50,000-Pound Whale Tucks Scuba Diver Under Its Fin to Protect Her From Nearby Shark

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From the archives: This story was last updated in June 2019.

A marine biologist and her team were delighted to encounter a 50,000-pound (approx. 22,680-kilogram) whale on one of their snorkeling adventures. But delight soon turned to great fright, as the giant whale started pushing against her with its head.

Whilst things looked like they could have turned ugly, it turned out that the massive whale had another purpose, and no one got hurt at the end of the day.