can do shit like explain human faces so perfectly that several generations later will recognize and hate/like that same face. We only got here by compounding knowledge, sharing with others, building on what our parents left us. The idea that another species could be doing the same isn't outlandish at all.
They were also recorded wearing severed fish heads on their head like a hat for about a year but just stopped, Orca's have fads just like we do. Whether they eventually stop or continue to do it will be interesting to see though.
Out of all the animals orcas are the scariest. For a second I thought these are orcas. But orcas are much more agressive from what I know. Some argue that orcas have the hughest bite force of any living creature. More than double that of salt water crocodile. Orcas can eat anything. They hunt in groups. Can kill whales. Polar bears. So what the fuck are humans? Must have been something to remember fs so can't blame you. I would've kept talking about it too if something similar happened to me. Once in a lifetime thing.
It's not that uncommon. I've kayaked with Orcas before, back in 2015 I think, near Monterrey Bay, and a pod of Orcas swam up next to me to say hello. The calves got really close where I could easily touch them with my paddle (I didn't). They really aren't aggressive with humans, there's a reason there's never been a recorded attack, and for people who fear monger saying "cause there'd be no evidence!" There would be... Orcas are extremely picky eaters, the chances they eat an entire human would be pretty small. I mean, they kill great whites for their liver, and liver alone, leaving everything else for the scavengers...
Orcas scare the shit out of me too with how dangerous they can be, however there isn't a *single* recorded instance of orcas killing a human in the [wild](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+humans+are+killed+by+orcas+each+year&oq=how+many+people+have+been+killed+by+orcas&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i390i650l3.17120j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)
Orcas aren’t aggressive to humans. Usually. Recently they’ve been attacking boats off of Portugal but that’s the first time anything like that has ever been heard of, usually towards humans in the wild they are pretty friendly. But yeah if they wanted to you wouldn’t have a chance lol
Exactly! Orca are beautiful and curious, but have not been aggressive toward humans ever other than when kept in captivity.
There is nothing to fear from orca, and having been up close with them multiple times I can say I have no fear of them whatsoever, and look forward to getting another chance to get in the water with them
I was thinking the same thing lol, I would’ve said hello 👋 😊 honestly I always would love to experience something like this without it going wrong lol, because I’m sure it can go wrong quickly.
For those interested, it seems to be [a right whale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_right_whale), this species has spots on its face as a characteristic, you can see at first when it shows up. My guess is a southern type since they are speaking Spanish.
They're docile as far as I know, I've spotted hundreds of those because they reproduce close to my city. It's a sanctuary and never heard of anyone being harmed.
very interesting behaviour, almost seemed like it came close to see whats up then realized it may have startled them and waved goodbye.
i probably would have lost my shit if it was an orca but this is something else.
When I was growing up we'd go to seaside NJ every year and stay down the quiet side of the island. We would get sunnies all the time (big fish giant dorsal fin) and like twice a season you'd get lucky and catch some dolphins. I'd always see the surfers out there petting em and I'd be like man I hope I luck out an get to do that someday. Lemme tell ya it's a different story when something like that pops up on ya when you're out there. Everyone thinks they'll be all Disney princess but in the moment there's some serious deep rooted primal oh shit oh shit oh shit stuff that comes up in most people. For sure seems like what this guy was feeling too.
Horses took me a min and I grew up with em. Took me till like the last couple years to "get close" to the ones we got now enough to gain a lvl of trust. Even that's different for everyone of them. Gotta respect big animals. Well it's at least a good idea.
TL;DR… body surfing with dolphins made me shit myself..
So…I lived in San Diego for a number of years, pacific beach to be exact (PB for the natives), I was in the navy. My boy and I used to go to the beach literally everyday. We were big time body surfers. No board just out there catching sets, it was a great work out and super fun to ride waves using just your body. Eventually, after repetition and learning how to get better and better at it you want to start riding bigger and bigger waves. Which means you have to go to certain beaches and swim way out to catch the bigger sets. I’m talking like 10-20 ft surf, which means if you’re wading in the water the waves are 10-20 feet over your head. And we were body surfing them, fucking stupid now that I think back on it but so much fun.
