Captain Makes Friends With Whale

A Facebook video shows an astonishing friendship between Paco Jimenez Franco — captain of a tourist boat in Mexico — and a gray whale that allows Franco to pat his head and remove his lice.

The video was taken at the calving lagoon of Ojo de Liebre on Mexico’s Pacific coast, part of the Vizcaino Biosphere reserve and a UNESCO world heritage site.

Here, whales migrate each year to give birth to their young, and it seems that they’ve developed a trusting relationship with the local people.

The caption describes that Franco is removing whale lice — cyamids — from the whale’s head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6rEWdAhB0