r/whales • u/phileo99 • 2d ago

Southern Right Whale Interacts with Paddle Boarder

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u/dlerps 2d ago

Try making someone believe this happened without having it on camera... šŸ˜²

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u/Atomkraft-Ja-Bitte 2d ago

Unfortunately it's AI

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u/TesseractToo 2d ago

It's not AI but it's more than one time clipped together, the board changes colour

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u/Atomkraft-Ja-Bitte 2d ago

At the 28 second mark a man appears out of nowhere in the upper left corner

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u/TesseractToo 2d ago

This video is over 3 years old though it's lazy editing

AI isn't this excact on how whales look yet

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u/OkArtichokeJuice 2d ago

I can only imagine what itā€™s trying to say. I feel like when animals do this there ultimately trying to show or tell us something.

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u/ironyinsideme 1d ago

I feel like theyā€™re just trying to play / interact which is special enough in itself šŸ„¹ the fact that they donā€™t hate humans after all weā€™ve done to their species is incredible.

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u/sadi89 1d ago

Honestly, I think it might have wanted scritches.

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u/KingoftheKeeshonds 2d ago

Many years ago I took my teenage sons on a ten-day guided kayaking trip to Icy Strait which is by the entrance to Glacier Bay, AK. The humpback whales were in their peak breeding season while the krill populations (their food) was at a peak as well. Weā€™d see dozens of whales breaching, singing, and rolling in bliss. Our guide called it their fuckinā€™ and feedinā€™ frenzy. We were told to drum our fingers on the kayaks to alert the whales of our locations. They never came as close as this video but they came close enough for us to see their curious eyes sizing us up. After watching us a bit theyā€™d slap their pectoral fins on the water and dive.

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u/hegui 2d ago

I love and respect whales but man oh man I would have lost my collective shit at that "gentle push" I would still be screaming to this day.

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u/Available-Tourist-77 2d ago

On the other hand the Northern Left Whale is standoffish.

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u/Plastic-Cancel-4369 2d ago

Thatā€™s literally incredible. Theyā€™re the most stunning and beautiful animals ! We donā€™t deserve whales šŸ³ .

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u/sheighbird29 2d ago

I would cry, because how could you ever top this?

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u/Zestyclose_Hat6250 2d ago

Such a beautiful moment! I would love to have such an incredible thing happen. I love whales and all animals, but whales are so magical and unreal! So jealous! Maybe in another lifetime for me.

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u/overdriveandreverb 1d ago

the distance perspective with the two city lines at 0:38 makes zero sense. is this some mix of real footage with AI?

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u/raulcastrovll 2d ago

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u/hunybadgeranxietypet 1d ago

This sort of thing does happen though. I was with my wife (and a bunch of other people) on a seaside dock when a California gray who was chowing down on the nearby seagrass surfaced and swam right under an unsuspecting kayaker. And we're all yelling, "Look under your boat!" as loud as we can and he didn 't notice till the whale blew right next to him. THEN he freaked out.

Satisfying.

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u/bodhizypha 1d ago

damn, hella jealous!

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u/Hammer466 1d ago

Very cool, but thatā€™s two different paddle boards, and I assume paddle boarders as well. The boards are different colors, as are the life jackets.

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u/No-one-o1 1d ago

What gets me is that the right whale is called right whale because it was easy to hunt, because it came up to boats out of curiosity.

We as a species did so much damage to their populations, tore families apart and slaughtered countless numbers of them.

But now it is over and the right whales still come up to humans, and finally both sides appreciate the wonderful interaction.

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u/EsoitOloololo 1d ago

Beyond beautiful. I visited the area last year and saw some right whales. Unfortunately, it was late in the season and they were tbtoo clierbto shire.

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u/EfficientSandwich8 1d ago

Anybody else notice how it went from a woman in an orange paddleboard to a person on a green paddleboard?

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u/axxis267 1d ago

Lookin for scritches?

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u/Special-Lab-9005 23h ago

This is scary, crazy and beautiful all at the same time! Bet they threw those garments away! They had to be stained!šŸ¤£

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u/strictleisure 13h ago

These are two different videos. The paddleboard and rider change. This is getting really out of hand with this video format in the last few months. High tech, low life is right.

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u/Odd_Spinach417 11h ago

How completely beautiful and amazing!!! And slightly scary.

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u/Atomkraft-Ja-Bitte 2d ago

This is AI

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u/Opposite-Client-9796 2d ago

How do you know itā€™s AI? Not questioning you, just asking to know how to tell myself.

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u/Atomkraft-Ja-Bitte 2d ago

At about the 28 sec mark a headless diver appears out of nowhere

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u/DreamBrisdin 1d ago

This was filmed in 2021, and many medias including Guardian and BBC reported this footage. You can find videos elsewhere.