BAJA CALIFORNIA: A BRITISH RSPB conservation officer has captured stunning images of what could be the most attention-hungry whales on the planet. Taken during their annual migration, pictures show how one of the 36-tonnes sea beasts breached the waves just ten-feet from a stunned boatload of tourists, before introducing her baby calf to the delighted group. The little grey whale, which could one-day grow as long as a London bus at 45-feet long, can clearly be seen making eye-contact as one of the awestruck seafarers strokes its head. Tim Melling (54) from Shepley, West Yorkshire was on holida
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BAJA CALIFORNIA: A BRITISH RSPB conservation officer has captured stunning images of what could be the most attention-hungry whales on the planet. Taken during their annual migration, pictures show how one of the 36-tonnes sea beasts breached the waves just ten-feet from a stunned boatload of tourists, before introducing her baby calf to the delighted group. The little grey whale, which could one-day grow as long as a London bus at 45-feet long, can clearly be seen making eye-contact as one of the awestruck seafarers strokes its head. Tim Melling (54) from Shepley, West Yorkshire was on holiday in San Ignacio lagoon, Baja California when he took pictures of the incredible encounter.