Close Encounters with Beluga Whales
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- A Pod of Beluga Whales approaches our kayaks, then things begin to get physical as they interact with us and push our boats around like toys. This is the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec Province, Canada.
See minke whales playing with our boat
• Close Call with Whales
![Friendly beluga whale wanted to say hello & get petted [ep7]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wtgy50AD3Zs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Friendly beluga whale wanted to say hello & get petted [ep7]](/img/tr.png)
they are seriously like a puppy dog wanting to be played with I am frickin in love with beluga whales❤😍
Mine to.Playing with the boats is almost there way of playing fetch lol.
It's fascinating to me to be so close, but worlds apart. Spying through a looking glass at each other curious about the other side.
"Hey Frank, I dare you to touch that hooman's boat!"
OMG. What an unbelievably, totally awesome experience. Exactly how nature and humans should interact with each other. I thought you sounded scared at first and then realized it was pure awe. 🐳
Is Zeus your God
Magical, peaceful and utterly beautiful. I'm a dinghy sailor and I've meet Dolphins and Basking Sharks in my time, but not in such calm conditions to hear them talk.
Thanks for sharing.
How can anyone hurt these beautiful creations simply amazing
Think about it this way. For some people the potential for profit and getting ahead in the world outweighs all else. If they see that they can make a shitload of money by putting some Belugas in an amusement park, they'll do it.
@@CockatooDude It really is sad when the love of money is put above the welfare of these amazing animals.
@@bloodymary12100 Yeah it is, but no one has really made laws prohibiting this so I guess there's not much we can do. I mean someone could always run for office on the issue but it's a bit of a niche issue for most people and they probably wouldn't get elected.
Not created no
They have such happy faces lol
How thrilling just watching! Can only imagine what it was like for you! Ty for sharing😊
May you share your own amazing adventures one day
Wow what an experience! Nice to see them in the wild😊 opposed to a glass bowl. 😭😡
Yes!!!
True wonder and joy. For both species.
Wendy Morrison my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience! I saw a Mommy & baby humpback
I can tell you're excited by the soprano in your voice
they are beautiful and so smart
such calm waters as if it was a lake not ocean
Love Beluga Whales! 💙....Such smart,sweet animals! 💙
The area looks beautiful!
It's a beautiful place. Magical forests dripping with lichen. I have other videos on this channel that show more of the Saguenay Fjord Park!
My dude went into reverse puberty when he started getting excited
Bofa Deez my dumbass thought it was a girl
I’d probably start balling if I saw that.
@@katie0707 she is 🌞
Uhh... that was a woman actually 😅
Exciting video! You're so smart to wear wet suits. It was the first thing I thought...what if they get knocked over, it looks coooold Then I read your description. Their vocalizations remind me of toddlers. Lol. Oh and thank You for just having natural sounds of video and not adding music, or yelling and screaming your excitement. That drives me nuts. Also it makes the experience all about the human and not about the wonder they are seeing. Nature is so much ore enjoyable in the quiet, imo. 🐳💕
Their legs & arms will get pretty cold though.
Sounds like a tummy rumble ! And a baby gurgling! Awesome!
The one filming is adorable tooo...
Just like me, "hi, hi, hi!" I love animals :)
What a beautiful planet we live in...even if it doesn't look perfect, it is perfect.
.... a fellow human who sounded like me whenst playing in the water with belugas (finally)..... eeeegaaaads!!.... nothing less, nor more than feeling the joy of their company. God bless you sir, stay that memory forever and forever stay a child at heart in your every reaction to sharing all future nature with yourself :)))))
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Christen, I know this is old but what an amazing experience to interact with the belugas! Im envious!
What an amazing experience you are so lucky to have experienced something like this. What a beautiful moment
A docent and The Marine Mammal institute downstream in Tadousac it worked for 17 years around the Wales and never had an experience like we. We got lucky!
I would be dam scared out my pants
I'm pretty sure the camera lady crapped her pants...
But they’re so friendly
@@unclefreddieDied crapped her pants from joy, lol. She's so excited
This encounter with these Belugas will stay with you forever. Things like this has a hold on you. You were so lucky to see these beautiful creatures. They are beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Uneducated they are not creatures
@@matimus100 For real? Educated or not, I call them creatures.
And they are very intelligent.
thanks..that was very nice to see....paddled with orcas and humpbacks...but these guys seem more playful...
Wow !! Truly amazing!! Beautiful curious big creatures. ... so marvellous! Xxx
Not creatures who told you this?
What an awesome experience. I've been up close and personal with Killer Whales, which aren't true whales, but never Beluga's. Great video!
LaughTooHard I think balugas are technically dolphins if they have tears then dolphins if they have the brale like a humpback they are whales
Over 40 years ago a leather skinned Curragh on journey across the Atlantic, also attracted Whales, likely due to the soft pliable structure giving off very different vibes to a hard boat.
aww sweet thing. Poor baby needs a good scrubby!
