WATCH: Shocking behaviour as man prods whales in CT
Approaching a whale like this is prohibited in South Africa.
A VIDEO of a man swimming perilously close to two right whales- even prodding one of the massive creatures has gone viral. In the clip, the daredevil swims out to the whales off the coast of Cape Town and appears to touch one of the whales.
The clip was filmed by Graeme Grant, who spotting the swimmer floating ‘dangerously’ close to the whales.
Approaching a whale like this is prohibited in South Africa.
“The whales were chasing each other around and then they started circling each other, close to the rocks and a public footpath. We then saw a man in the water, and I couldn’t believe it when he actually touched one of the whales. One slap of a fin would swat him like a fly,” he said in an interview.
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