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Humpback whale lunges out of the water just inches from a paddle boarder

Just a few more feet and she would have been an accidental meal.
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Brian Koerber
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Humpback whale lunges out of the water just inches from a paddle boarder
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Just a few more feet and she would have been an accidental meal.

Grammy-nominated flutist Viviana Guzman was paddle boarding in California's Half Moon Bay recently when a feeding juvenile humpback whale gave her a bit of a surprise.

As Guzman was slowly moving along the bay, the whale breaches the surface while dozens of small fish can be seen attempting to escape the whale's clutches. Although Guzman was on the bay in search of whales, she didn't intend to find herself inches away from where one was feeding.

Later in the clip, Guzman can be seen playing her flute, intriguing a whale to approach her paddle board.

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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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