Swimming With Friendliest Whales in the Great Barrier Reef 🐋 Expedition Drenched Season 2 Ep 13

Diving with these magnificent creatures is possibly the highlight of all our lives! In far north Great Barrier Reef you will find, the famous Ribbon Reefs, and on those reefs a Bommie called Lighthouse... Nothing special, nothing out of the ordinary for the Great Barrier Reef, except for the fact that once a year for 6-8 weeks Dwarf Minke Whales 🐋 Until recently they were thought to be a subspecies of minke whales, but now DNA 🧬 testing has shown us that they are in fact a completely individual species all their own. Very little is known about these otherwise solitary whales, who ordinarily roam the oceans as far south as Antarctica. And since no one's ever witnessed them mating or giving birth, it remains a mystery as to why they come to this very spot. One thing that we known is this.They LOVE humans and are incredibly smart, so much so that they crave our attention. So when we arrived to this site, after a full day of playing with them, while making dinner with no one in the water, the Dwarf Minkes showed up to the boat and started splashing to get our attention, until we got in the water! Think about that for just a moment. An animal so smart that it sees a boat and knows humans are on board. And then splashes around to get our attention. Best day EVER! Edited by: Amy @AmyInTheOcean CHECK: 👉Web: https://expeditiondrenched.org 👉Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrenchedDivers 👉Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpeditionDrenched 👉Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expeditiondrenched/ 👉Merch: https://expeditiondrenched.org/collections Expedition drenched is a U.S. based marine educational non profit 501c3 made possible by our donors and patrons. If you love scuba, sailing, travel, adventure, exploration, conservation, and all things aquatic, we really hope you will continue to follow us on our journey. Our goal in making these videos is to show the world all the amazing, beautiful, and strange inhabitants of the ocean in the hopes that we will all be inspired to protect it. If you liked our video, keep watching them! Subscribe! Thumbs Up! Let us know what you think in the comments! Share us with all your favorite mermaids and mermen in your life! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrenchedDivers Cameras we use: Aerials: DJI Mavic On Land: Sony A7iii, Sony AX-53, GoPro 7 Underwater: Sony A7iii in Nauticam Housing and Sony RX-100 in Nauticam Housing Underwater Lighting: Keldan 8x Video Lights, Sola 2500 Video Light