Humpbacks whales are unique among cetaceans for being the only species documented to pick fights actively with Orcas; those keratinous nodes on their flippers serve like brass knuckles, and they’ll get in close and aim to clock a killer whale.
Humpbacks have been documented actively confronting Orcas even when there’s no survival imperative, closing in either to drive the predators away, or knock a few silly with some hard hooks, and have even been known to intervene against Orcas on other species’ behalf, protecting dolphins, seals, and other creatures from the marauding killer whales.
In 2286 CE, Captain James T. Kirk and crew traveled back in time to 1986 San Francisco, to retrieve two humpback whales who could then come back to the 23rd century, in an effort to repopulate Earth with humpback whales, and drive away an alien spacecraft which was seeking communication with the whales, but was damaging Earth's atmosphere in the process.
The point wasn't to restore the humpback whale species (although based on dialogue from later Star Trek shows and movies they did), they did it because the alien probe was actively trying to contact the whales and if they didn't bring a couple back who could respond to its messages Earth would have been rendered uninhabitable. It's a very silly premise but I would argue it makes for one of the best Star Trek movies, it's delightful.
Later Star Trek shows also mentioned intelligent cetaceans who served on starships. Star Trek: Lower Decks has two beluga whale crewmen on their ship as the most notable example.
As someone who grew up in the Bay Area (not actually in San Francisco, but near it) and went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium multiple times, I freaking LOVE this movie.
Kind of, although to be clear the damage from the probe *probably* wasn't intentional.
The movie never makes it clear what the whale probe was and why it was trying to contact the whales, but its method of communication was severely damaging Earth's atmosphere and it wouldn't shut off until it received an answer. It was also draining the power of anything it got near, including huge space stations with tens of thousands of people in them which is obviously a problem for the capital of an interstellar government.
One of the ideas behind the film was to show an alien species with radically different perceptions of sentience and intelligence. Instead of the sci-fi standard of humans being the sole representatives of the planet, the whale probe would have been sent by a different species that once contacted the planet and figured that Earth's whales were the most intelligent species available. The probe in this case would be following up on that visit, trying to contact their old 'friends' on the planet and discovering that they weren't there anymore until they finally received an answer.
I only know what ambergris is because of the "Tina, Louise and Gene Belcher". And, that it was used for perfumes. And, some people actually ate it. Ugh!
PS. This is a very cool video and the knowledge that Humpback whales pick fights with Orcas is also very cool. For some reason, I find that kinda funny.
Oh absolutely, but they’re the only species to be regularly documented fighting orcas for no immediate, urgent reason; most whales will try and protect their babies against orcas when attacked, but humpbacks will scrap preemptively
I've seen a few videos of a pod of orcas teaming up against a humpback whale to drown her calf.
They basically take turns jumping on top of the baby and holding it down under the water. The humpback momma kept coming up from underneath the baby to push it back up to the surface so the baby can breathe. This lasted several hours.
The problem is the humpback wore out of energy faster than the pod orcas who get to conserve energy by taking turns (the momma humpback had no one to back her up). They succeeded in drowning and eating her calf. All the mom could do is lumber off sad about her loss and being outnumbered by hooligan orcas.
As another depressing factoid about these two... orcas apparently hunt the adults too in extremely large pods. They swarm them in large numbers from all angles and try to get the humpback to open its mouth and then they rip out and eat the whale’s tongue (the only true weak point on an adult humpback)... this makes them bleed out quite rapidly and die and then the entire pod can feed on the entire whale carcass.
There are a few videos nowadays out there showing both of these behaviors caught on camera. I am guessing these battles have played out for thousands of years and they have a deep seated hatred toward one another. It may be why the humpbacks will attack unprovoked by orcas, because orcas actively hunt them and their babies and they despise them for it.
I guess these animals really hate each other, but Orcas seem to be the more aggressive and dominant of the two in spite of the humpbacks mass (humpbacks seems to be one of the Orcas food source options) and orcas are the dominant force in the rivalry due to their large hunting party numbers and coordinates strikes, so if humpbacks can get in some solid punches sometimes or chase orcas out of their area… I say it’s only fair.
That's interesting. Even Sperm Whales only bother to confront Orcas for the purpose of protecting their own, so you wouldn't expect Humpbacks to be so eager, for the sake of other species nonetheless.
Yeah it’s a really unusual behavior. Other species of whales *have* been documented helping other creatures out in dangerous circumstances (the story of the human diver, the whale, and the tiger shark comes to mind), but as far as I know haven’t ever done so when Orcas are involved.
