A fisherman was scared of his life with the jump of this whale

May 13, 2019

The man was an attentive witness to a show about nature, when a whale jumped out of the water close to his little fishing boat. Everything was recorded on photos and a video.

Whales can jump to communicate, demonstrate their strength, break free from skin parasites, make known to other whales or play. Many times, these magnificent acrobatics are simply the path of a whale to show that you are having fun.

The Bay of Monterrey, California, is a popular site for humpback whale watching. This fisherman was not surprised to see from his boat one of these specimens in the distance, rise a few meters from the surface of the water and dropping all its weight. But little by little, the animal jumps unfolded towards Low Sueno, his little fishing boat.

Photographers Douglas Croft (60) and Kate Cummings (32), two whale watchers who often frequent the bay in search of these encounters, also filmed this experience. L & # 39; huge whale he immersed himself again and disappeared, while the fisherman already suspected that he would be a victim of the "pleasure" of the animal. Suddenly appeared a few meters from the fishing boat with a huge jump imposing his entire figure in front of the man, who did not look away at any time.

The images captured the huge size of the animal because the proximity to the boat allows to calculate its dimensions by proportion. "It was fun to film everything. The whale had already jumped several times but far enough from the fisherman. Sometimes, when the whales jump several times, they go in a specific direction underwater and start the momentum for the next jump.", Describes Cummings, the expert."I imagined that the next would be close to the fisherman, but I never thought that the whale and the boat would line up so perfectly"

Douglas Croft, the other specialist, said: "The salmon season coincides with the arrival of humpback whales in the bay to feed during the summer, which is why there were hundreds of fishing boats"On the shocking images, he badured:"As the boat is close, it should look bigger, but the whale It was huge! If I had been this fisherman, I would have surely urinated my underwear"

Humpback whales inhabit almost all the seas of the world. Its weight is five times greater than that of an African elephant and can measure between 12 and 16 meters long.

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