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Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale

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A woman floating on a surfboard near Santa Cruz, California almost ended up on the lunch menu for a humpback whale over the weekend. Barb Roettger had her camera rolling as two hefty whales popped out of the calm waters not far from the unsuspecting surfer and a pair of kayakers.
A pod of humpback whales has been hanging out off the Santa Cruz coast, noshing on anchovies that flock to the area to feed on plankton. The woman found herself in the middle of a feeding frenzy called lunge feeding, which occurs when whales herd anchovies and shoot straight up out of the water wi
th their mouth wide open to catch the fish. The whales have had quite a few dangerous close encounters with humans and boats in recent months. Whale watchers are warned to stay at least 100 yards away from the feeding area which can be a quarter mile square. Roettger says she has now gained a grea
ter respect for whales, their feeding patterns and will now only spectate from the decidedly safer dry land. For those who doubt that this is real, watch this footage that is shot from the same kayak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHOQSRPYQWw Looking to join a naturalist led sea kayaking tour in
Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, Baja, Belize and beyond? Contact Blue Water Ventures: http://www.bluewaterventures.org This story broke on Holy Kaw: http://holykaw.alltop.com/surfer-almost-swallowed-by-whale Read more at: http://holykaw.alltop.com/close-encounter-kayaking-with-the-humpback-wh



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Array ( 3 months ago by hhstp)
I
 just shit myself watching this
That must have been ... ( 3 months ago by DestructiveMomoKing)
That must have been freaking
 SCARY.
Array ( 3 months ago by ILoveeTheScript)
That's
 CRAZY!
The whale wasn't ... ( 3 months ago by candid2me1)
The whale wasn't even close enough
 to swallow the surfer? It was just eating.
@aclaireb1 what's ... ( 3 months ago by exile4ever)
@aclaireb1 what's the point in screaming? It's useless.

Array ( 3 months ago by xxSnoopyxx)
I
 wonder what it's like to be viral in a matter of a few days, haha. Amazing footage right here.
Array ( 3 months ago by pianosquirrel116)
OMG was that on
 halloween?
The whale was just ... ( 3 months ago by beaniedeanie)
The whale was just eating fish and the seagulls
 wanted some
That whale was not ... ( 3 months ago by teshiaa21)
That whale was not about to
 swallow her, it was not that close.
Array ( 3 months ago by Tibly)
That's a lot of
 fish.
Array ( 3 months ago by SugarRayDi)
Thank God you guys
 are OK. Now you definitely got a story to tell that never gets old lol.
Fantastic video ... ( 3 months ago by tom24nh)
Fantastic video Almost jumped out of my chair Kind of thing you don't want to happen when on a surfboard Everyone is
 lucky to be alive
Array ( 3 months ago by sonic911)
HOLY SHIT!

that is really ... ( 3 months ago by TheJoselin831)
that is really scary being next to a BIG
 whale
Array ( 3 months ago by Doucheasaur)
lmao this needs
 to be on Tosh.0!
@teshiaa21 bit ... ( 3 months ago by mutater0)
@teshiaa21 bit close for
 comfort though...
The shore cliff is ... ( 3 months ago by mylespatrickmcmorrow)
The shore cliff is about 40-50 feet behind the camera person. I have seen
 a lot of wildlife including great white sharks there. If you go to the pier there is a population of about 200 seals that hang out there.
Why theres so much ... ( 3 months ago by llmetalll)
Why theres so much water in that kitchen?

Array ( 3 months ago by PotHeadMan)
did
 they live?
Array ( 3 months ago by sdfrt8)
i thought
 they actually got swallowed for a sec
And THAT'S why I'll ... ( 3 months ago by aBigSaltyDookie)
And THAT'S why I'll never
 go more than ankle deep into the ocean.. if that.
@sdfrt8 SO did I! ... ( 3 months ago by CauseofKaos)
@sdfrt8 SO did I! ifeel stupid now
 lol
after that I'd be ... ( 3 months ago by hashashin821)
after that I'd be like see
 ya later goodbye



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