Beware of jumping whales if you’re sailing off South Africa

July 21st, 2010 |

Story By: komal

Ralph Mothes and Paloma Werner of Cape Town Sailing Academy in South Africa are old hats when it comes to expeditions on the open seas.

But there’s no way they could have anticipated Sunday’s wildlife encounter when they set out for a routine sail near Robben Island: A 40-ton whale leaped out of the sea and landed on the deck of their boat, the London Daily Telegraph reports. Luckily, Mothes and Werner both came away alive, as did the whale.

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