FTFA: Scientists are unsure exactly why humpbacks leap out of the sea. Some argue it is to scrape skin parasites off their barnacle-encrusted bodies, others that they are simply jumping for joy.

FTFA: The whale warns the canoists away from her baby

Nothing like completely making up a load of bullshiat to improve your sensationalist reporting.

Cool pics though.

Awesome pics.

Went on a whale-watching cruise in Cabo San Lucas several years ago. These things got damn close to the catamaran, scaring the hell out of me.

The whale appears to be having a good time, I don't see what the problem is...

"Admiral – there be whales here!"

submitter: Huge ass-humpback whale gives kayakers the shock of their lives, before realising they weren't Japanese whalers (pics)

Yes, it is my hobby too.

HA! I would scare that whale away easily.

At the first splash I would release so much urine it wouldn't want to stay.

You come from sad whale family, deep in ocean!

/obscure?

He just hocked a loogie on you...

Star Trek IV thread!



/Well, double dumbass on you!

Mentioning Japan in lame articles for guaranteed greenlights is way too easy. Low-hanging fruit, and all that.

Complete photoshop on this one. Whales are good eatin'.

Wouldn't it be stupid for a whale to breach in front of Japanese whalers? I would lay low and curse them. Or be a good whale and sacrifice myself for the pleasure of human vanity.

Who knew Depends were kayaking gear?

Those people need a drink, I reckon.

I bet Vivian Vance was a demon in the sack. She seemed like the type who'd enjoy doing oral.

it's possible the whale was doing its thing and was indifferent to a mere kayak

Better than getting your 50 lb. salmon bitten in half by an orca (new window).

Bucky Katt: it's possible the whale was doing its thing and was indifferent to a mere kayak

It's possible, but hardly interesting.

I heard the whale had killed the kayaking guy's father 20 years earlier and told him then that this day would come. Now this story is epic.

Firetini: "Admiral - there be whales here!"

Thar be whales here. Thar.

ChopSueyKS
Bucky Katt: it's possible the whale was doing its thing and was indifferent to a mere kayak

It's possible, but hardly interesting.

I heard the whale had killed the kayaking guy's father 20 years earlier and told him then that this day would come. Now this story is epic.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the avenging whale had a devil-ray
buddy on a mission to off someone famous...

I think he did a little too much LDS.

Nuclear wessel!

Anybody else notice that there are two different kayaks in those photos (a red one and yellow one), and also one couple is white and the other is black? I don't think the images are fake or anything. I'm just amused that the Sun tries to tell the story like it's just one couple.

My only phobia is of big shiat in the water. I don't know if that's a recognized phobia, but even if I knew the whale was harmless if I'm stuck in a pool with it I'll shiat myself.

I pretty much would've crapped in my kayak.

I'll bet the rental company had to sanitize or possibly destroy that boat after it was returned.

I keep thinking of the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to clown school. As he's riding the small bicycle his pants get caught and pulled off. Krusty says "Burn that seat!"

moondo: Wouldn't it be stupid for a whale to breach in front of Japanese whalers? I would lay low and curse them. Or be a good whale and sacrifice myself for the pleasure of human vanity.

Human vanity? There is not much market in whale blubber here, from what I can see. People complain about old fishermen killing and eating dolphins too. Why doesn't anyone THINK OF THE COWS!!!! They are being killed in herds to become Big Macs!!! The US doesn't even make up a story about research! People are wearing their skin on their bodies!!! And using their scrotums for change purses!!!

overlord

HA! xkcd comics are my favourite

So...farking...jealous.

ScottHimself: My only phobia is of big shiat in the water. I don't know if that's a recognized phobia, but even if I knew the whale was harmless if I'm stuck in a pool with it I'll shiat myself.


This.

I don't go anywhere near the water unless I'm in something that I'm damn sure is bigger than anything swimming underneath.

I believe I can say without shame or fear of contradiction that I would have pissed all over the kayak, myself, and the whale just out of utter fear. Whales are cool and all, but I damn sure don't want to be in the way of one when it's doing it's thing... whatever that "thing" happens to be, such as broaching, or even hocking a loogie (thanks Bill Engvall, can't get that image out of my head).

Smaerd: Anybody else notice that there are two different kayaks in those photos (a red one and yellow one), and also one couple is white and the other is black? I don't think the images are fake or anything. I'm just amused that the Sun tries to tell the story like it's just one couple.

FTFA: These extraordinary images show one couple calmly watching one of these giants of the sea as it raises its fin ... In another dramatic encounter, an astonished couple see a humpback soar up out of the water.

It was also the Mail on Sunday, not the Sun.

Reading comprehension = FAIL.

"What is the meaning of 'exact change' "

Heroic Poser:

HA! I would scare that whale away easily.

At the first splash I would release so much urine it wouldn't want to stay.

Strangely enough, that would be my tactic as well.

doofusgumby
"What is the meaning of 'exact change' "

What does it mean..."exact change"?

/Treks'ter

I watch those dumb farks in the kayaks harass the whales every weekend right off the beach in Honokowai. They were out there today.

\Haole arse tourists

As long as we're making up stuff about what the whale is saying:

"Not your ocean. Get out of it."

or

"I don't paddle a boat all around YOUR house uninvited. Get out."

The amusing thing is that paddling as hard as you can would be quite pointless. Really, if that whale had intended to harm any of them, it would have, and there is no way they could have paddled hard enough to get away from it.

I suspect that this ....

Bucky Katt: it's possible the whale was doing its thing and was indifferent to a mere kayak

...is the most accurate description.

Scientists are unsure exactly why humpbacks leap out of the sea

Get some air?

Swot' I would do.

tokyotron
Why doesn't anyone THINK OF THE COWS!!!! They are being killed in herds to become Big Macs!!! The US doesn't even make up a story about research! People are wearing their skin on their bodies!!! And using their scrotums for change purses!!!

It's something about "level of intelligence". Whales are extremely intellligent, have a language and exhibit many higher level abilites. Cows, much like you, are completely void of any sigificant thought, ability or action.

If you're not a total vegan, wouldn't kill a fly, spider, snake, etc... and utilize ONLY vegetable and mineral resources, you are a complete and total hypocrite and need to do the world a favor and self-terminate.

/TROLL!
//counting the coins in my cow scrotum change-purse.
///Made a KILLER meatloaf for dinner.

Friendly Neighborhood Pervert: I bet Vivian Vance was a demon in the sack. She seemed like the type who'd enjoy doing oral.

What the hell does Vivian Vance have anything to do with this? Did I miss some kind of I love Lucy reference?

Somebody better call Leon Anawak. It has begun...

Hey, PERV! I'm betting she liked butt seks

biglot: Scientists are unsure exactly why humpbacks leap out of the sea

Get some air?

Swot' I would do.

Probably the same reason people insist on going into the water. Although, deep down inside, I'd like to think that those few moments of air time is like an acid trip for a whale.

/Leap
//OMG WTF is this?! I can see forever!
/splash

Bith Set Me Up: Star Trek IV thread!

/Well, double dumbass on you!

limboslam: Firetini: "Admiral - there be whales here!"

Thar be whales here. Thar.

Ay limboslam

That is the coolest thing ever.

And yes, I'd probably need new undies and would puke if it happened to me.

But still, so cool.

Scientists are unsure exactly why humpbacks leap out of the sea.

1. Whales are mammals.

2. Whales leap out of the sea ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the whale is to flip out and kill people.