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Four free divers taking photos of a sperm whale off the Island of Dominica got quite the surprise last spring when they found themselves submerged in a cloud of whale poo.
As the divers, who were on a government-approved expedition, slowly approached the whale, it turned toward them and started to defecate. It spun in circles as it bobbed up and down, wafting the faecal matter with its tail, seemingly intent on spreading it in their direction.
“The water was crystal clear, initially, and was the most idyllic Caribbean blue water that you could imagine. After a few waves of faeces were released and stirred vigorously by the whale, the water was like chocolate milk, I couldn’t see my hand when I held it in front of my face,” recalled Canadian photographer Keri Wilk, 30, who described the brown mist as a “poonado.”
“I had poop in my eyes, mouth, wetsuit, everywhere and I was soaked in it from head to toe.”
Wilk caught the poo attack, considered to be a rarely seen defence mechanism, on camera. This week, the fascinating, poop-filled photos are going viral.
“The guilty whale stayed in one spot, kept defecating, and spinning like a bus-sized blender, growing the cloud to well over 100 feet in diameter. The 30 foot whale was completely hidden inside the gigantic poop ball. When we were sufficiently confused/blinded by poop, it burst out of the poop ball faster than I’ve ever seen a whale move.”
While the residue of the “poonado” quickly washed away, Wilk took an extra long shower later that day, “just in case.”
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: Anyafaj
LOL
My kind of whale... one with a sense of humor.
It smiled while spraying the diver..
Ahahahaha
“The guilty whale stayed in one spot, kept defecating, and spinning like a bus-sized blender, growing the cloud to well over 100 feet in diameter. The 30 foot whale was completely hidden inside the gigantic poop ball. When we were sufficiently confused/blinded by poop, it burst out of the poop ball faster than I’ve ever seen a whale move.”
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: Anyafaj
LOL
My kind of whale... one with a sense of humor.
It smiled while spraying the diver..
Ahahahaha