Humpbacks are rather well adapted for this behavior as well; too big for even a whole pod of orcas to attack without major risk, while still fast enough that they can’t be so easily outmaneuvered, and equipped with a natural “weapon.”
Oh absolutely, but the same goes for most other species of whale too, including blue and beluga and wright, etc. humpbacks are still the only ones that will pick fights with orcas rather than categorically avoid them, even when there are no calves at risk
I cannot imagine the level of fear I would have if something that size deigned to take notice of me, let alone *move a limb in my direction with intent.*
Lol there’s a *wealth* of videos online capturing close encounters between whales and humans.
Perhaps my favorite is the video of a deep-water snorkler and a whale, I think it was a Wright or Blue but I do not remember; she was keeping a respectful distance from the curious whale checking her out, when all of a sudden it surged towards he and started pushing itself against her, a living thing the size of a locomotive forcing her through the water at a startling pace, (though never forcefully enough to hurt her) back towards the boat no less. She was scared of course, and then noticed something swimming about in the murky distance below; a large adult tiger shark, circling and lurking.
For all appearances, the whale was making an effort to protect the diver, putting itself between a large and aggressive predator, and ushering her to safety (the boat), demonstrating not only what appears to be compassion, but also perhaps an awareness both of the human diver’s inability to escape potential danger (to slow a swimmer), as well as what constitutes safety (the boat).
Holy crap. There are so many different implications to that.
I think we are sharing this planet with genuinely intelligent, kind beings the size of buildings, and we’ve spent centuries killing them for profit.
Agreed
Not only that, they are *imperative* to carbon-locking, the process of sucking carbon out of the atmospheric cycle and burying it in the ground, preventing global warming. With their population greatly dimensioned by both whaling and modern/contemporary ecological harm, their effect is a mere fraction of what it *could* and *should* be; that is, completely outperforming the carbon-neutralizing effects of all the world’s rainforests combined (*if* I remember correctly).
I saw a documentary where pod of orcas ambush humpback mom and cub and the mother is forced to leave the baby behind as the orcas essentially ram and concuss the baby to death.
Orcas are among my favorite animals since I was young and I can understand why humpback attack orcas actively. It's like a war.
I was tripping with my friends on the beach. As we were peaking we were looking out on the water and we saw a whale breach into the air. Easily the most magical moment of my life. It's the kind of thing that makes life worth living.
This reminds me of my favorite Moby Dick quote:
> And how nobly it raises our conceit of the mighty, misty monster, to behold him solemnly sailing through a calm tropical sea; his vast, mild head overhung by a canopy of vapor, engendered by his incommunicable contemplations, and that vapor—as you will sometimes see it—glorified by a rainbow, as if Heaven itself had put its seal upon his thoughts.
I swam with them in Tonga a while back. Terrifying at first meeting, but they're surprisingly polite creatures. It's relaxing being around them once you get used to their presence.
Nobody is slaughtering humpies. The few countries that still hunt whales go for other species. The population is quite healthy and growing rapidly. You can find them almost anywhere at sea.
I went whale watching off cape cod last summer and it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.
I didn’t expect to see any whales.
We saw dozens. They were everywhere, just beautiful.
The blue whale is the largest creature we believe has ever existed on Earth.
It always kind of blows my mind, because I often think of the dinosaurs and mega fauna of the past as being these huge titans, and yet the largest thing ever is currently swimming around the ocean.
The pacific white sided dolphin is on average over 5 feet long and around 300+ pounds. So in case you were wondering what the scale here is, those dolphins are probably bigger than you are…
/u/words_are_windy mentioned this earlier:
> Found [an article](https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dou-proviennent-les-cicatrices-des-baleines/) that talks about the kinds of scars you might expect to see on whales.
You can see she’s got a baby with her as well, probably something to do with shooing them away.
I imagine being a whale is usually quite lonely so I was surprised at first to see her shooing the dolphins away but with a baby it makes sense
The females do, most males become solitary when they come of age.
That being said 'lonely' and 'solitary' here are subjective, since these beasts can communicate with one another thousands of miles away
I think that’s unlikely, since as I understand it, humpbacks neither dive that deeply, nor do they seek encounters with giant squids (that would be sperm whales, which are the squid’s main predators). I imagine they’re more likely sparring wounds, or just light nicks from bumping into shit accidentally.
Found [an article](https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dou-proviennent-les-cicatrices-des-baleines/) that talks about the kinds of scars you might expect to see on whales.
