Incredible Moment As Whale Swims Up To Captain And Makes An Unusual Request Caught On Video

For the past 20 years, Paco Jimenez Franco has been a whale watching captain in the waters of Ojo de Liebre, a lagoon on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. There, he’s had a front row seat to these extraordinary animals — sightings of whom Franco regards a gift. And he’s found a special way of giving back.

When Franco removed sea lice from her, she approached him again so he would continue to do so. Petting animals, even the smallest ones, brings so much joy to people. I wonder, how does one feel after petting an actual whale? Whale sightings are magical to witness and the sea captain believes that he is repaying them by removing those pesky parasites. "I have done it repeatedly, with the same whale and others," Franco said. "It is very exciting for me."