Wheras for an animal so small, humans manage to wreck everything.

🐳 Hey buddy is your name Jonah ? LoL 😂

Too true friend. The world really would be a beautiful place if we weren't here.@@Whit-mh9nt

​@@Whit-mh9nt You need to hang out with better people

@@Ricekrispy10 Have you noticed the planet lately? We humans kill so many of each other, we need high tech machines to do the job, great areas of the ocean are now oxygen free deserts where nothing lives, most of the tropical jungles we need to clean the air, have been cut down for cattle or oli palm, and our closest relatives, the other great apes, are near extinct in many cases, and we dont even know or care about the living conditions of sentient sea mammals like dolphins and whales, whom are severely impacted by our shipping and fishing. . Speaking of which..There are whole species of fish you can't buy anymore, as they are fished out..Should I go on?

"... and so I poked it with my fin."

Whales are just people who live in the sea.

Oh so much gentler than a poke! It knew it needed to be gentle. Maybe recognized the 'being' as a good thing. Maybe another human being cut a net from its body as I've seen happen on here, and knew to be gentle, wanted more interaction like that.

Or in the case of China, eat it

Я думаю, что животные даже умнее и добрее некоторых людей. Они все понимают!

Why are woman Cry babies?🤣

The whales must be fascinated that we are so small but yet we got cool gadgets and we can beat their ass in a fight when we work together and it wouldn’t be close. So the whale must of been like . “Man better be nice snd not piss off our human overlords and bring them back to safety before they stick a submarine up one of our a55e5

All three of you are completely nuts.

I'm a dude and I'm right there with ya on the tears thing. Those creatures are amazing. The care and curiosity it showed toward the "tiny" person was inspirational. Makes me want to be a better person...lol

Grow up

I think this is proof they're at least smarter than human children. I've seen human kids. They would never play with their toys this gently.

That’s hilarious! 😂

That’s absolutely awesome!!!! Gotta love those D-fins!

There is 100% malicious intent. jk.

There are two kinds of cetaceans: 😂

Love this. Dogs are like this too. Animals have a sence of humor

@@marythomas1198 So do people. Are you arguing that humans don't have empathy either?

@@marythomas1198 One aspect of "empathy" is being aware of the fragility of another thing and conducting yourself in such a way as to not frighten, disturbing, or harm that thing. Think of how you might cradle a ladybug or lightening bug in your hand, even though you have the ability to flatten such a small creature. You have such immense power and control over this little thing and yet conduct yourself with caution and respect for this other living creature. There is empathy in THAT! Sometimes...you just need to perceive the dynamics fully to appreciate what all is taking place!

These gentle giants also eat much smaller creatures - like shrimp and plankton lol

Is not that we can't. If we really couldn't there wouldn't be any efforts to sabe them in the first place.

@@rjohns25 eating is different than playing and torturing like human do

Truer words might ever been spoken! If only the paddle boarder had reciprocated this First Contact🙄

They do know better. That happens when males are trying to mate and display dominance to the other males or a female is protecting her calf from the thrashing males. When that isn't going on, they're actually very curious and sometimes even protective over you. They just have weird ways of displaying how intelligent they really are. It's just like I was watching an autistic kid for years. He did know better with every single thing he did. It just came out differently. He wasn't dumb even though some people treated him like he was dumb. Same rule applies.

OOooh... me too! How thrilling

That paddle boarder had to be puckered up at least a little, that would be a absolutely surreal experience.

@@jimhagar5149 Puckered!!! they would have had to slide me to the corner to pull me off that board!!! LOL

And it’s still being hunted

laundry was especially rough this week. Perhaps he just bagged up the shorts and threw them out.

@@asher6657lmao it’s 2:36am and that took me too long to understand.

@@asher6657Ngl I would probably throw out my shorts too if this were the case

He prolly shat himself.

Twice, I would think@@stealthymonk7734

Yes indeed! So many animals show similar traits as well. Why were we conditioned to believe that animals were stupid or lack of feelings and consciousness 🥲

They're animals that evolved over millions of years to survive in a climate that mammals aren't even normally built for. Of course there gonna be smart as shit lol

I feel so sad that humans hunted whales and are still killing them. 💧

human way was to chase down and kill thousands and thousands of whales of all variety many to the point of total extinction, only after all this was it that we humans got curious. Thankfully most countries have band whale killing and now after many decades these gentle giants have increased their numbers.