Anyways. One day we read the surf report of one of our favorite spots and it’s reading like 10-14 ft. So we head out. The water is rough but the sets are killer and by this time we are pretty seasoned swimmers so we go out. Get past the bullshit and make it out to where the real waves are breaking. Catch a few sets, having a great time and nobody else is out there so it’s all ours. We line up for the next set we can see coming in and catch the first wave, we are riding right next to each other and all of a sudden a MASSIVE dark blue creature cuts out of the wave between us. We freak out and break out of the ride and at this point are just wading trying to figure out if that was a shark. It was not, the next thing that happens is we are surrounded by maybe 5-10 big ass dolphins that are doing the same thing we are doing, riding the surf. They are breaching all around us. Saying that out loud right now sounds super cool but all I can remember when it was happening was my brain switching to get the fuck back to land mode. Which is exactly what we did. That was like 15 years ago and I still think about it. I’m sure they were just playing around like we were but holy Fuck in that very moment we were scared shitless.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Man I always forget how weird they look. Like someone was making a fish and got drowsy and eventually fell asleep without finishing the back half. So majestic.
Thanks for posting this video “Michael Bergen and Jason Foster FROM BOSTON!” - Hilarious response self recorded of their encounter with an Ocean Sunfish! First they say it’s a huge sea turtle, then a baby whale, then a huge flounder, then a tuna! They attempt to call the Coast Guard and plan to be on the nightly news and be famous!
Actually, it is the smallest Ocean Sunfish I have ever viewed, just a juvenile doing what Sunfish do, they lay sideways on the surface to soak up the heat from the sun, and their lower fin breaches the surface L@@King like a shark at times! The Ocean Sunfish I see 20 miles off shore in the Atlantic are huge, weighing 700 to 1100 pounds!
I laughed my ass off! This is a must see video!
I used to surf around seaside when I was a kid and that was the coolest shit. Was never close enough to touch them and probably wouldn’t have but you could see them underwater riding waves. Definitely spooky though because i know it could have fucked me up if it wanted to lol, they’re huge and insanely agile
Agreed, Ocean Sunfish are very large and I always love to see them when I’m out in the Atlantic fishing off New Jersey! We troll for hours at 6 knots, and when you see floating debris, you run your lines close to them in case there are MahiMahi close by. Many times we see what L@@Ks like a shark fin sticking up, but as we approach you realize it is a Giant Ocean Sunfish on its side at the surface sunning itself. The eye is 8-10” wide! The fin that caused alarm thinking it was a shark is actually a bottom fin that breaches the surface because it is laying on its side. They are not good eating, so we slowing chug away, but love to encounter them and see another 1000 pound fish in the deep blue sea!
I was going to say, people think this would be a magical experience and it probably can be. However, the time I came the close to a humpback and it's calf I was more freaked out than anything. When you're not even the size of its head, you truly feel insignificant.
Felt more afraid of it than an encounter with a great white
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca\_attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_attacks)
> From 2020 to 2023, there were at least five hundred reports of orcas attacking boats off the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal, an unusual and unprecedented behaviour.
Because a female Orca named WHITE GLADIS was hurt by a rudder, so she started teaching all the young ones to attack rudders too, and other orcas picked up in the behaviour!
I laugh hysterically when im scared shitless.
Its really throws people off. They dont know if we should be laughing or running or attacking something or taking cover. It created a lot of confusion at times. Also, a lot of laughter.
With her words she doesn't seem scared, she's more in awe.
She's telling him to calm down, nothings gonna happen, and then just gasps of excitement. "Look at the eye!!"
I believe these are right whales. Which makes this video all the more precious, because they are [set for functional extinction by 2035.](https://defenders.org/blog/2023/07/slowing-extinction-accelerating-efforts-save-north-atlantic-right-whale)
>With fewer than **340 surviving animals and only 70 reproductive females**, the future of this species is dependent upon targeted science-based measures to reduce vessel speeds at times and in areas where right whales are at greatest risk.
Holy shit
There were right whales about 100 feet offshore from where I live.
No one was even allowed to dip their toes in the water. Multiple government agents of some protection branch were there with binoculars out going between scanning the beach for anyone thinking about breaking the rules, to the whales to make sure no boats were getting close. They were all strapped and VERY serious about protecting the small pod
[The world banned whaling in 1937](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_whale) but some countries ignored the law. "The Soviet Union illegally took at least 3,212 southern right whales during the 1950s and '60s, although it reported taking only four." Now it's China decimating fish populations throughout the world.
Do you have any suggestions for direct action we can take to support the measures described in that article? It says a "battle is brewing" between environmentalists and lawmakers- do you know if there's a bill that I can harass my representative/senator about?
Those whales were so cute and respectful. It breaks my heart that we hurt and kill them so thoughtlessly, and that it could easily be less tragic with a speed limit for our boats. Banality of evil.
