that, a one-time deal. >> and he asked, you know, for safety reasons to refrain from swimming with the whales again, also not wanting to encourage others and requested that i post a disclaimer on my website, which i did. so, i put on there that i don't recommend doing this and i posted a link to the noaa guidelines. my concern is that i wouldn't want to encourage to cross into the line of what could be construed as harassment. >> their experience receives more than a million hits. and in some ways, rick and susie feel that they've fulfilled a lifelong dream. >> how many people get to see the world's largest animal on the planet, bigger than dinosaurs? and to have that moment with them, you know, and you just, you want -- i get emotional because you just want to connect with them. >> it was really exciting. then a few minutes later, it really kind of set in. it was like, wow, man, did that really just happen? >> unbelievably, it happens again! another rare encounter with not one whale but two, this time up north along the california coast