Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale

[E.J.]

Yea, I think I'd be changing my shorts.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoP1N0OyFic&feature=player_embedded

[kelmac07]

Saw this on the Today show this morning.

:O

[Mutombo]

Wow!

[MurphysLaw]

Hope my wife doesn't see this, she already worries about sharks everytime I surf :r

[Boz]

Holy ****!

[Blak Smyth]

They sure didn't react much to it!

[w squared]

That would cure me of any urge to surf for at least a month. :td

[MurphysLaw]

That would cure me of any urge to surf for at least a month. :td

It's usually these photos that cure my urge to surf for a month...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iq2vQY1Jeaw/TUhLhTD7KaI/AAAAAAAAXZg/ZavMQDA4LXI/s1600/sharks.JPG

[shark]

Humpbacks eat plankton, so no real danger of getting eaten

[mariogolbee]

Humpbacks eat plankton, so no real danger of getting eaten
Ya, I didn't really see anyone getting "almost swallowed" at all. Sure, it was a close encounter, but I didn't see any threat to anyone. This is still a cool video.

[shark]

Oh I see a threat, unintentionally, if someone's too close and the whale pops up and then dives back under again. A kayaker could get capsized, or get sucked underwater due to the sheer mass of the whale. Those things are HUGE! Even the newborn calves are nothing to sneeze at. I woulda freaked out big time; how often does someone get a chance to see something like that up close? :tu Of course, I'm a Midwesterner. I get excited whenever I see dolphins offshore when I'm walking down the beach somewhere in FL or GA or wherever. :rolleyes: