whale. we got maybe three spouts or something, and we were so ecstatic. i was watching where they had been previously, and then, all of a sudden, they came up. we weren t expecting that at all. and the next thing you know, they re coming right next to me. barb decides to focus in on a woman wearing a bikini and lying on a surfboard. the reason i was filming her is because she wasn t wearing a wet suit and the water is freezing here. it s like ice water year round. so, i was like, look at her without a wet suit! so, i had my camera on her, and, boom! out of the water come these two humpbacks, lunge feeding. barb s perfect positioning and steady hand help her capture a stunning moment rarely seen. her video of this spontaneous humpback lunge brings perspective to the enormity of this marine mammal. having that woman and the
they said i can see whales, like close up. and i had reasons for optimism. all week i ve been staring out to sea, watching humpback whales leaping out of the ocean, spouting and frolicking. so are things compared to other parts of the world, our conservation efforts as far as marine mammals and whales in particular, is that going well? that s the one thing on the planet that is. they re talking about taking humpbacks off the endangered species list. it s good to hear that they ve recovered. but it may make it easy to add to the whaling list again. it s mating season in hawaii for the nearly 10,000 humpback whales that migrate down from southeast alaska each year. this doctor of the university of hawaii has dedicated his career to studying these whales. i guess the song is supposed
something, and we were so ecstatic. i was watching where they had been previously, and then, all of a sudden, they came up. we weren t expecting that at all. and the next thing you know, they re coming right next to me. barb decides to focus in on a woman wearing a bikini and lying on a surfboard. the reason i was filming her is because she wasn t wearing a wet suit and the water is freezing here. it s like ice water year round. so, i was like, look at her without a wet suit! so, i had my camera on her, and, boom! out of the water come these two humpbacks, lunge feeding. barb s perfect positioning and steady hand help her capture a stunning moment rarely seen. her video of this spontaneous humpback lunge brings perspective to the enormity of this marine mammal. having that woman and the kayakers in the background gives you some perspective of how huge
in 20, 30 years, they d never seen anything like it. it s late october 2011, and friends barbara and adam spot several humpback whales in the monterey bay practicing a group feeding technique called bubble net feeding. where the whales blow bubbles around schools of fish, creating a food ball. that food ball moves around like a lava lamp would move around. so, the whale will then come from up underneath and come up in the middle of that ring of bubbles with a mouth open. like many whale watchers in the area, barb and adam rent a kayak and paddle around the bay. having no luck spotting any humpbacks, they begin paddling back to shore. i saw these birds. i m like, let s just go over there. it was out, off the shore. and lo and behold, there was a whale. we got maybe three spouts or
that happened there. a massive humpback jumping right above them and landing right next to their boat, nearly crushing them along the way. whoo! somehow, the man and woman managed to make it back to shore. and oh, by the way, humpbacks can weigh up to 50 tons. at idead vital data are stored. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions from a trusted it partner. including cloud and hosting services - all backed by an industry leading broadband network and people committed to helping you grow your business. you get a company that s more than just the sum of it s parts. centurylink. your link to what s next.