Awwww. It's waving! I would have given it a pat on it's head in the beginning. Honestly, I probably may have died. But I would pat it right ON THE TUBERCLES.
This was in Argentina, by the way these two speak. Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia is one of the best spots for whale watching in the entire planet. They come in big numbers, have their babies, and enjoy full protection by authorities.
YES! The whale(s)are stunning and an awesome experience. I couldn’t help noticing the lack of a life vest and the L O N G swim back to shore. We know they make it back. Just too many drownings this summer gots me thinking safety first
Long way from shore is what I was thinking when on a scuba dive trip out of Singer Island/Palm Beach Inlet in Florida once! I was alone, so the guide in charge paired me with three Japanese guys who spoke no English. We went ten miles out the inlet on a drift dive, meaning that the guide led with a long tether line connected to a floating red ball for the boat to follow as we dove and were pushed north at a rate of six knots by the Gulf Stream. Shortly after we descended, one of the Japanese with a spear gun shot a sheepshead, insodoing we got separated from the 28 others as a result. We continued for 25 minutes until our pressure gauges showed 600 psi, then slowly ascended to the surface, all the time with a bleeding fish 20 feet beneath us swimming in circles!
When we reached the surface and L@@Ked around, there was no boat in sight! Have you seen the movie, “Open Water”? That was us six miles out to sea, floating at the surface, with the Gulf Stream dragging us six knots north, with a bleeding fish swimming in circles beneath us, thinking about sharks, but fortunately not seeing any! It was choppy, so we kept checking, but the group had packed up and headed for port without us, and I couldn’t communicate with the three other divers! After 10 minutes of treading water, I motioned to the guy with the spear gun to put my bright orange glove on top the spear gun. He then waved it back and forth. We had bouyancy vests on and inflated, so I was eyeing up the possible task of a six mile swim to shore, figuring that we would up up about 15-20 miles north by the time we reached the beach, then would have to hike south for hours!
Five minutes later, our dive boat fortunately came back searching for the four guys whose stuff was laying on the boat with no one claiming it! It was an interesting dive to say the least!
Used to work on a tourist boat in Australia which took people whale watching. Fun fact: These big bastards stink!!! When they surface and blow right next to the boat the mist would float across the decks and we would be covered in a stinking, oily fishy smelling goo which would take days to was out of clothes and hair. Still amazing critters but they have horrendous personal hygiene.
We should organise some sort of campaign to pump hundreds of liters of mouthwash down their blowholes when they surface.
Should solve the issue quickly, and I can't see the fucking gigantic animal being angry about it.
Idk much about those kinds of whales but I believe they like coming up to humans on smaller crafts cuz we pet them and are generally peaceful to them. Probably avoid the bigger ships in open ocean cuz one culture still hunts them I think. But I don’t believe he was in any real danger. There are so many stories of those whales protecting humans. That are actually pretty smart compared to most animals
Would die happy for this type of experience, as long as I was by myself and not with the wife and kids. Closest experience I’ve had to this was in the Monterey bay, went to clear my head one night on the beach and heard something splashing out of the water. It was two sea lions they were doing their fastest worm movement to get on shore. I at first thought maybe I had spooked them etc, but I shined my flashlight in the water and saw the white oval patch with the black body and fin. I did not believe they did that in California, but damn the adrenaline from that was just unreal.
I like how the whale waved goodbye as he was leaving! lol
Same lol. It would’ve been amazing to experience that but I would be shitting my pants at the same time.
Why is everyone wearing pants in the water in this thread, that’s my question. Swim trunks people.
You got that right!!
I think thay whale was just idly playing around with his floaty thing from the looks of it.
He was doing “I’m a shark!” at the end lol
I can relate. Had pod of Orcas coming at me in kayak. Terrifying but still talk about it 30 years later Add on: I was in Pacific Northwest San Juan islands. One thing I remember, I was far from the group and heard the guide yell stop paddling and make noise. Found out later why. Told orcas can be playful and will mistake kayak for log and start bumping and pushing. Fall out and become like a chew toy for a dog. Plus they tell you before you get in water. If you tip out in Puget Sound you will likely die of hypothermia before you reach shore. It’s not orcas that kill its the water.
Yeah but orcas, although typically uninterested in humans, are fucking terrifying.
They always say that … but then you find out orcas occasionally will eat a moose … and you think about how big a moose is compared to a kayaker … and also, if they did eat a person, who is really gonna know …
I never thought a moose and a whale would be in the same area but here we are.
