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The whale tail had cut his head wide open. >> jim cosmic is stunned. >> i dont think it really registered immediately exactly what had actually happened, but i knew he was in trouble because he went straight to the surface and he was holding the top of his head. >> morrow thinks the whale intentionally took aim at his partner. >> whales and dolphins, their tails go like this. and for him to suddenly go like this, its a clear and deliberate motion that he was trying to get rid of this pesky perso...

An idyllic day filming humpback whales off the coast of the dominican republic suddenly turns to horror. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. im looking like, oh, my god, hes going to hit me. >> i mean, youve got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and its barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrows had his share of close enco...

Closer, the whale appears to swim away. the divers follow. >> you cant get a good shot of a big animal unless you get close to it. and we were trying to get as close as we can and maybe we pushed it a bit too far this particular day. >> this time with dangerous consequences. >> i think its easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when youre filming big animals. we were right in their face for the better part of three hours. and towards the end of it, i think they just got fed up. >> as ...

>> you cant get a good shot of a big animal unless you get close to it. and we were trying to get as close as we can, and maybe we pushed it a bit too far this particular day. >> this time with dangerous consequences. >> i think its easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when youre filming big animals. we were right in their face for the better part of three hours. and towards the end of it, i think they just got fed up. >> as morrows partner swims in for a better shot, the 40-ton mon...

Humpback whales off the coast of the dominican republic suddenly turns to horror. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. im looking like, oh, my god, hes going to hit me. >> i mean, youve got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and its barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrows had his share of close encounters. as we just witn...

>> that one whale came up right underneath me. im looking like, oh, my god, hes going to hit me. >> i mean, youve got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and its barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrows had his share of close encounters. as we just witnessed, a massive octopus put the squeeze on his good friend, doug pemberton. that ...

Pushed it a bit too far this particular day. >> this time with dangerous consequences. >> i think its easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when youre filming big animals. we were right in their face for the better part of three hours. and towards the end of it, i think they just got fed up. >> as morrows partner swims in for a better shot, the 40-ton monster, with a flick of his massive tail, delivers an incredible blow. >> this particular male was probably 40 feet long, maybe 50 fe...

Actually happened, but i knew he was in trouble because he went straight to the surface and he was holding the top of his head. >> morrow thinks the whale intentionally took aim at his partner. >> whales and dolphins, their tales go like this. and for him to suddenly go like this, its a clear deliberate motion that he was trying to get rid of this pesky person, or probably in its eyes, it was like a fly. we were bugging these animals because we were trying to get good close-up footage. >> weak, ...

Hard. i knew he got hit. i asked him if he was okay, and he pulled his hand away from his head and it had blood on it. the whale tail had cut his head wide open. >> jim cosmic is stunned. >> i dont think he registered immediately exactly what had actually happened, but i knew he was in trouble because he went straight to the surface and he was holding the top of his head. >> morrow thinks the whale intentionally took aim at his partner. >> whales and dolphins, their tales go like this. and for h...

An idyllic day filming humpback whales off the coast of the dominican republic suddenly turns to horror. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. im looking like, oh, my god, hes going to hit me. >> i mean, youve got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and its barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrows had his share of close enco...