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Whale charges boat
The Gringo Gazette published this account of a tourist boat outside La Paz being upended by a whale. Has anyone else heard about this incident?
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From the vid it does not appear that the whale “charged” the boat. Looks like the boat was traveling at speed and launched off a whale, and whale
may have been stationary or surfacing.
From the vid, looks like captain error; the boat hit the whale (the whale did not hit the boat)
There is a reason you are supposed to stay back from whales, to not harass them, and to not get in their way.
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What I read was Captain was going at excessive speed, and hit the whale. Whales are not known to "charge" boats. One of the passengers was apparently
hospitalized. Captain is to face a multa. I am sure there will be more on this story..
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Whale charging the boat excuse may be a little hard for the Cap to defend.
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hard to find anyone in La Paz who is not on drugs
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Et tu, 4x4?
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This ABC News article supports the view that this was not a "Whale Attack" but rather the captain's error/negligence.
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That whale must have a large credit limit.
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Funny. When I first read the headline I thought "how much did the whale charge the boat?"
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