How fun! I love Belugas.
I wish that was me! I love beluga whales!
Such an incredible encounter! I love it ❤️
Elmo didn't know kayaking could be so fun!
You should totally bring a blow up ball and it throw it out to them and see if they bring it back
I wished I had one. We never expected what we encountered!
Lol they look like yellow and brown pudding, wiggling under the water 😍😍
Ohh wauw, I almost forgot to breath 😃... great video...
Close encounter with the curious kind. What an experience!
That was awesome!! Thanks for sharing
Such magical and magnificent creatures ❤
Not creatures
He says "get that emf picture capturing device out of my face" lol
Lol "btw these are my inflatable kayaks"
What an honour that must've been ❣️
A shark would shred those boats, belugas seem to like your quiet friend
Perhaps you meant 'could', because sharks actually wouldn't shred the boat. Sharks are not human and don't do things for kicks or fun. The kayaks are not food, and nor are they a threat.
jeffhubbard100 exactly lmaoo humans are the only living species that destroys things for fun. Carnivores attack because they’re hungry that’s it. Humans kill for ENJOYMENT and thrill.
I would like to point out that both cats and orcas absolutely play with their prey.
thank you for the vid and behaving passionately but not screaming hysterically, disruptively like some people seeing cetaceans esp humpbacks; so hope to have a chance cetaceous encounter someday
Tiny INFLATABLE kayak + Greyhound bus sized humpback whale = me, panicking and screaming like a little girl 😱 I could probably handle those beluga whales though 🌞
So beautiful! I still would have shit my pants.
😂 Hahaha right?! Those noises would have been my nervous gut 😮 lol. Would have been an amazing experience tho. 🌞
Love her 💜
wow, this is precious!
Such wonderful, beautiful beings.
If only we could talk to them like we talk to one another how very cool would that be 😂💞💞💞💞💞
Nice video, thanks for sharing!! :)
this is an amazing video thank you
@Benton Wesley where did you expect them to be?
Just a few mile up the Saguenay the surface water is fresh, a few feet under there is a halocline, then the water is salt. The depth of the salt varies throughout the year. A few years ago I was with some friends maybe 8 or ten mile upriver, maybe further, and the salt layer started at about 30 feet. I wonder how the animals are affected by the buoyancy changes - it certainly would make floating at the surface more difficult for them. Of course they can simply return downstream towards the St. Laurent if they tire. I would assume they are after concentrations of food - likely baitfish.
Greenland sharks also frequent the Saguenay. I'm not sure it is completely understood why.
Cool, Advanced Elements airframe kayaks!
I highly recommend them. Purchased in 2003 and did not expect them to last till now with zero repairs 17 years later. Keep them packed and out of the sun and UV when not in use and these kayaks just seem to not degrade!
Simply, WOW!!!
That must have been so exciting.
Husband - gets pushed in boat
Wife - Did that whale just push your boat?
Husband - hold up 2 fingers. Yeah, twice.
Wife - Yeah, they’ll do that, they’ll play with your boat
Husbands boat starts moving backwards....and the wife never saw him again. All she heard was the pod of Belugas making sinister laughing noises
Lololol
Lmaoo.. and the husband lived happily ever after 😅 .
Wetsuits? You will freeze in no time if you fall in even with wetsuits. What you need is two drysuits but they are expensive but it might not be prudent to kayak in a drysuit either.... Belugas are my favorites! They are oh so cute!
WOW
These are the world's southernmost population of belugas, which, other than these whales, are an entirely arctic animal. This population is on a fast track to extinction, as the animals are considered the world's most contaminated with industrial chemicals, primarily pcb's, and dioxin from a variety of industries in the Great Lakes region, Montreal and Quebec, and mercury and lead from the aluminum smelter in the city of Saguenay, upstream from where this video was filmed.
The male belugas in this population have a low life expectancy due to liver cancer etc, the females love longer as their bodies are able to remove some of the toxins by concentrating it into breast milk. The animals are not very fertile, and what young they do have often die before they are grown, it is thought the toxic milk is killing them.
It's a grim picture.
@@deandeann1541 Thanks for such relevant information. We visited the cetacean center in Tadoussac and learned of some of the challenges they are facing. Your description really helps solidify a better understanding.
@@sailingaccidentalgybe I have dove with these animals many times - Not on purpose, they were often where I was working. Often we would have to wait for them to move away from an area before we could jump in. They are interesting animals - the only cetatians with a mobile neck. When they glide by you underwater at the edge of visibility they will turn their head sideways to look at you. Unlike some other marine creatures they would leave us alone, and we left them alone.
Magical 🐳✨👍
Its look like mermaid💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
elbows above wrists for low brace, i can see how that can be overlooked for a Reflexive brace though
That was freaking awesome 💕😘💕
"he touched the boat!" lololol
he bumps the kayak like come on man say something im cool right
what an experience
LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH! The next person they interact with might not love these creatures!