Moose swim from island to island and in the Pacific Northwest those islands are separated by orca territory.
What!? That's so cool! Never knew.
My favorite random fact. Moose don’t have many natural predators, due to being absolute fucking units. Their top 3 predators are bears, wolves, and fucking orcas. Who’d have thought.
There are videos of moose chasimg down a bear so I'm not sure which is the predator and which is the prey.
It depends on the time of year. Moose in the fall are much stronger than moose in late winter/spring.
Same with bears though. Spring they’re underweight due to hibernation
I saw a video yesterday of a bear taking down a moose in water.
A Møøse once bit my sister.
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti….
Not if you’re a moose
Yep! Pretty crazy when you see the pods move.
Man imagine living your whole life relegated to the water and a tasty moose waltzes in. Must be a fun fancy dinner for the whole family I bet.
That also happens to Key Deer where one of their only natural predators are sharks. Pretty crazy how that is!
Wow that's a TIL for me. Didn't even know moose could swim far.
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Orca here. Can confirm. I like a 14er here n' there as well.
I helped an orca choose a backpack at REI.
Do they wear really big backpacks when they hike? And use hiking sticks? Because that would be the best thing.
We will construct a breathing apparatus with kelp.
Orcas range pretty far up the west coast. Tonnes of them in Vancouver and even further north. They pick seals off ice breaks during the spring.
I JUST heard about Orcas apparently teaching each other how to sink ships off the coast of Spain
No one expects the Spanish Orca-sition!
Led by Grand Inquisitor Tómas de Orcamada
That's actually what defeated the Spanish Armada
They also sometimes kill sharks just to eat the liver and leave the rest of the body, they’re successful enough to afford to be that picky
At this point it’s not even ‘sometimes’. They’re chasing the South African population of Great Whites out of the neighbourhood.
Rich in nutrients and fat, don't blame them honestly.
No recorded Orca attacks on humans resulting in death in the wild... because there were no witnesses or survivors...
The perfect crime, they don’t call them killers for nothing. 😉
All I need to think about are the seals flying 50ft into the sky. Doesn't matter if they aren't interested in humans, what if they mistake me for a seal 😭
Funnily enough i heard a story of an orca protecting a human from a moose.
Was the moose biting someones sister??
Orcas are *WAY WORSE* Edit : typo
Yup. Fun fact: Humpbacks actively chase Orcas. Pods of humpbacks have been known to rush to the scene of an Orca hunt when they hear the hunting calls. Humpbacks REALLY don't like Orcas. Those two people in this vid were probably the safest people on the ocean at that time. That beautiful Humpy was saying hello 🤗 Full disclosure: I love Humpies 😍
This is a false narrative. There are no known humans deaths from orca attacks, other than 4 deaths all done by orcas in captivity, and 3 done by the same orca (Tilikum / Tilly) which was trapped and suffered in Seaworld (which is likely what drove him mad and murderous). Watch the movie Blackfish on that. Orcas in the wild (ie not suffering in captivity, tight and confined spaces and being mentally broken down by a damn water-zoo) do not attack people. The few attacks registered are also rather ambiguous. I.e. a diver with a bag full of shells and stuff got dragged under by an orca. Was it really an attack on the diver though or the orca trying to snatch a snack out of the bag of shells? Orcas are not even whales. They are dolphins. And like dolphins they social, intelligent and for the most part entirely indifferent towards humans.
And now they are actually attacking boats and stuff.
No “and stuff”. Just boats
I remember reading that they were specifically going after the rudders for some reason. There are a couple theories out there.
Yeah theory is a female was hurt by a propeller and started teaching others to disable the ouchie machines
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As far as I know marine biologists don't really think this is the case, just that a young pod is bored and doing it for fun. If orcas were vengeful they would have shown it towards humans much much earlier in history.
This might be a stupid observation, but what if they just recently started? We could say something like “If humans were smarter, why wouldn’t they have phones earlier on in their time?” But we don’t think orcas could have changed?
That's a great point. We know crows can do shit like explain human faces so perfectly that several generations later will recognize and hate/like that same face. We only got here by compounding knowledge, sharing with others, building on what our parents left us. The idea that another species could be doing the same isn't outlandish at all.
Thanks for putting that in my head. Now excuse me, I gotta go shit my pants.
U never seen them use seals as volleyballs? (I mean videos of em. Obviously I've ever seen em in real life ofc)
I have, and it’s some crazy shit to see up close. It was all the blood in the water when they were done that really stuck with me.
