Hilarious Moment Sneaky Whale Pops Up Behind Sightseers As They Look The Wrong Way

It’s behind you! Hilarious moment sneaky whale pops up behind sightseers as they look the wrong way. A group of whale watchers almost missed out on the moment of a lifetime after a sneaky whale rose up right behind their boat while they were looking the other way.

Like other large whales, humpbacks were once the target of the whaling industry which nearly hunted them until extinction. A worldwide moratorium in 1966 outlawed hunting, and their numbers have partially recovered since. Pictured: One of the whale watchers pats a humpback whale from a sightseeing boat off the coast of Mexico. What an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime encounter!