02-16-2010, 01:23 PM
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The Reforms
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Diver Marco Queral high-fives a 50 ft humpback whale.
[ DailyMail.]
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Try as you might, you're unlikely to get a holiday snap quite like this one. . .
In the deep blue waters of the South Pacific, cameraman Marco Queral gets up close and personal with a humpback whale.
The experienced diver even seems to be hitching a lift on the flipper of the 50ft female. Queral, 42, who has spent 17 years taking such remarkable pictures, said: 'Whales are extremely intelligent. Just like humans, they have their own mind and come with strong personalities.
'They decide whether I can take pictures of them or not. They must be in a right mood to let me get into this position.'
With a playful flick of his colossal tail Queral could be dead.
But instead this curious, intelligent humpback whale takes a shine to Queral, and the two end up drifting through the seas together.
The astonishing contact between the 50ft king of the ocean and the minuscule human was captured off Hawaii in the South Pacific last week. (August of 2009)
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