Skipper , only 1 year old , was amazingly calm given the schooltime bus - sized mammals in front of him .
New friends come in all physical body and size . For Skipper theAustralian shepherd , that includes mammals that count some40 tons and quantify more than 50 foot long .
Yes , the 1 - class - erstwhile whelp latterly come across some favorable humpback whale who visited his sauceboat Oct. 31.Videoof Skipper ’s signally calm interest in the giant has since blend viral , with the original picture earn more than 237,000 vista on Facebook . We do n’t even hear him bark , and I know I would n’t be that tranquil if I was approached by a krill hoover the size of a schoolhouse bus .
Photo: Courtesy of Monterey Bay Whale Watch / gowhales.com
" He seemed to really enjoy watching them . … It ’s funny that he did n’t bark , " say Nancy Black , Skipper ’s proprietor and a longtime maritime biologist who runsMonterey Bay Whale Watchin California .
Black — Skipper next to her in the wheelhouse — was captain the boat that day and taking her customer back to shore when they descry the mathematical group of whales . She put the boat in neutral so everyone could get a look .
The whales " quickly made a beeline " toward the watercraft , Black tells Daily Paws . Not only friendly , they were quite playful as well . They circled the gravy boat , exhale , and evenspyhopped — sticking their heads vertically out of the water to get a good look at the boat .
With all this activity , they were getting what Black call " whale breath " on everyone , so Skipper could listen and reek what was work on from the wheelhouse . Someone took him out to get a look .
Black says that was the first sentence he ’d seen whales that come together . He was " fascinated . " The video shows him being certain to get the skilful flavour he could at the whales , even propping his front feet up on the gravy holder ’s railing .
At a couplet point , a giant looks to be just a mere few feet from the curious pup , who , again , is remarkably calm about the monumental animal in the bay in front of him .
The whales stuck around for two hours , way longer than the common 15–20 moment well-disposed whale expend hanging out near gravy holder . But if you ’re ever on a heavyweight - watching sail , do n’t take up you or your dog will enjoy such a close encounter .
" Ca n’t promise that , " Black says . " Just have to be favourable . "
