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WHALES AND PEOPLE

OCCASIONALLY WHALES WILL APPROACH THE BOATS AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO TOUCH THEM. SCIENTISTS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS BEHAVIOUR. WE GUESS THAT THE WHALES ARE CURIOUS AND WANT TO OBSERVE AND INTERACT WITH HUMANS. OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS NOT THE CASE IN PREVIOUS TIMES WHEN WHALES WERE BEING HUNTED BY MAN.THE PICTURES HERE SHOW ONE WHALE WHICH WAS PERFORMING NEXT TO TWO BOATS, OUR BOAT AND ANOTHER ONE JUST ACROSS FROM US.

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KARL WAS LUCKY SINCE THE WHALE CAME CLOSE TO THE BOAT WHERE KARL WAS SEATED. HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY TOUCH THE WHALE.KARL DID NOT FEEL THE ROUGH BARNACLES ON THE WHALE BUT THE SKIN FELT RELATIVELY SMOOTH.

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