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I suspect they are just pissed off with us. I did a whale watching tour from Húsavík last year on a cranky old boat. We found one but the poor thing was asleep
by cjk2 2y ago
I suspect they are just pissed off with us.
I did a whale watching tour from Húsavík last year on a cranky old boat. We found one but the poor thing was asleep apparently, just surfacing every few minutes to breathe. Immediately buzzed by about 5 boats full of people every time it surfaced, two pictured here: https://imgur.com/a/g4em6sc https://imgur.com/a/g4em6sc . I think I'd be in the mood to tip a fishing boat after that every day.
- jajko 2y agoI did the same in Husavik some... 8 years ago in wintery conditions (april iirc, inland was completely inpassable and even ring road had heaps of snow) and they were fine, we saw plenty of them and pretty active (mostly mink whales). Maybe bad luck or they are quite seasonal?
- sandworm101 2y agoThere was an orca (technically not a whale) on the west coast of canada that famously ripped fishfinders off the bottoms of boats. Evidently it didn't like their noise. But it wasn't just the active ones. It found and ripped them off parked boats too.
- CRConrad 2y agoTechnically yes, a whale. Orcas are the biggest dolphins, and dolphins in turn are the smallest whales.
- slices 2y agoVery similar experience, it was cool seeing & hearing a whale up close, but man that must be annoying for the whale.