In 2015, a 30-ton adult humpback whale reached out to the sea and down onto me and my friend Charlotte. We were paddling back to shore when the whale erupted out of the ocean. It crashed into the kayak, and dragged us down. Somehow, we escaped unharmed. For an animal the size of a truck to hurt itself out of the water, scientists have estimated they release an energy equivalent of about 40 hand grenades.

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