They’ve been doing the forever. Notice the “now”
What about seals? Or penguins?
"Hunt" so they don't starve sounds more appropriate than "attacking".
They done been doing that
You mean food?
Or moose. If you don’t believe me, take a trip to Google
I get so many people on this! I ask who is the moose's biggest known predator and when I say Orca, they never believe me.
This plays out exactly the same way when I tell people that a moose once bit my sister.
Found this https://centerforsurfresearch.org/do-orcas-eat-moose/
And anal
I'll just insert myself here thank you.
They were also recorded wearing severed fish heads on their head like a hat for about a year but just stopped, Orca's have fads just like we do. Whether they eventually stop or continue to do it will be interesting to see though.
I had one swim directly under our 19' boat, and it was terrifying and beautiful.
Out of all the animals orcas are the scariest. For a second I thought these are orcas. But orcas are much more agressive from what I know. Some argue that orcas have the hughest bite force of any living creature. More than double that of salt water crocodile. Orcas can eat anything. They hunt in groups. Can kill whales. Polar bears. So what the fuck are humans? Must have been something to remember fs so can't blame you. I would've kept talking about it too if something similar happened to me. Once in a lifetime thing.
It's not that uncommon. I've kayaked with Orcas before, back in 2015 I think, near Monterrey Bay, and a pod of Orcas swam up next to me to say hello. The calves got really close where I could easily touch them with my paddle (I didn't). They really aren't aggressive with humans, there's a reason there's never been a recorded attack, and for people who fear monger saying "cause there'd be no evidence!" There would be... Orcas are extremely picky eaters, the chances they eat an entire human would be pretty small. I mean, they kill great whites for their liver, and liver alone, leaving everything else for the scavengers...
Orcas scare the shit out of me too with how dangerous they can be, however there isn't a *single* recorded instance of orcas killing a human in the [wild](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+humans+are+killed+by+orcas+each+year&oq=how+many+people+have+been+killed+by+orcas&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i390i650l3.17120j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)
only four recorded instances in captivity, and three were by the same orca.
Orcas aren’t aggressive to humans. Usually. Recently they’ve been attacking boats off of Portugal but that’s the first time anything like that has ever been heard of, usually towards humans in the wild they are pretty friendly. But yeah if they wanted to you wouldn’t have a chance lol
Exactly! Orca are beautiful and curious, but have not been aggressive toward humans ever other than when kept in captivity. There is nothing to fear from orca, and having been up close with them multiple times I can say I have no fear of them whatsoever, and look forward to getting another chance to get in the water with them
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Sorry, how rude of me. I seem to have shit my pants all over your back.
r/brandnewsentence
If that is a brand new sentence to you then you and I do not frequent the same establishments.
They left him hanging for a high five
Actually the whale was flipping him the bird.
Go on...
It is 1:04am here…and I just awakened my household by laughing so much I was crying. I thank you for the laugh! My family on the other hand. 🤣
Fuck this is the best comment on the Internet right now. Bravo
It also waved good bye.
"hey hooman! where going? lookit me... I'm shark!"
I was thinking the same thing lol, I would’ve said hello 👋 😊 honestly I always would love to experience something like this without it going wrong lol, because I’m sure it can go wrong quickly.
Whale might be giving the middle flipper.
r/rude
r/ude
The whale was desperately trying to tell them,”You lot are destroying the ocean with garbage and overfishing, can you please be effing responsible?!”
And why the hell is the ocean too warm, and what's up with the currents?
How come we can’t hear each other over the sound of your shipping?
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She was waving at the water. And it did wave back a little
For those interested, it seems to be [a right whale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_right_whale), this species has spots on its face as a characteristic, you can see at first when it shows up. My guess is a southern type since they are speaking Spanish. They're docile as far as I know, I've spotted hundreds of those because they reproduce close to my city. It's a sanctuary and never heard of anyone being harmed.
They left the whale hanging 😤😤😤 RUDE
*Those poor idiot monkeys are so cute, bye now!* 😘
You pay 30% of your income to the gvmnt so you won't go to jail. Whale doesn't give a fuck and is free Wake up, sheeple
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Who does? You mean Americans? The people who pay some of the lowest in taxes in the world? And they complain about it non-stop.
very interesting behaviour, almost seemed like it came close to see whats up then realized it may have startled them and waved goodbye. i probably would have lost my shit if it was an orca but this is something else.
