a curious minke whale wanting to play

in #nature7 years ago


We were loading the kayaks and getting ready to collect the kayakers from the ship you see in the video and a minke whale decided to come over and investigate.

This curious little guy obviously developed a serious crush on these floating contraptions.

Minke whales are small baleen whales - only getting to about 10m|30ft in length and are very aggressive foragers around sea ice and ice floes. Their food is primarily krill - small shrimp-like crustacean that is the main food source for 99% of all animals in Antarctica.

In all my years of interacting with minkes around the world, this is by far, the most amazing interaction I have ever had. It did last for about 20 minutes before it decided he had enough fun and was time to go back on the hunt for breakfast. Honestly, I believe it had a slight identity issue, thinking he might have been a kayaker...

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Minkes are great and curious whales. I have seem them myself on whale tours but inside the security of something larger than a kayak :)

Nice video. These beautiful creatures are nice to watch

Wow great video!
Im a diver and im still dreaming to see a whale someday.

so interesting and adorable, wish I could interact with them like you do

Thanks for sharing

Nice post. Thank you for sharing it.

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