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Humpback whales have been hugely overlooked for their comedic timing.
In a world where clownfish and crustaceans get all the funny parts, whales are taking back what's theirs, beginning with an I'm-going-to-eat-you gag aimed at some divers off the California coast.
According to a YouTube video posted over the weekend, the divers, out with a Morro Bay-based SCUBA charter, quickly found themselves in the speedy path of two lunge-feeding, multi-ton mammals.
Of course the perfectly synchronized giants were never really going to swallow or eat the divers that's not physically possible for baleen whales. Regardless, the near miss could have had serious consequences (Kelly Rowland, looking in your direction). Gawker reports that one of the divers believed they were a quarter mile away from the whales when they entered the water.
A NOAA marine mammal biologist told Grind TV/Yahoo Sports that it was unclear from the video if divers were in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) a law that protects all marine mammals from harassment and other dangers. VIDEO WARNING: As one might expect from a man who is nearly slurped up by a whale, this video contains profanity.
Great video. Almost looked like the whales were using the divers to help coral the bait. The fish broke primarily just to the right of the divers and the whales came up to the right of the divers.
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