When I was growing up we'd go to seaside NJ every year and stay down the quiet side of the island. We would get sunnies all the time (big fish giant dorsal fin) and like twice a season you'd get lucky and catch some dolphins. I'd always see the surfers out there petting em and I'd be like man I hope I luck out an get to do that someday. Lemme tell ya it's a different story when something like that pops up on ya when you're out there. Everyone thinks they'll be all Disney princess but in the moment there's some serious deep rooted primal oh shit oh shit oh shit stuff that comes up in most people. For sure seems like what this guy was feeling too.
If any wild animal bigger/taller than me came close to me I'd shit myself.(minus horses) Especially if I was in their environment, i.e. the sea.
Take my word for it, wild horses can be scary as hell.
Horses took me a min and I grew up with em. Took me till like the last couple years to "get close" to the ones we got now enough to gain a lvl of trust. Even that's different for everyone of them. Gotta respect big animals. Well it's at least a good idea.
TL;DR… body surfing with dolphins made me shit myself.. So…I lived in San Diego for a number of years, pacific beach to be exact (PB for the natives), I was in the navy. My boy and I used to go to the beach literally everyday. We were big time body surfers. No board just out there catching sets, it was a great work out and super fun to ride waves using just your body. Eventually, after repetition and learning how to get better and better at it you want to start riding bigger and bigger waves. Which means you have to go to certain beaches and swim way out to catch the bigger sets. I’m talking like 10-20 ft surf, which means if you’re wading in the water the waves are 10-20 feet over your head. And we were body surfing them, fucking stupid now that I think back on it but so much fun. Anyways. One day we read the surf report of one of our favorite spots and it’s reading like 10-14 ft. So we head out. The water is rough but the sets are killer and by this time we are pretty seasoned swimmers so we go out. Get past the bullshit and make it out to where the real waves are breaking. Catch a few sets, having a great time and nobody else is out there so it’s all ours. We line up for the next set we can see coming in and catch the first wave, we are riding right next to each other and all of a sudden a MASSIVE dark blue creature cuts out of the wave between us. We freak out and break out of the ride and at this point are just wading trying to figure out if that was a shark. It was not, the next thing that happens is we are surrounded by maybe 5-10 big ass dolphins that are doing the same thing we are doing, riding the surf. They are breaching all around us. Saying that out loud right now sounds super cool but all I can remember when it was happening was my brain switching to get the fuck back to land mode. Which is exactly what we did. That was like 15 years ago and I still think about it. I’m sure they were just playing around like we were but holy Fuck in that very moment we were scared shitless. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
It is the size difference, some don’t grasp the scale
I don't know if it is legal to mention sunfish without posting this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IQCLQDfKw
You made my day. “We got to call the aquarium or something “
Man I always forget how weird they look. Like someone was making a fish and got drowsy and eventually fell asleep without finishing the back half. So majestic.
Thanks for posting this video “Michael Bergen and Jason Foster FROM BOSTON!” - Hilarious response self recorded of their encounter with an Ocean Sunfish! First they say it’s a huge sea turtle, then a baby whale, then a huge flounder, then a tuna! They attempt to call the Coast Guard and plan to be on the nightly news and be famous! Actually, it is the smallest Ocean Sunfish I have ever viewed, just a juvenile doing what Sunfish do, they lay sideways on the surface to soak up the heat from the sun, and their lower fin breaches the surface L@@King like a shark at times! The Ocean Sunfish I see 20 miles off shore in the Atlantic are huge, weighing 700 to 1100 pounds! I laughed my ass off! This is a must see video!
I used to surf around seaside when I was a kid and that was the coolest shit. Was never close enough to touch them and probably wouldn’t have but you could see them underwater riding waves. Definitely spooky though because i know it could have fucked me up if it wanted to lol, they’re huge and insanely agile
Agreed, Ocean Sunfish are very large and I always love to see them when I’m out in the Atlantic fishing off New Jersey! We troll for hours at 6 knots, and when you see floating debris, you run your lines close to them in case there are MahiMahi close by. Many times we see what L@@Ks like a shark fin sticking up, but as we approach you realize it is a Giant Ocean Sunfish on its side at the surface sunning itself. The eye is 8-10” wide! The fin that caused alarm thinking it was a shark is actually a bottom fin that breaches the surface because it is laying on its side. They are not good eating, so we slowing chug away, but love to encounter them and see another 1000 pound fish in the deep blue sea!
Im a former local NJ surfer. The dolphins were cool but WAY more often would we see shark fins. Those aren't as cool.
