Baby Humpback Whale Flips Out!

I honestly could not stop thinking about Jonah and the Whale while boating out to sea, but to my surprise I never thought I would see a baby Humpback that could grow up to swallow Jonah! Today’s photos are from that encounter.   I soon forgot about Jonah and wondered if Alesia would survive this amazing spectacle as the boat rocked from side to side.

On approach, it looked like milk on the baby.  What do you think?

As our capable Captain approached slowly, he explained to his excited guests that underneath the baby was his mother.  Mama whale was there to teach, protect, feed, and enjoy her offspring.  She could be approached by an aggressive male whale who was interested in mating, however, mama whale made it clear to the male to knock it off!!!  Baby came first!

Look at those baby parts on the whale we encountered.

We saw many breaches of whales right before spotting this precious one, but I felt compelled to share his story.  The captain slowly approached while explaining how baby whales are born in the winter time on Maui’s coast.  The tour guide also made sure to add that no one has ever witnessed a birth of a baby whale!  I was quite surprised with the fact that a live birth was still a mystery to the scientific community.

Continual rotating in the water was normal so he could  look at his mama under him.

Our baby humpback whale story was one of playfulness.   As I explained earlier,  we were told without a shadow of a doubt his mama was right underneath him the entire time teaching him to maneuver, protecting him from predators, and feeding him!  Now its time for you to look at the photos.  Here’s a secret.  He was showing off to his boat guests and his mama by flipping over and over again in the water.  He was on his back a whole lot because he wanted to be looking at his mama most of the time!!!  That’s a baby for you!

Baby Whale is looking down at his mom!

Baby whale flipping us out!

More flipping and rotating!

WOW!