@@wirefeed3419 now they die because of plastic

I'm sure if he was out there in a paddleboat he is very aware if whale behavior. He would know that so far as we know, there has never been an intentional death of a human in the wild from any species of whale. Orcas have killed in captivity but never in a random wild encounter. I bet that was at least one of the top 5 moments of his life. It would be my 1st or 2nd. But I don't do......the ocean. Screw that death trap lol.

@@natecloe8535 Good point about understanding the whale behavior. Still, the massive size alone...! Also,I recently learned that orcas are actually in the dolphin family. Learn something new every day.

@@BK-qp8zp If there is anything that would get me into the water of the ocean and actually be pretty excited about it. It would be if there were whales. I went snorkeling on a cruise one time and and I rounded is this big rock and in between this rock and the reef was a if the reef was a 6' long nurse shark and they had told us that there was virtually 0 chance we would encounter anything bigger then a footlong barracuda. I didn't freak out because I used to watch the crocodile hunter so I knew that nurse sharks don't even have teeth it's more like sandpaper so I didn't freak out about that. That big dude swam up a couple feet and checked me out and then just settled back down to the bottom minding his own business. But you're right that's a decent size paddle boat and it makes It look like a bathtub toy. The most impressive to me though. Is that at this point in history we, as far as we know, share the planet with the largest animal to have ever lived in recorded natural history, as well as the fossil record. I always picture the Brachiosaurs at the beginning of Jurassic Park and then imagine that a blue whale is even bigger than that!

A lifetime shortened by a decade or so lol.

I think the guy on the paddleboard may not have much of a view. but the Drone guy hit the jackpot.

Her cool. It was a woman

☝️🤓​@@iz6566

Look up this Ethereal Beautiful Video with Whales, You'll love it 😏 Woodju- "Vacuum"

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Without the music maybe.

It can be 10 hours long and even longer. Just put it on loop and leave. It was repeat itself.

​@@wilsonmpesha904True

''...Their hearts are so big?'' was that a pun?

Whale sharks have the nickname "gentle giant of the sea" this is no whale shark. However a big heart does not mean that something is more emotional sensetive. Your comment is just false education, sorry i had to point that out!

Jeez, everybody's gotta take things so literal, they're gentle in the way they move, in the way this one is moving. That's it.

Ikr, the dance, well said.

@@killabrother7123 you're kinda dumb, bro

Whales only live today because we stopped hunting them for their oil. Mankind is the most mighty, and the whale knows it.

@@Judge_Magister I concur and agree with you about the cessation of whale hunting and its implications relating to allowing whales to flourish today. But there is no doubt the whale has a huge brain, and I believe it may include the ability to recognise and appreciate a human who offers no threat, and is appreciative of same by reciprocating with gentle contact in recognition as demonstrated. I am sure they have a lot more in common with mankind that we have yet to ascertain if they possess similar feelings that human have.

@@michaeldonovan525 they do show altruistic instinct yes. Did you read the story of the diver who was “eaten” by a whale at 30m dept and then spit out at the surface alive? The whale probably thought he was out breath and wanted to safe him

@@Judge_Magister in 2019 Japan resumed commercial whaling after leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC)

@@stijerina6998 😢

The whales must be fascinated that we humans are so small but yet we got cool gadgets and we can beat their ass in a fight when we work together as a cooperating unit… and it wouldn’t be close. So my educated guess would be the whale must of been like . “Man better be nice snd not piss off our human overlords and bring them back to safety …or they will stick a submarine up one of our a55e5” Long live all HUMANS top of the food chain!

@@Mynipplesmychoice Except for one, being followed by a hungry shark…….

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What a wonderful thought.

😆😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️

Thats a human perspective. If they saw any nutritional value in him they would have just eaten him. They dont show the same kindness all the time. Its nature.

@@R20966 southern right whales don't eat anything bigger than krill or plankton, so no it would never eat a human as it is physically impossible for a human to be swallowed by one.

I was thinking " Hey what happens if I do this. Ohhh, hey that's cool!" The paddleboarder was like a bath time rubber ducky, for whales. 😊

Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

And to happen to have a drone with them?

Love love love this story ❤️. Thanks for sharing

Secret Alias: Thank You for Sharing this experience, OH how Sweet!!!

Such an incredible encounter.

Wow. Any story you hear where they express intelligence should be no surprise. They are the only other animal with neocortical structures like humans. Meaning they are capable of extremely complex thinking. Using deductive reasoning they probably have a complex, non-sound,* based language.

Even though they are smart as humans This story still surprised me. They are able to watch and analyze an airplane. And by copying it they express understanding of it as an individuated entity.

Wow so true.

So true so true.

a wise , cool statement

Nicely put 🐋🐳🐋

Awesome! When these glorious beautys

As a reminder of: _You can still make things right._

Underrated comment!@@andrewscott985

Not everyone is alike. Animals definitely know that too

Humanity, as a collective, deserves NOTHING here.

probably the same reason we still bother to interact with each other

That's a typo right - 1,600 kilometres a day.? I can't even do that on a high speed motorcycle. Anyway, good luck with your presentation. Cetaceans are a great topic.

@@Liiddyyy I guess that's swimming for 24 hours then. When the time is right - do a few PADI scuba diving courses & experience the wonder of diving with other marine animals. I've been doing that for many years - swimming with seals, dolphins, manta rays & sharks ( I'm a certified shark diver ). Have even been approached by Orcas.!

@@jimcottee9187 there is nothing more humbling than swimming with an ocean creature. I grew up on Florida's Space Coast and have swam with lots of dolphins, manatee, shark, and even alligators! The Indian River Lagoon is a magical place! ❤️

Best of luck on your presentation! ❤️

Thank you for sharing this 🙏 I wish you luck with your studies . We must clean the oceans and protect these beautiful creatures 🙏

I only wish we had more humans acting like these beautiful sea angels.

I wonder if that includes killer whales, like Orcas.

That's so awesome. Every video I see is of them being gentle giant creatures ❤️

No kidding

yea maybe they thought he was stuck like "get on my back"

i don't think it's that deep bro

Second push? I saw one.

@@cindyknudson2715 The first one was at 0:20, the second is at 0:45, he raises his flipper to push a second time but decides otherwise and just grazes the boat with its back. Or idk, maybe a rough wave just happened to pass by and I interpreted it as the whale being extremely gentle.

@@paulfisher3322 Haha, possibly

@@paulfisher3322 problem solving skills are often practiced during play. If you can't solve problems, then you're not going to survive as an animal.

Respeto de ambas partes, ella ( Analía ) levanta el remo tres veces. Si todo fuese así que bello sería!

It’s so beautiful I wish we were better to nature

I too am wiping tears from my eyes as I write this. For one reason because it is beautiful but of course for the other because humans in general are disgusting and will meet their fate, thank God very soon. It hurts my soul to see these Angels being disregarded and treated like garbage.

cap

@@why-____- exactly 💯. Ain't nobody crying from this video. People be doing WAY too much.

Yeah, or one big CHOMP!

@@sess122They don’t even have teeth to chomp anything.

@@KinkssNCoilssyeah that person is being a edge lord for no reason.

Most humans struggle with it ALL the time ;)

*Paddle board

If there is self awareness, then should we not refer to them as a person? I would like to think so.

@@rjones6219 don’t be ridiculous it’s a whale

@@scouseaussie1638 and because it's a whale, it's "less" than a person? Is that what you are implying?

It was Analia Giogetti, a woman, and that day was her birthday. She was very happy.

me too wiping them now...

F...... I thought I was alone..

I went whale spotting off Frazer Island in Queensland years ago, I was not prepared for the raw emotion I felt when I saw the first Mama Whale with her calf , the humpback whales give birth there, I just burst out crying, I had no control of my emotions for 15 minutes, I still don’t know why I cried, it was like my spirit had a mind of its own, it was unforgettable 💕🌈🦋

Relax, it's just a whale.

The music’s awesome also❤️!

Unlike dolphins, those jerks, they would jump out of the water to tackle you and then swim away laughing

Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

@@VeganSemihCyprus33 can't be helped humans won't stop killing until no life is left even humanity

@@morena012 😅😅😂🤣🤣🥲🤣😂😅u not right 😅😂😂🤣🤣😂😅😅😂

One thing is for certain. They were having a whale of a time.

@@nickcarroll8565 It was a fluke.

Malicious whale behavior detected!

Thee Hand of God is the most intelligent being in creation. Most people don’t recognize this. Some People choosing to think they are their own higher power have displayed copious amounts of stupidity such as people thinking they are smarter than God. Not even able to discern when something is misspelled or auto-corrected that they have to correct someone grammatically when God is in everyone, but not everyone is God, cause their is only one Father in life. Life is being sorted out now as we speak. Those who think they don’t need God whither away and die. Nobody in this world creates food, music, tv, the earth, but Thee Hand of God.

@@paulmontoya9468 Might want to ask God why did he create flesh eating bacteria and viruses.

It's very clear on who the great one was.

Umm, pretty sure that was mom lol, making sure youngster is being smart. Could’ve been uncle lol. Either way so beyond awesome even 2 yrs later🙏🏻❤️

I doubt it. The paddleboarder was sleeping.

Whale swimming up to a man: - Hey, let's play! - And I will introduce you to my lady!

Thank you for putting into words what I was feeling. Incredible.

It was like "haha I touched you!".

The creature’s preferred pronouns are they and they’s. They knew exactly what they’s were doing.

@@circusOFprecision yeah IT knew, what IT was doing

The comment section💀

They’re a highly intelligent creature with feelings!

The fin is bigger than the boater lol.

Totally waving!

what if : the whale is a human reincarnation and remember a bit about being a human. so it wants to say hi...

I know! I wonder if it was really waving or I’m just projecting my human behavior ❤️🤟🏻

@@amazingsupergirl7125 I can't remember details other than I am positive I had heard that certain whale species not only use calls to communicate but they Flash different colored parts of their bodies like the tops and bottoms of their fins to communicate with each other as well.

Very cool, thanks!

Wow thanks for sharing!

And that’s a good thing too because they could have swallowed his ass whole

So gentle giants ❤️

Sounds like Heaven x

Solo se trata de venir a la Patagonia Argentina 🇦🇷 lugar mágico

They are so precious 🥰🐋🐳

lol, pretty sure these paddleboaters are terrified. you can see they move FAST when the whales attention is turned, but stay perfectly still when being watched. Orca's are not friendly to their food - they like to play with it.

@@Anthony-tj7jx These were not Orcas - the killer whale. In another video I was a massive whale protect a diver from a great white shark. He his her with his fin and directed her to stay on that side of him as he swam her away from the shark, towards her boat where she was hauled up.

Not two, only one.

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Animals aren't created, that's evolution. It's science.

All life through Christ!

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And the human is cool too!

Huge honour, but I admit I would also be scared to death 🥶

@@arcticgoddess You would be mesmerized, no time to think...

Exactly, so large, but yet so graceful.

These are not the same people... Take on the mega corps and see how that goes... Until they are on board not much can be done, yet they keep getting bigger...

Party pooper. Learn to enjoy a good moment for what it is without analysing it with the lens of human cynicism. You are the very problem you complain about.

I make your words mine… Well said ❤

We do!

@@dorcaskerr6384 There are a few countries who don’t. They hunt them.

​@@dorcaskerr6384No unfortunately we don't. All the Orca's and Dolphin's stuck in pool's instead of the ocean because they were taken. My heart breaks for all of them. ❤

Yeah it would be nice. But in reality we're going to turn their home into an uninhabitable wasteland, but not before the Japanese harpoon them in the face.

