This is the amazing moment when a 50-ton right whale decided it needed to take a closer look at a wildlife photographer and his assistant.
Brian Skerry was shooting pictures off the coast of Aukland Islands when the giant mammal came within a few feet of his colleague Maurricio Handler.
He said: ‘It look at me with great curiosity. But no aggression.’
Right whales are baleen whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Four right whale species are recognised in this genus.
amazing picture. just wonderful. save those creatures.