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Swimming while cetecean

Dr. Keith said:
Wow, she really found a way to ruin that once in a lifetime experience. I feel bad for that guy.
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Absolutely! A tremendous, once in a lifetime event and rather than enjoy it he had to deal with this idiot, who I gather was his adult daughter. What an idiot.

Also by being forced by the panicking daughter (and by her enabler -perhaps her husband?) to start the engine with the whale so close to his boat the dad was probably guilty of violating the laws against putting cetaceans at risk of potential harm.
 
Perhaps they weren't so stupid after all: having heard their remarks any intelligent mammal would indeed try to kill them. A self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts!
 
Some people just shouldn't leave their living rooms.

I would have told her to shut up or we're tossing her over the side.
 
Giordano said:
Absolutely! A tremendous, once in a lifetime event and rather than enjoy it he had to deal with this idiot, who I gather was his adult daughter. What an idiot.
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I'm reminded of those Bostonian dudes who mistook a sun fish for a baby whale. But at least they didn't panic.
 
I wonder what, exactly, she expected the cops (or whoever) to do in response to her 911 call.

ETA:
Panicky woman: "There's three whales under our boat."
911 operator: "Cool!"
 
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Dr. Keith said:
Wow, she really found a way to ruin that once in a lifetime experience. I feel bad for that guy.
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In Boston, for about $50 each, you can pay to take a ferry out to the whale feeding grounds to see some whales. It's a popular tour. You don't get anywhere near as close as these folks. What a wasted experience. : (
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
In Boston, for about $50 each, you can pay to take a ferry out to the whale feeding grounds to see some whales. It's a popular tour. You don't get anywhere near as close as these folks.
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Sometimes you do; when I went, we had whales right up against the boat.
 
Get a boat.
Go out on the water.
LOOK at the water.
See stuff.

Molas, blue sharks, Elephant seal, pilot whale the size of my boat, right next to it at 20 mph. Blue whale tails off Monterrey. A million porpoises at once- okay, well, thousands. Sleeping Marlin. A Marlin headed north at speed, 'porpoising' in and out of the water. Flying fish. Mako shark is delicious. Welcome to San Diego. Next travelogue, Baja California. Boojum Trees anyone? Jewel Moray?

And my sister thinks she has to fly somewhere for Eco Tourism.
 
Pfft. Human fatalities from ship strikes (i.e. collision with whales and other marine wildlife) aren't unheard of. They're just less common than dying from a lightning strike. Whale fatalities on the other hand...
 
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To be a little fair, I totally understand the girl's general fear. As cool as it would be to have a whale that close, if it was just hanging around the small boat I was in and going under it, I'd be concerned it might inadvertently tip the boat over and want to get some distance between the boat and the whale. But turning on the prop to get away could mean hurting the whale, which I wouldn't want to do either.
 
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