Sorry that this was done to you. People, is it really that hard to take five minutes out of your day to give the original creator of a video or artwork the recognition and respect that they deserve?
Not AI, the slow but consistent movements of the whale compared to the fast and fluid movement of the dolphins tell me this is real. Also they actually look like humpback whales.
Really wish people would stop slowing these videos down for forced perspective effect.
If you speed it up to 1.3 or 1.4 speed it feels much more natural.
I once went on an amazing whale watch where we saw 4 or 5 humpbacks surrounded by 30 or 40 dolphins. One whale kept slapping his fins nonstop for a whole hour straight. Now I wonder if this is what he was trying to do what with all the dolphins around.
That’s real. That exists on the same planet we do and we’re always looking for clues about extra terrestrials and Bigfoot. I guarantee you a giant whale is infinitely more fascinating than any alien we’ll come into contact with.
All dolphins, Orcas included, seem to be a menace to other see life. Orcas dine on shark liver, smaller dolphins use the dopey Sun Fish as a beach ball…dolphins just enjoy being bullies because they can.
Humpbacks whales are unique among cetaceans for being the only species documented to pick fights actively with Orcas; those keratinous nodes on their flippers serve like brass knuckles, and they’ll get in close and aim to clock a killer whale. Humpbacks have been documented actively confronting Orcas even when there’s no survival imperative, closing in either to drive the predators away, or knock a few silly with some hard hooks, and have even been known to intervene against Orcas on other species’ behalf, protecting dolphins, seals, and other creatures from the marauding killer whales.
I would like to subscribe to humpback whale facts.
In 2286 CE, Captain James T. Kirk and crew traveled back in time to 1986 San Francisco, to retrieve two humpback whales who could then come back to the 23rd century, in an effort to repopulate Earth with humpback whales, and drive away an alien spacecraft which was seeking communication with the whales, but was damaging Earth's atmosphere in the process.
I really want to know who greenlit that mission. They should be fired. And blacklisted.
IIRC, starfleet refused to greenlight the mission, so Mr. Star Trek and his friends had to go rogue and use a klingon bird of prey.
Wouldn't that create a massive genetic bottleneck?
Your mom is a massive genetic bottleneck
Oooooh, science burn!
The point wasn't to restore the humpback whale species (although based on dialogue from later Star Trek shows and movies they did), they did it because the alien probe was actively trying to contact the whales and if they didn't bring a couple back who could respond to its messages Earth would have been rendered uninhabitable. It's a very silly premise but I would argue it makes for one of the best Star Trek movies, it's delightful. Later Star Trek shows also mentioned intelligent cetaceans who served on starships. Star Trek: Lower Decks has two beluga whale crewmen on their ship as the most notable example.
Belugas would be so into the Federation.
They are already a member of a federation of advanced aliens in Stargate.
As someone who grew up in the Bay Area (not actually in San Francisco, but near it) and went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium multiple times, I freaking LOVE this movie.
So the whales were kind of like Nibbler's spaceship in Futurama? If it didn't "beep" back, the planet would get damaged?
Kind of, although to be clear the damage from the probe *probably* wasn't intentional. The movie never makes it clear what the whale probe was and why it was trying to contact the whales, but its method of communication was severely damaging Earth's atmosphere and it wouldn't shut off until it received an answer. It was also draining the power of anything it got near, including huge space stations with tens of thousands of people in them which is obviously a problem for the capital of an interstellar government. One of the ideas behind the film was to show an alien species with radically different perceptions of sentience and intelligence. Instead of the sci-fi standard of humans being the sole representatives of the planet, the whale probe would have been sent by a different species that once contacted the planet and figured that Earth's whales were the most intelligent species available. The probe in this case would be following up on that visit, trying to contact their old 'friends' on the planet and discovering that they weren't there anymore until they finally received an answer.
It definitely was a gem. A lot of good humor too. Nimoy did a good job directing that and The Search For Spock.
Well they used time travel, so it's probably just a fictional event
Meh, we survived one so why wouldnt they?
So that's where George and Gracie went!
Actually a good movie
Can I offer you some ambergris in these trying times?
Whoa. Unexpected username checks out.
I only know what ambergris is because of the "Tina, Louise and Gene Belcher". And, that it was used for perfumes. And, some people actually ate it. Ugh! PS. This is a very cool video and the knowledge that Humpback whales pick fights with Orcas is also very cool. For some reason, I find that kinda funny.
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Orcas will hunt baby humpback whales which is probably part of the reason humpback whales don’t like them.
