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Video Of The Day: Humpback Whale Gets Dangerously Close To Kayakers
Aug 27th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
A mother and daughter kayaking in Avila Beach along the coast of California get a surprise from a 30-ton humpback whale when it surfaces within just a few feet of their boats. You can tell the women are surprised from their screams (be sure to keep the volume low on this one).
"I quit filming it because the whale was still moving forward and it ran into me," the daughter writes, adding she ...
Whale cut from net in Sea of Cortez
Jul 5th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
While rescuers search for the seven missing people who were aboard a boat that capsized in Mexico's Sea of Cortez over the weekend, these waters are filled with more than tragedy. I stumbled upon this video of a whale being cut from a hunting net and set free and I couldn't help but share. Members of the Great Whale Conservatory happened upon this trapped humpback whale in the Sea of Cortez. ...
Cruise ship hits whale off Alaska
Aug 1st, 2010 at 11:30AM: For the third time in the past decade a Princess Cruises luxury ship has struck and killed a whale in the waters off the coast of Alaska. That latest incident occurred last Tuesday evening just south of Juneau, where the ship the Sapphire Princess apparently hit the creature, whose corpse was discovered attached to the hull on Wednesday morning. Last year, the same ship arrived in Vancouver ...Photo of the Day 10.12.09
Oct 12th, 2009 at 7:00PM: I'm always impressed with a good black-and-white photo, but this one by the ubiquitous fiznatty positively took my breath away. What you're looking at here is the exhalation of a humpback whale, photographed in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada. Beautiful, isn't she? If you've got some great travel shots you'd love to share, be sure to upload them to the Gadling pool on ...