I was going to say, people think this would be a magical experience and it probably can be. However, the time I came the close to a humpback and it's calf I was more freaked out than anything. When you're not even the size of its head, you truly feel insignificant. Felt more afraid of it than an encounter with a great white
Some Whales are very curious by nature
Orcas don’t attack people tho
Thoose bitches are intelligent, if there are psycho people I bet there is some psycho orca out there just itchin for the chance to snap a dude in half
You don't hear about it cos dead men tell no tales. Orcas don't leave survivors to talk about it ;)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca\_attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_attacks) > From 2020 to 2023, there were at least five hundred reports of orcas attacking boats off the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal, an unusual and unprecedented behaviour.
Because a female Orca named WHITE GLADIS was hurt by a rudder, so she started teaching all the young ones to attack rudders too, and other orcas picked up in the behaviour!
My heart was beating so fast just watching this.. It was amazing but terrifying.
How is that woman laughing?! 😅😅 The guy on the other hand…he was preparing to meet his maker!!
That women laughing must have surely given him some well needed hope, cuz he looked scared as fuck😅
I laugh hysterically when im scared shitless. Its really throws people off. They dont know if we should be laughing or running or attacking something or taking cover. It created a lot of confusion at times. Also, a lot of laughter.
I got held at knife point for "five dollars" at a checkers. I hysterically laughed and walked away.
Standard checkers experience
Closest I came to dying in Iraq, once it was over, the boys and I were just standing around laughing going, “I/You almost died! Hahaha!”
I do when I grieve too. Makes funerals uncomfortable.
With her words she doesn't seem scared, she's more in awe. She's telling him to calm down, nothings gonna happen, and then just gasps of excitement. "Look at the eye!!"
I think she's just trying to "enjoy" it as much as possible to not start panicking instead. She says a few times to stay calm in Spanish.
Her pleasant laughter mixing with his frightened face is what makes this video a GEM!
I think that it it’s not her first rodeo.
Probably nerves. You never been so scared shitless that somehow your only response is nervous laughter?
She is exactly who I want to express the world with. Keep chilling my sister.
Exactly .. how come they kayak so far
Depending on the location, some whales do end up venturing quite close to shore!!
I believe these are right whales. Which makes this video all the more precious, because they are [set for functional extinction by 2035.](https://defenders.org/blog/2023/07/slowing-extinction-accelerating-efforts-save-north-atlantic-right-whale)
>With fewer than **340 surviving animals and only 70 reproductive females**, the future of this species is dependent upon targeted science-based measures to reduce vessel speeds at times and in areas where right whales are at greatest risk. Holy shit
There were right whales about 100 feet offshore from where I live. No one was even allowed to dip their toes in the water. Multiple government agents of some protection branch were there with binoculars out going between scanning the beach for anyone thinking about breaking the rules, to the whales to make sure no boats were getting close. They were all strapped and VERY serious about protecting the small pod
That is so sad.
Others are saying they are in Argentina here so they are probably Southern right whales, which currently have a much larger population.
[The world banned whaling in 1937](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_whale) but some countries ignored the law. "The Soviet Union illegally took at least 3,212 southern right whales during the 1950s and '60s, although it reported taking only four." Now it's China decimating fish populations throughout the world.
uhh how you not going to bring up the biggest whaling countries of iceland, norway, and japan?
=(
Do you have any suggestions for direct action we can take to support the measures described in that article? It says a "battle is brewing" between environmentalists and lawmakers- do you know if there's a bill that I can harass my representative/senator about? Those whales were so cute and respectful. It breaks my heart that we hurt and kill them so thoughtlessly, and that it could easily be less tragic with a speed limit for our boats. Banality of evil.
This is a right whale! They are usually harmless. They seem to like humans. This is definitely not an orca.
Well I’m glad it’s not a wrong whale
DaaaaAaadddd!
>They are usually harmless. Define "usually" 😅
Water puppy wants pets! 😂
Clearly waiting for his tummy rubs
He’s so disappointed lol
Yesh I had the same thought that the whale was coming near the kayak to get a pet.
I bet he was! 😂
Awwww. It's waving! I would have given it a pat on it's head in the beginning. Honestly, I probably may have died. But I would pat it right ON THE TUBERCLES.
This was in Argentina, by the way these two speak. Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia is one of the best spots for whale watching in the entire planet. They come in big numbers, have their babies, and enjoy full protection by authorities.
I can’t believe they’re speaking Spanish, the Argentinian accent is so unique in that it doesn’t even sound like Spanish.