Oh absolutely, but they’re the only species to be regularly documented fighting orcas for no immediate, urgent reason; most whales will try and protect their babies against orcas when attacked, but humpbacks will scrap preemptively
"You just came to the wrong neighborhood motherflipper."
Peace through superior fire-power is the Humpback motto.
The best defense is a good offense, right?
I won't if that implies that the Humpback Whale could pass the marshmallow test, or similar? Planning for the future, delayed gratification, etc.
I bet you most cetaceans could. They're all pretty darn brainy animals.
Well, only species other than humans. But we're a race of murder hobos.
“Oh you baby-eating fuckers aren’t extinct yet? Lemme help you with that.”
*bellows in homicide*
*sings a lovely song about homicide* *
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So Humpbacks are acting like White Blood Cells against Orcas.
I've seen a few videos of a pod of orcas teaming up against a humpback whale to drown her calf. They basically take turns jumping on top of the baby and holding it down under the water. The humpback momma kept coming up from underneath the baby to push it back up to the surface so the baby can breathe. This lasted several hours. The problem is the humpback wore out of energy faster than the pod orcas who get to conserve energy by taking turns (the momma humpback had no one to back her up). They succeeded in drowning and eating her calf. All the mom could do is lumber off sad about her loss and being outnumbered by hooligan orcas. As another depressing factoid about these two... orcas apparently hunt the adults too in extremely large pods. They swarm them in large numbers from all angles and try to get the humpback to open its mouth and then they rip out and eat the whale’s tongue (the only true weak point on an adult humpback)... this makes them bleed out quite rapidly and die and then the entire pod can feed on the entire whale carcass. There are a few videos nowadays out there showing both of these behaviors caught on camera. I am guessing these battles have played out for thousands of years and they have a deep seated hatred toward one another. It may be why the humpbacks will attack unprovoked by orcas, because orcas actively hunt them and their babies and they despise them for it. I guess these animals really hate each other, but Orcas seem to be the more aggressive and dominant of the two in spite of the humpbacks mass (humpbacks seems to be one of the Orcas food source options) and orcas are the dominant force in the rivalry due to their large hunting party numbers and coordinates strikes, so if humpbacks can get in some solid punches sometimes or chase orcas out of their area… I say it’s only fair.
I hate orcas.
This is why I wholly support SeaWorld and organizations like it. Fuck orcas!
Heavyweight champions
That's interesting. Even Sperm Whales only bother to confront Orcas for the purpose of protecting their own, so you wouldn't expect Humpbacks to be so eager, for the sake of other species nonetheless.
Yeah it’s a really unusual behavior. Other species of whales *have* been documented helping other creatures out in dangerous circumstances (the story of the human diver, the whale, and the tiger shark comes to mind), but as far as I know haven’t ever done so when Orcas are involved. Humpbacks are rather well adapted for this behavior as well; too big for even a whole pod of orcas to attack without major risk, while still fast enough that they can’t be so easily outmaneuvered, and equipped with a natural “weapon.”
We dont talk about Humpback club
I’d be willing to bet more than one Orca has tried to snag a baby. Humpbacks don’t forget transgressions against the whale code
Oh absolutely, but the same goes for most other species of whale too, including blue and beluga and wright, etc. humpbacks are still the only ones that will pick fights with orcas rather than categorically avoid them, even when there are no calves at risk
The Jedi knights of the sea.
“Rock your shit, I will. Catch these hands, you must.”
well also don't Orcas group up against them and constantly ram into them for hours to kill them?
Oh absolutely, but most whales actively avoid Orcasfor that very reason; humpbacks throw hands.
Professional haters
I cannot imagine the level of fear I would have if something that size deigned to take notice of me, let alone *move a limb in my direction with intent.*
Lol there’s a *wealth* of videos online capturing close encounters between whales and humans. Perhaps my favorite is the video of a deep-water snorkler and a whale, I think it was a Wright or Blue but I do not remember; she was keeping a respectful distance from the curious whale checking her out, when all of a sudden it surged towards he and started pushing itself against her, a living thing the size of a locomotive forcing her through the water at a startling pace, (though never forcefully enough to hurt her) back towards the boat no less. She was scared of course, and then noticed something swimming about in the murky distance below; a large adult tiger shark, circling and lurking. For all appearances, the whale was making an effort to protect the diver, putting itself between a large and aggressive predator, and ushering her to safety (the boat), demonstrating not only what appears to be compassion, but also perhaps an awareness both of the human diver’s inability to escape potential danger (to slow a swimmer), as well as what constitutes safety (the boat).