Dolphin can be quite aware and protective of us, I use to swim with them all then time in the Gulf of Florida and they have an innate knowledge that we don't belong there in the deep water. Had one that was so insistent that I was in trouble when I dove off the boat doing a cannon ball that he got under me and pushed me right back up to the surface with his head under my butt and flipped me onto the rear climbing board. Me and my grandfather had a good laugh and I gave him a rub on the head because he kept circling keeping an eye on me making sure I was alright. I couldn't dive in or I had an over protective dolphin trying to get me back up to the surface, if I slipped in and swam around they would stay by my side.

dolphins are notoriously rapey. they may have been sizing you up

Thanks for sharing that great story!

@@SilvaDreams that is amazing! Aww. They didn't want you to drown. How sweet. ❤️

@@Mattjki thank you for your kind comment! 🙂

Dude let me tell you those Whales were watching them paddleboards thinking they were 🦭seals... they were ready to eat them but that's why the paddleboard guy had to be very still. so people think the 🐋🐳whales came up to introduce themselves to be friendly? Lol.. they were looking for a snack

@@shannongallagher2382 Here let me tell you, those whales are filter feeders and they only eat plancton and small crostaceans. what you where thinking of are Killer Whales, you know " FreeWilly", they are still gentle and very smart but they do eat seals, and humans if provocated

So sweet for giants of the sea why would anyone kill these harmless creatures

Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

Submarines are the reason why these beautiful creatures beach themselves 😢

Wow !! What an amazing story.

That's awesome! Thank you for sharing that🐋

Majestic as well 🐋🐳

Very cool experience

Repent to Jesus Christ! “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Mammal

"A fish" *HOO BOY*

Fish? Good grief.

@@gammonsandwich1756 ...Definitely going to need a bigger boat.

“A Fish” *several people are typing*

May because what our species did to them in the past and what our species does to nature as a whole now?

It’s the music 🙄

You chopping onions too 😢

Because you know deep down if they are curious to get this close eventually it will be a bad person that will kill them. Humans are disgusting

It's the music that's doing the leg work here. Put on a joyful tune to it and it would be different.

It will be When JESUS IS ON THE THRONE... Isaiah 11:8 the infant will play by the cobra’s den and the toddler will put his hand in the viper’s nest without harm.

probably wouldn't be your comment if the video showed a tiger dragging a child from its home in some indian village.

No one knows how life is supposed to be.

Why you guys gotta turn his nice positive comment into arguments, he wishes for peace and a better world, thats a good thing.

@@londiniumarmoury7037 because it's such a ridiculous comment. "supposed to be" is the brutal competition for survival on this planet....unless one is evoking a god who intended all life's creatures to get along and shake hands in the morning...in which case he really f'd up.

Human beings should disappear ritenow and let the planet flourish again like how it was thousands of years ago

Why can't you, we, me? Just stop pretending you aren't the most amazing creation on this planet. Stop following followers and stop listening to idiots that think the human race should go away. LoL Probably watches too much CNN. It amazes me how some people can be so stupid they're too dumb to know how ignorant they have allowed themselves to become. Have a funderful day! :)

Man is so destructive.

@@traceylamplugh8095 Man is also quite creative.

@@georgemartin4963 And creative with wars, suffering, greed, corruption, extinction. We spend so much time with things that don't matter, as much, ie celebrities, money and nonsense. Sure there are good people but the bad ones get more recognition, for some reason.

And only half the size of a blue whale

Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

It's almost sad we refer to them as animals. rather than ' beings ' . ' 'Animal'connotates creatures that act mainly by instinct while whales obviously exhibit intellect

sadly , most "humans " don't have respect for anything.

I have seen humpback whales slapping the water with their pectoral fins and the bang goes right through your boat and rattles your teeth. It could swat you like a fly. When I saw this whale raise its fin I thought it could so easily do that.

@@philgray1023 Yep, it probably thought the surfer was a toy since he was pushing him around lol.

@@markh3055 We Humans are animals like them. We have eyes, mouth, blood, intestines, other organs like them. We Humans are animals, just destroying other animals, more like destroying ourselves.

No they recognize we are top of the food chain and if they don’t wanna get harpooned they. Better make sure that human comes back in one piece. This is an example of our immense power as humans and the subjugation of those big beasts! USA! USA! uSA!

ok@@Mynipplesmychoice

wtf@@Mynipplesmychoice

@@mkl4705 USA! USA! USA!