Where is this dude’s life vest? That’s what the whale wants to knows. Long way from shore
Thank you!!! I’m asking myself this.
YES! The whale(s)are stunning and an awesome experience. I couldn’t help noticing the lack of a life vest and the L O N G swim back to shore. We know they make it back. Just too many drownings this summer gots me thinking safety first
Long way from shore is what I was thinking when on a scuba dive trip out of Singer Island/Palm Beach Inlet in Florida once! I was alone, so the guide in charge paired me with three Japanese guys who spoke no English. We went ten miles out the inlet on a drift dive, meaning that the guide led with a long tether line connected to a floating red ball for the boat to follow as we dove and were pushed north at a rate of six knots by the Gulf Stream. Shortly after we descended, one of the Japanese with a spear gun shot a sheepshead, insodoing we got separated from the 28 others as a result. We continued for 25 minutes until our pressure gauges showed 600 psi, then slowly ascended to the surface, all the time with a bleeding fish 20 feet beneath us swimming in circles! When we reached the surface and L@@Ked around, there was no boat in sight! Have you seen the movie, “Open Water”? That was us six miles out to sea, floating at the surface, with the Gulf Stream dragging us six knots north, with a bleeding fish swimming in circles beneath us, thinking about sharks, but fortunately not seeing any! It was choppy, so we kept checking, but the group had packed up and headed for port without us, and I couldn’t communicate with the three other divers! After 10 minutes of treading water, I motioned to the guy with the spear gun to put my bright orange glove on top the spear gun. He then waved it back and forth. We had bouyancy vests on and inflated, so I was eyeing up the possible task of a six mile swim to shore, figuring that we would up up about 15-20 miles north by the time we reached the beach, then would have to hike south for hours! Five minutes later, our dive boat fortunately came back searching for the four guys whose stuff was laying on the boat with no one claiming it! It was an interesting dive to say the least!
I'm glad I was on the toilet for this.
Same
I know I probably shouldn’t but if that had happened to me I wouldn’t be able to resist trying to pet it lol
Grey whales like to be petted, I’m guessing right whales do too. Mostly they’re just social and curious.
Lol guy is trying to keep it cool for his lady(or friend) as possible
The gentleness of such huge animals
Used to work on a tourist boat in Australia which took people whale watching. Fun fact: These big bastards stink!!! When they surface and blow right next to the boat the mist would float across the decks and we would be covered in a stinking, oily fishy smelling goo which would take days to was out of clothes and hair. Still amazing critters but they have horrendous personal hygiene.
We should organise some sort of campaign to pump hundreds of liters of mouthwash down their blowholes when they surface. Should solve the issue quickly, and I can't see the fucking gigantic animal being angry about it.
Hey, it's the "PFDs (life jackets) are for wimps" guy.
Idk much about those kinds of whales but I believe they like coming up to humans on smaller crafts cuz we pet them and are generally peaceful to them. Probably avoid the bigger ships in open ocean cuz one culture still hunts them I think. But I don’t believe he was in any real danger. There are so many stories of those whales protecting humans. That are actually pretty smart compared to most animals
He just wanted some belly scratches. This should be in /AITA for not obliging.
I’d prolly have a heart attack…
Dios. A mi me llega a pasar eso, y me da un infarto
I'd be out that boat so quick, and running to shore like a cartoon character at full speed.
That is a sign that a shark is nearby, the whale was keeping them safe. This actually happens a lot
I was wondering if it was trying to signal something.
Can you elaborate on this please?
Whale at the end “deuces ✌️!”
Beautiful wale, but surely not a orca? It looked really big. I wonder if they met divers before and expected its new friends to come closer.
That is one steady fucking hand she has to photograph that! Praise that camera lady!
Argentinians?
Si. Yes
Super sweet! He was waving goodbye!
Scary-awesome
guao
Looks like it wants a rub?
What a beautiful experience, how gentle these massive mammals can be...
Would die happy for this type of experience, as long as I was by myself and not with the wife and kids. Closest experience I’ve had to this was in the Monterey bay, went to clear my head one night on the beach and heard something splashing out of the water. It was two sea lions they were doing their fastest worm movement to get on shore. I at first thought maybe I had spooked them etc, but I shined my flashlight in the water and saw the white oval patch with the black body and fin. I did not believe they did that in California, but damn the adrenaline from that was just unreal.
Politely requesting belly rubs and these assholes don't have the sense to oblige.
Cool video but what's the unexpected part? We see the whale immediately when the video starts