Comments on: Humpback Whales Survive Run-in with Snorklers http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/03/11/humpback-whales-survives-run-in-with-snorklers/ science edu + ocean info / gelatinous for the masses Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Karoli http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/03/11/humpback-whales-survives-run-in-with-snorklers/#comment-5010 Karoli Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:46:23 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/03/11/humpback-whales-survives-run-in-with-snorklers/#comment-5010 I just came from a week in Maui where I had the privilege of watching humpback whales and their newborns. There are some pretty serious rules in Hawaii for keeping your distance from the whales and giving them their space. I don't understand why anyone would want to snorkel close enough to them to be tossed that way. Pardon me for being harsh, but they snorkeled around those whales at their own peril, and I'm not surprised that they were injured as a result. I just came from a week in Maui where I had the privilege of watching humpback whales and their newborns. There are some pretty serious rules in Hawaii for keeping your distance from the whales and giving them their space. I don’t understand why anyone would want to snorkel close enough to them to be tossed that way.

Pardon me for being harsh, but they snorkeled around those whales at their own peril, and I’m not surprised that they were injured as a result.

]]> By: Stephen http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/03/11/humpback-whales-survives-run-in-with-snorklers/#comment-4693 Stephen Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:31:01 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/03/11/humpback-whales-survives-run-in-with-snorklers/#comment-4693 Protecting a calf isn't unprovoked and I've seen a couple of videos that show Humpbacks being very aggressive in the act of protecting their young. Protecting a calf isn’t unprovoked and I’ve seen a couple of videos that show Humpbacks being very aggressive in the act of protecting their young.

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