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Close Encounters of the Whale Kind

8/3/2014

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Today we had an exhilarating experience within minutes of leaving the dock.  A very curious whale approached our boat and spent 25 minutes circling our boat, swimming underneath us, and spy hopping right next to us (raising its head vertically out of the water).   It's hard to describe in words what it's like to be in a 22 foot boat next to a 45 foot animal! Check out the underwater footage our intern Gigi got with her GoPro.
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Circling behind our boat
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Laura photographing the friendly whale
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Crockett King
8/3/2014 09:04:31 am

WOW!!! Unbelievable!!

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Kata Rolf
8/3/2014 09:49:01 am

I'm so jealous! Oh my gosh!

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Megan Chevis
8/3/2014 11:00:19 am

AMAZING!

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Susan Weinberg
8/4/2014 01:32:08 am

Do whales ordinarily travel alone, or could there be more nearby and this one was just away from them?

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