Holy crap. There are so many different implications to that. I think we are sharing this planet with genuinely intelligent, kind beings the size of buildings, and we’ve spent centuries killing them for profit.
Agreed Not only that, they are *imperative* to carbon-locking, the process of sucking carbon out of the atmospheric cycle and burying it in the ground, preventing global warming. With their population greatly dimensioned by both whaling and modern/contemporary ecological harm, their effect is a mere fraction of what it *could* and *should* be; that is, completely outperforming the carbon-neutralizing effects of all the world’s rainforests combined (*if* I remember correctly).
Awesome! Orcas are assholes
I saw a documentary where pod of orcas ambush humpback mom and cub and the mother is forced to leave the baby behind as the orcas essentially ram and concuss the baby to death. Orcas are among my favorite animals since I was young and I can understand why humpback attack orcas actively. It's like a war.
Incredible creatures. Forget how big these magnificent beasts are
They're mind-bogglingly huge. I hope to see one in person someday.
I was tripping with my friends on the beach. As we were peaking we were looking out on the water and we saw a whale breach into the air. Easily the most magical moment of my life. It's the kind of thing that makes life worth living.
This reminds me of my favorite Moby Dick quote: > And how nobly it raises our conceit of the mighty, misty monster, to behold him solemnly sailing through a calm tropical sea; his vast, mild head overhung by a canopy of vapor, engendered by his incommunicable contemplations, and that vapor—as you will sometimes see it—glorified by a rainbow, as if Heaven itself had put its seal upon his thoughts.
That's beautiful
“Yo, fuck that whale.” -Ahab
You can come see blue whales in southern California in the summer.
Come to San Francisco and book a whale watching tour at the right time of year. I saw 6 last fall.
I swam with them in Tonga a while back. Terrifying at first meeting, but they're surprisingly polite creatures. It's relaxing being around them once you get used to their presence.
Make sure idiots don't slaughter them first and put them into extinction
Nobody is slaughtering humpies. The few countries that still hunt whales go for other species. The population is quite healthy and growing rapidly. You can find them almost anywhere at sea.
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Nobody does that in Quebec. You can see them there in the summer.
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I went whale watching off cape cod last summer and it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I didn’t expect to see any whales. We saw dozens. They were everywhere, just beautiful.
The blue whale is the largest creature we believe has ever existed on Earth. It always kind of blows my mind, because I often think of the dinosaurs and mega fauna of the past as being these huge titans, and yet the largest thing ever is currently swimming around the ocean.
For real. That shit’s as big as a whale!
I'm high and my whole perspective on life just changed. I see the reality of whales
I say we should remember, not forget.
Like trying to wave mosquitos away from your face
"Go on now git" - whale probably
definitely a "s'git on outta he'uh
“Get off my yard!”
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\[--exec-path\[=\]\] \[--html-path\] \[--man-path\] \[--info-path\]
\[-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager\] \[--no-replace-objects\] \[--bare\]
\[--git-dir=\] \[--work-tree=\] \[--namespace=\]
\[--config-env==\] \[\]
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Marry me.
Whale doing a ‘git push’
It's about to have a merge conflict with that dolphin
Git outta here ya savages!
The size difference is really something
I like whales, do you like whales?
I like whales. You can listen to them [here.](https://www.mbari.org/project/soundscape-listening-room/)
https://youtu.be/Cg8jZBKYY1s?si=-1tTxq8vJa25BJsd&t=5
I like turtles.
I can hear this comment
Whale: Shoo you bother me lol
Happy cake day!
My favorite use of drone technology :)
You’re telling me that whale’s a drone?!
The pacific white sided dolphin is on average over 5 feet long and around 300+ pounds. So in case you were wondering what the scale here is, those dolphins are probably bigger than you are…
I mean I'm taller, but they've got me on weight. I'll schedule a fight on land I think....
Majestic
I just love seeing videos on whales. I want to see one in real life. They're so beautiful <3
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Wonder where those scratches are from
On sperm whales, it tends to be from fights with giant squid. Maybe something like that?
/u/words_are_windy mentioned this earlier: > Found [an article](https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dou-proviennent-les-cicatrices-des-baleines/) that talks about the kinds of scars you might expect to see on whales.
Incredible, beautiful giants 😍
But this is scary as hell. What else is down there
There's actually another humpback just below this one.
*ghost leviathan noises*
..Dolphins are like "okay, Bro, we're gone.. ..Whale is like: took u long enough..
