nevaurs:

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This family’s boat ride turned into a dramatic whale rescue — and the whale spent an hour thanking them in the best way!

i’m actually crying and as a side note, fuck sea world

So, this is great, but The Dodo is a source that anthropomorphizes far too much. I don’t think the whale was trying to thank them by breaching for an hour on end. There’s no way she would understand that they liked that. More likely she was still hurting from the net and was trying to ease the discomfort, or she could have been playing because she was loose.