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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. i'm looking, and, oh, my god, he's going to hit me. >> i mean, you've got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and it's 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 comic. morrow's had his share of close encounters. as we just witnessed, a massive octopus puts the squeeze on his good friend, doug pember...

>> i don't 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 him to suddenly go like this, it's a clear deliberate motion that he was trying to get rid of this pesky person, or probably in his eyes it was like a fly. we were bugging these animals because we were trying to get good close-up footage. >> weak, bleeding and in a state of shock, cosmic...

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 it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when you're 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 morrow's 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 f...

>> i don't 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 him to suddenly go like this, it's a clear deliberate motion that he was trying to get rid of this pesky person, or probably in his eyes it was like a fly. we were bugging these animals because we were trying to get good close-up footage. >> weak, bleeding, cosmic swims to the surface an...

Turns to horror. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. i'm looking, and, oh, my god, he's going to hit me. >> i mean you've got a couple >> i mean, you've got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and it's 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 comic. morrow's had his share of close encounters. as we just witnessed, a massive octopus puts the squeeze on his good friend, doug pemberton. that close call turned out okay and doug clawed his w...