@@pansito6284 Possibly out of respect ?

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Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

It was boring actually

People give way to much credit to human intelligence. The main reason we have been so successful as a species comes down to hand dexterity (an opposable thumb) and the ability to create tools. Try doing that with flippers. These beasts are likely much more intelligent, they just lack the physical means to take advantage of the bounty of nature.

@@simonw3858 absolutely agree. Just saying that because we obviously can’t understand them, but have studied them enough to know they’re just as intelligent as humans or could be more intelligent. Humans aren’t intelligent enough to fully understand any animal. 🤷🏽‍♂️ half of the mammals and reptiles on this planet are definitely smarter than most of the humans I’ve ever met lol.

@@simonw3858 well put mate,I didnt even think about that..

@@irukandji54 a fellow aussie?

@@simonw3858 couldn't agree more. If humans are so intelligent, you have to ask why we are in such an evil rut at this moment in time.

Как это удивительно жить рядом с океаном, я живу в Сибири и море видела 3 раза в жизни. Вы счастливые люди

Это очень интересно !

i would do anything for this experience

Beautiful spot at Cape Woolamai, I live an hour or so away in Gippsland and frequently head to the Island. sounds like the best experience!! I'm a bit jealous tbh 🤣 Definitely intelligent creatures for sure. Lucky it wasn't another type of creature like the Great White that Vic Hislop caught near there years ago! The San Remo pub still has the picture up i think! Cheers for your story fellow Aussie 🤙

Nice story and a great experience.

Yet human kind is determined to make them go extinct: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👈💖

There are predatory whales. They're intelligent, but also understand the concept of the circle of life, that some will perish so others can live, and that life eats life. I think if we could communicate, whales would understand why humans hunt. Apex predators serve a function, which is why I don't eat meat unless it is sustainably hunted by someone I know or I fish it myself.

"human bad animal good" so childish. If you actually want to protect animals, you should be encouraging a sustainable resource chain. Ecological pacifism is not sustainable, and not just for humankind.

@@VeganSemihCyprus33 get your propaganda out of here, worthless establishment mouthpiece. You're just as bad as the .01%ers that fly around in private jets and tell working class people they're destroying the environment by driving to work.

@@DiggitySlice I agree with you that eco pacifism don't solved the problem, we need something more concrete, but at the same time it also don't do more harm to us or others right? I don't get why are so upset about them? Let them be, respect their thoughts like i am respecting yours, they don't tell you to shut up and so should you

I'd be careful letting the internet know you are looking to get nudged by a giant sentient mammal, some are probably reading this right now.

@@donmcleod4371 lol

@@donmcleod4371 don’t make this weird, Don. I just want a whale to give me a gentle push on a paddleboard. A little high five on my hand. Maybe a small pat on the head. 😌 To who it may concern: If your weight isn’t somewhere between 4 to 150 tons, you are not a giant sentient mammal and therefore I would not care for a nudge.

@@notolivia688 😂😂😂wooow 🙏I just choked on my own laugh. 😂. 😂😂

Half the people in Walmart meet that description. Though I suppose the "sentient" part is a debatable.

I'm going to be up all night staring at the ceiling trying to think about how many horsepower equals one whalepower and how I could measure a whalepower.

@@nadapenny8592 whale

​@@nadapenny8592Out of curiosity, did you ever figure it out?

@@RossPitSharkHunter the furthest I got was whalepower as a hypothetical measurement by making it (example) 150 horsepower. But that's no fun because then you could just say 150hp so really there's no point in making a whole new unit (then again, 1 ton is just 2000 pounds so...) Thinking back on it now, what gets me stuck is that there's no way to really measure an equivalent, since whales wouldn't be able to tow something on land and horses wouldn't be able to tow something at sea. In a fantasy world where whales are used as draft animals for large scale hydroponic farming or something, horsepower and whalepower would never be comparable because one is for land travel and the other for water travel. But it would be useful, I think, to have a specific unit of power for water travel - which begs the question of air power and formulates the fantasy of draft eagles towing airships which is pretty dope but not real life applicable. So now I'm stuck on the question of whether you would measure the engine of a seaplane in whalepower or eaglepower