I've always loved those cute little whales. I got to pet some at Marine World once

psychodelicide said:

Yeah because they like really shallow water, so they're close to the surface and get cut up by boat propellers.

I swear, they've got to be one of my favorite animals. (well, every animal is a favorite of mine I guess, but these are among the cutest)











They might even be cuter than beluga whales. It's a close one.

minneapolisgenius said:

oh, they're cuter. Just LOOK at them.

Fuck, this thread is lame.

Cloudbuster said:

that's you on the left of course.

CarrieMpls said:

I know.

But I did have a really special experience once with beluga whales, so I can't decide now.

minneapolisgenius said:

You make me damp.

Cloudbuster said:

Like a stinky, clammy basement?

minneapolisgenius said:

Less fresh.

Cloudbuster said:

Like this?

minneapolisgenius said:

You're my wife.

Cloudbuster said:

I told the gondola driver to watch out for manatees.

nobody loves beluga sturgeons?

minneapolisgenius said:

What drugs are you on this morning?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Wow, you lucky swine!!! Stupid question but what was it like?

I am totally obsessed - well, highly interested - in blue whales. I saw a drawing, years ago, of a blue whale and they fit to scale various things such as a human being, a double-decker bus (!) and such forth. I just cannot fathom a creature that huge - it blows my mind. I'd love to see one in the flesh.

onenitealone said:

if I saw a whale I bet I would bawl, I do each time I see dolphins

onenitealone said:

They're about a third the size of my admiration for you.

ZombieKitten said:

Me too.

Seriously, I think I would be in utter shock. I'm not sure if they show the BBC's 'Planet Earth' over there but the episode they filmed with whales... the boat they were in sailed *over* the whale and my housemate was saying "Look! Look!" but I still couldn't take it in. Just a complete feat of nature.

Imago said:

Awww Dan. My heart is making whale noises as I type.

Cloudbuster said:

Only the usual.

The good ones.

ZombieKitten said:

Me too.

We went to New Zealand a few years ago and went whale watching. We saw 4 different sperm whales that day.



(like an idiot, I resized this pic years back and didn't save the orginal size! )



and then hundreds of dusky dolphins surrounded our boat and were flipping through the air. It was amazing.








A blue whale sighting though is like the prize sighting of all whales. I'd love to see one of those one day.

minneapolisgenius said:

Sweet

ZombieKitten said:

you are so delicate.

minneapolisgenius said:

Wow. You even got a dive pic. Awesome.

minneapolisgenius said:

Damn cute !!

JustErin said:

It was pretty easy actually. You can tell when they're about to do down again because their dorsal fin starts curving above the surface and they dive down really slowly and then the tail comes up last.

Like this....

minneapolisgenius said:

Beautiful pictures .
I watched whales in Hermanus (South Africa) some years ago. Here's a pic my boyfriend shot:

minneapolisgenius said:

I've gone whale watching quite a few times I just stupidly never brought a camera, so I never got a dive on film.

We did almost hit a Fin whale once on the way home from a watch...that was pretty exciting.

Serious said:

JustErin said:

It was funny because my husband got so flustered when we had the first opportunity to get the tail coming up and he accidentely hit the "off" button on the camera, and we missed the first one of the day. Luckily we saw 3 more whales after that.

And with the dolphins doing full flips every other second all around us, we kept trying to get still photos of that, when we should have just hit the "record" feature on the camera instead.

It would have been so cool to get a video of that because it was really surreal. All you could hear was the sound of their breathing/blow holes and the water against the boat.