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Demovictory9

(32,320 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 03:02 PM Aug 2020

She Got Sandwiched Between Whales, Is Recovering

She Got Sandwiched Between Whales, Is Recovering
Woman in Australia is injured while swimming with humpbacks




Swimming with seals is a thing. Swimming with whales? It's a far riskier prospect, as an Australian woman just found out. The 29-year-old suffered serious injuries—internal bleeding and fractured ribs—after getting sandwiched between two humpback whales off the coast of western Australia, reports 7News.

She was swimming with a tour group at the popular Ningaloo Reef when the "crush" occurred, say police. Chartered swimming with humpbacks is currently in the midst of a five-year trial period in that area of Australia, and this is the first injury among an estimated 10,000 swimmers, notes the BBC.

Police and wildlife officials are investigating what went wrong given that rules stipulate swimmers stay at least 15 yards from the whales. Humpbacks, plentiful in the region, can grow more than 50 feet long, though they are generally considered safe to swim near, per the BBC. The injured woman is hospitalized in serious but stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. (In the US, members of a family were injured when their boat collided with a humpback.)

https://www.newser.com/story/294441/she-got-sandwiched-between-whales-is-recovering.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_world_img_b

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She Got Sandwiched Between Whales, Is Recovering (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2020 OP
i dont think its too smart to swim among them jcgoldie Aug 2020 #1
it seems crazy to swim among 30 ton animals.. Demovictory9 Aug 2020 #3
I watched a good show about Humpbacks last night on PBS ornotna Aug 2020 #2
Absolutely awful idea to swim with them Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #4

jcgoldie

(11,582 posts)
1. i dont think its too smart to swim among them
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 03:05 PM
Aug 2020

Been on little whale watching boats when they slap the water with their flippers and dorsal fins seems like they'd sink you without even trying and then when they breach jesus...

ornotna

(10,763 posts)
2. I watched a good show about Humpbacks last night on PBS
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 03:13 PM
Aug 2020
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-whale-detective-5nsii3/20808/

A filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and just missed landing on him while he was kayaking. What he discovers raises far bigger questions about humans’ relationship with whales and their future.



No swimming with wild creatures for me thank you very much.

Johnny2X2X

(18,731 posts)
4. Absolutely awful idea to swim with them
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 03:18 PM
Aug 2020

Whales are protective mothers, do not go near them and their calves. My word, who thought this was a good idea? Leave them alone, they need to be protected and given a wide birth.

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