Humpback whales rudely interrupt man doing pushups on a kayak

How rude!
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Brian Koerber
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Humpback whales rudely interrupt man doing pushups on a kayak
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A man completing the 22 Pushup Challenge in an unique way was surprised to see two massive humpback whales photobomb his routine.

YouTuber Erik Jones was filming his friend Mike Pelayo on day nine of the 22 Pushup Challenge in order to raise awareness for veteran suicide prevention. The challenge asks participants to complete 22 pushups for 22 days, so Pelayo was switching it up a little bit by performing his pushups on a kayak in the middle of the ocean. We're sure it seemed like a great idea at the time.

But halfway through his set, two humpback whales decided that they wanted to be the center of attention and breached just a few feet away from Pelayo.

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Fortunately, he was not knocked off his kayak. However, immediately after the whale breached, a large group of sea lions also came to check out the action.

Apparently creatures of the ocean are very curious about pushups.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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