A couple of “pissed off” whales toppled a boat leading two fishermen to fall into the sea in New Hampshire, US, according to New York Post. No injuries were reported to the men or the animals.
A video posted by Ryan Whitney shows two whales capsizing a boat toppling the fishermen into water.
“There is a pissed off whale patrolling the waters of Portsmouth NH today.Head on swivel if you’re out there,” Whitney wrote.
A video posted by Ryan Whitney shows two whales capsizing a boat toppling the fishermen into water.
“There is a pissed off whale patrolling the waters of Portsmouth NH today.Head on swivel if you’re out there,” Whitney wrote.
The US coast guards informed that other fishing boats came to their rescue.
Experts said the incident was a near-tragic coincidence and unrelated to any perceived aggression from the humpback whale.
“It was an accident,” co-founder and director of research for the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, Dianna Schulte, told the New York Post.
“The boaters that are in the video, they should have known better to not be fishing with a large whale in the area, because [an accident] can happen,” Schultz said.
“The whales will come up through schools of fish with their mouth wide open and close their mouth, either right before they break the surface or even after they break the surface,” Schulte added.