Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Daniel Hallas on July 22, 2014, 6:17 pm 187.146.131.150 Can't get any closer than this, seems like the whale did it on purpose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmrQGHhdCM http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2bek7b/kayak_raised_by_a_whale_on_argentinian_coast/?limit=500 ----------------------------- Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Jo Anna on July 22, 2014, 7:19 pm, in reply to "Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast" How terrifying, awe-inspiring. Thanks, D. ----------------------------- Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Dave Collins on August 2, 2014, 3:36 pm, in reply to "Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast" We´ve had humpbacks (the same species shown in this video) surprise us and swim beneath the whale watching boat before, but never had one raise up the boat. We always try to maintain a safe distance and to never get in front of them, but sometimes they do get curious and approach. ----------------------------- Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Daniel Hallas on August 2, 2014, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast" Edited by board administrator August 2, 2014, 4:05 pm I question how much intelligence that whale had. 1) Is it possible for it to know the center of balance of a Kayak? 2) I seems to have known that the Kayak was elevated and stayed quite still for quite a while. Sometimes I think that humans and animals have more in common than we know, especially on the level of emotions / cognition. http://i.imgur.com/MBUnCO0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/a04q9Yo.gif http://imgur.com/gallery/rgHr3PV http://i.imgur.com/KG8ZuDm.gif http://i.imgur.com/EtYGMhT.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ_3BN0m7S8 ----------------------------- Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Dave Collins on August 2, 2014, 4:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast" Whales, and other animals for that matter, know much more than we generally give them credit for. ----------------------------- Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast Posted by Jo Anna on August 2, 2014, 10:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Kayak raised by a whale on Argentinian coast" Thanks for those short clips, Daniel. Whew, that was almost ptarmigeddon for those birds (though they're not even ptarmigan--I couldn't resist) and then there was the Owl and the Pussy cat. What fun. -----------------------------      « Back to index 708 Post a Response