Whale Day Spa: First Time Ever Humpbacks Videoed Treating Themselves to Full Body Scrub on Seafloor

Courtesy of Griffith University marine researcher Dr Olaf Meynecke

It’s sort of like a day spa. But with more whales. And a whole lot more water.

Along Australia’s Gold Coast, for the first time ever, humpback whales have been video-recorded showing a behavior that is strangely satisfying to watch: it involves them exfoliating underwater by scrubbing their backs and sides clean on the sandy bottom of the bay.