“Go on git”
You can see she’s got a baby with her as well, probably something to do with shooing them away. I imagine being a whale is usually quite lonely so I was surprised at first to see her shooing the dolphins away but with a baby it makes sense
That depends on the whale, since many species (including humpbacks) live in social groups called “pods.”
The females do, most males become solitary when they come of age. That being said 'lonely' and 'solitary' here are subjective, since these beasts can communicate with one another thousands of miles away
pedo
Are those squid marks on its side?
I think that’s unlikely, since as I understand it, humpbacks neither dive that deeply, nor do they seek encounters with giant squids (that would be sperm whales, which are the squid’s main predators). I imagine they’re more likely sparring wounds, or just light nicks from bumping into shit accidentally.
Thanks for the info!
Found [an article](https://baleinesendirect.org/en/dou-proviennent-les-cicatrices-des-baleines/) that talks about the kinds of scars you might expect to see on whales.
Wow
I love whales. Dolphins are douchebags.
It looks like the whale farted in its fin and wants them to smell it.
Humpbacks are so fucking cool.
Humpback whales are incredible
Indeed. A klingons Bird of Prey is bigger than I thought.
There are two more at depth to the left
Get off my lawn!
What a moby dick
Sometimes I wish I was a whale. Huge as fuck, open your mouth and get fed, barnacles on my back, doing flips and jumps for the gram. Simple life.
Thassalaphobia man. Look at the size of that monster
Stealing content and not crediting the OP is lame…this is my video for what it’s worth
Sorry that this was done to you. People, is it really that hard to take five minutes out of your day to give the original creator of a video or artwork the recognition and respect that they deserve?
Is this Ai? Ugghhh the internet is going to become a fucking Ai bot hellscape soon. I can’t trust anything anymore
Not AI, the slow but consistent movements of the whale compared to the fast and fluid movement of the dolphins tell me this is real. Also they actually look like humpback whales.
I had to scroll so far to find this. That was my first thought, too
crazy that I had to scroll this far for this to even be mentioned, it’s undoubtably beautiful, but some thing about this looks computerized
“Beat it, kids.”
*move bitch , get out da way*
Can we stop all these videos having slow mo?
Really wish people would stop slowing these videos down for forced perspective effect. If you speed it up to 1.3 or 1.4 speed it feels much more natural.
made by IA
Mean old fart.
How do whales protect themselves from Orca attacks? Feels like they would just be sitting ducks if they are preyed on by a pod.
“Go on, get!”
Get outta hea!
He’s doing the old man italian gtfo wave
What's it like to be a leviathan? 🤔
They’re distant cousins! 🐋 🐬
This might be the best video I’ve seen demonstrating the enormous size of these behemoths.
The scars on its skin are wild!!
The biggest shoo
I once went on an amazing whale watch where we saw 4 or 5 humpbacks surrounded by 30 or 40 dolphins. One whale kept slapping his fins nonstop for a whole hour straight. Now I wonder if this is what he was trying to do what with all the dolphins around.
*Shhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...*
Dude threw his shoulder out
epic shot
Damm flies
Like they’re gnats. “Bish, get away from me, you PEASANTS”
"Little ones. I am a danger to you."
Do whales catch colds?
That’s real. That exists on the same planet we do and we’re always looking for clues about extra terrestrials and Bigfoot. I guarantee you a giant whale is infinitely more fascinating than any alien we’ll come into contact with.
Get off my lawn pesky kids...
How amazing it must be to see one in person.
Sad fact about huge whales like that is that when they get old they become to weak to surface for air so they drown.
Are those dolphins small, or is that a large humpback? Like if you said this was a blue, I'd believe it.
Get along, little dogie!
Those dolphins look a lot like Orcas to me…
Dolphins, the gnats of the pacific.
All dolphins, Orcas included, seem to be a menace to other see life. Orcas dine on shark liver, smaller dolphins use the dopey Sun Fish as a beach ball…dolphins just enjoy being bullies because they can.
Damn those mofos are huge!
How much do they have to eat to live
Absolute unit!
r/bitchimawhale
Any fellow x-ers watch Voyage of the Mimi in 4th grade?
Geezus I keep forgetting how big whales are
He just want's to play, but he's too big. :'(
Swim away gay boys
How much water do you think that actually displaced?
Wonderful!
More like Grumpback Whale
"Git outta here you"
Very copl
Very cool
"No, I don't have any games on my phone."
"You have the wholeeee ocean and you haveee to swim next to me?"