Kayaker gets up close with a blue whale.

Amazing footage of a man kayaking (and swimming) off the Redondo Beach, California with a (some?) blue whale(s).
siftbotsays...

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 8:59am PDT - promote requested by ponceleon.

nocksays...

Aren't these things protected by the Marine Mammal and Endangered Species Acts? Pretty sure you aren't supposed to get within a certain radius. I'm also pretty sure he's within that radius.

ChaosEnginesays...

>> ^nock:

Aren't these things protected by the Marine Mammal and Endangered Species Acts? Pretty sure you aren't supposed to get within a certain radius. I'm also pretty sure he's within that radius.


I don't know the specific law in the US, but in other countries the rule has been that you are not allowed approach the animal, but once it approaches you, you're fine.

Lithicsays...

Holy crap cakes!! That would have freaked me the F#%K OUT! I would have paddled like a little loon going "please don't eat me, please don't eat me", and the fact that I know full well they only eat plankton would have been SOD ALL HELP because it's freaking HUGE AND UNDER WATER AND OBVIOUSLY OUT TO GET ME!!!

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