SEATTLE — It’s a good thing seals aren’t on a humpback whale’s menu. A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal accidentally gulped it last Thursday in the waters off Anacortes, Washington. The food mix-up began while a Blue Kingdom … Read more
It was a whale of a fail. An Australian surfer is lucky to be alive after getting body-slammed by a humpback whale, which then dragged him underwater by his leash. Footage of the Moby-Dick move is currently making waves online. “It came down, landed straight on me,” Jason Breen, 55, told 9News of the incident, … Read more
Whale, hello there. Passengers aboard a boat about an hour off the Long Beach shore started their Memorial Day weekend with a splash, as a humpback whale nearly knocked over their vessel. “Memorial Day Weekend starting off with a bang,” the Long Island Wise Guy captioned the 8-second video on his social media pages Friday, … Read more
Humans have discovered ways to get rid of old, dead skin cells – and it turns out humpback whales have made this self-care advancement, too. Whales will roll around in sandy, shallow bay areas to remove dead skin cells and barnacles, a new study from Griffith University found. Certain tagged whales were caught performing this routine on high-definition … Read more
A Hawaiian man known as “Dolphin Dave” is facing charges after he allegedly harassed wildlife in a state park. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said 65-year-old David Jiménez of Maui was cited Monday morning at Kealakekua Bay on Hawai‘i Island. This comes after the department’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement received numerous calls … Read more