Not creatures no
I would be so scared
Me2!!! Id go nuts there hahahahah
There are so freindly
nice video
What a wonderful experience
Holly Hocks my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience! I saw a Mommy & baby humpback
Sometimes That "Awwwwe" Could surplus your Sunday budget.
Poor Forking Fish dose't knew that.
She went looking for belugas ,she found out she is indeed the beluga whale herself.
My spirit animal is the wolf. Perhaps I'm just going to the dogs
That just blows
A real encounter would be a naked swim in the White Sea northern Russia. It has been done and the person survived.
Xena Be these animals are wonders in themselves. Don't try to see human speech in their communication. That is the slippery slope to whales in cages, as entertainment, we treat criminals better than that.
SRSLY? I was an anthro major. I would have gone into marine biology if I'd lived near a school with available spots in that course. I know better than to stick an animal in a cage for entertainment. We can learn a great deal by reaching a common ground and working to understand each other's vocalizations and body language. Fyi, it's quite likely that belugas and cetaceans are more intelligent than humans.
Xena Be words are misread all the time and the ilinformed and uneducated will see the whales as cutesy psuedo pets if they think they are communicating in freaking English.
Oh I see. You're criticizing me for how some *hypothetical* somebody *might* read some comment on a vid with only 17 comments, now. You're just arguing bc you're bored or smthg. (rolling my eyes)
@@wendymorrison5619feel better about yourself, now? chill out.
So Darn Sweet😘🐳
I don’t know why but I think they’re more like dolphins than whales
To tell you the fact, belugas are species of dolphins, not whales.
So lucky my favorit of all the creaters in ocean are bolugas
This is not a beluga. Beluga is a fish of the sturgeon family. And this is a toothy whale - belukha
This Cruel Inuit hunting of Belugas must be put to an end. Belugas are one of the most friendliest dolphins towards human beings. I watched a video of these Inuits latching on the beluga with a harpoon, and the beluga is bleeding while trying to escape, and also, killed a whole pod of belugas, which is the type of hunting that is unlike how the red man hunts one buck to feed their whole entire tribe. Inuits are overhunting belugas, indiscriminately, just how they overhunted the Steller's Sea Cow into extinction.
Inflatable kayaks 😬
That's what I said 🌞
Beluga?!?!??
i feel like i saw the same pod at the exact same place, where it was exactly?
In Saguenay Fjord National Park
Here: www.google.com/maps/@48.2053353,-69.9045583,1024m/data=!3m1!1e3
Hi! Got a question. How is that advanced elements served you? Did you have any issues with it? Would you recommend buying it?
Highly recommend it. Purchased on 2003 and they are still going strong. Dimensions and weight within limits so that took the as checked luggage to Bahamas. If you are over 6' tall, it may be a bit cramped. Only company I know that makes an inflatable kayak that has a rigid form.
I envy you :)
Are belugas the smartest species of whales ?
Not sure about other whales but I can say with confidence that they're smarter than most humans 😉
Rambaldichick 43 haha, definitely!
They're not vocalizing that was the other guy trying to secretly pass gas. He thought it was gona be silent yet deadly. In stead he let out a butt cheek squeak. 😵😂😷
Of course. Now the secret is out!
@@ChristenBustani You gotta beware those Butt Cheek Squeaks. You never know when one will sneak out.
Needed to go full Dory with the whales. Missed opportunity.
Ofcourse they will push the boat around...got to get that candy bar out of the wrapper before you eat it.
Don't touch my butterfinger!
Awesomeness!!!
Colleen White my three favorite wild life animals are manatees, belugas, and humpbacks. in 2001 I went to Boston whale watching & I had a great experience. I saw a Mommy & baby humpback
What an amazing experience. I’m envious. I’m curious as to what the pulsating hum was - a ship?
Terry G belugas have a wide range of noises that they can produce and are known to mimick human noise. Most likely the belugas communicating with one another or using it to see what the boats where.
Are they gonna bite?
Why was the man experiencing it silently while the woman....
Because everyone is different?
How cold is the river? We will be going in Mid July and I was hoping to do some paddle boarding but now I'm afraid it will be too cold!
At any time of the year I would suggest wearing a wetsuit. The Waters of the saguenay rarely reach above 52 degrees Fahrenheit. That shouldn't deter you. It should prompt you to ensuring that you have the proper equipment before you go
try whistling they seem to respond to it
I wanna move to Quebec. Will somebody adopt me? um, I am 55 yo : (
No problem i live in quebec and there are many beluga whale and seal
Yes beluga whales are awful nice, but what if a great white decide to get curious to your inflatable kayaks? Yeah it would be a whole different story.. I could see you guys floundering and flopping around in the water as the great white decide to check you out..
I live in Saguenay and I never heard of such an incident ever happened here.
Muy lindo