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鲸鱼打架是什么样子？

“来了！来了！”划船的老兄Ali大喊。我们几个深吸一口气，纵身下了水。我穿过船打出的巨大水花，一边深深往下潜去，一边让狂跳的心脏平静下来，然后，他们出现了！

四只成年的、巨大的座头鲸！

我停下动作，立在水中。忘了冷...忘了身体需要氧气...静静地看着四只鲸鱼游动，其中一只喷出巨大一串水花。

突然之间，2只鲸鱼拉开了距离，朝彼此一头撞过去，他们在水里摆动，饶圈，竟然打了起来！水下没什么声音，但我自动脑补了无数声响。

我就这样看着，他们离我越来越近，然后，我突然意识到他们冲我来了！

心跳加速，我的第一反应是恐惧。但是经验告诉我，在水里不能慌。我转头去找同伴，没人在...大脑在疯狂转动，怎么办怎么办？是向上游？向下游？还是其他方向？然后....我意识到根本来不及做任何事。最好的方式还是呆着原地不动，停在水下几米的地方。

1头鲸鱼被另一头从侧面一顶，它5米长的尾巴，身上最危险的器官，从我脸前甩过。我的手指动不了了，拍照已经不重要了，我脑海里闪过自己被2只争夺雌性的巨型雄鲸鱼不小心击碎的画面。但是，就在这个瞬间，2只鲸鱼分开了，优雅地游开我身边，我们最近时只有1个胳膊的距离。

他们知道我在！即便在打架，他们都照顾到了我这个穿着塑胶衣服，带着摄像机的小小生物。

我反应过来氧气不够了，于是游出去，吸饱了氧气、带着奔腾的肾上腺素，再回去找他们。

这张照片是一只鲸鱼被顶的瞬间，他们在打架，可他也在看我，完全知道我在那里。因为知道我在，为了不伤害我，他们游开了。

Portrait of a Battling Whale: “In the water! in the water!” shouted Ali, the boat skipper. With a deep breath we jumped in and I dove beneath the torrent of bubbles from the boat wake. I swam deep down, calming my racing heart to conserve the oxygen in my lungs, and then I saw them. Four fully grown whales came into my field of view. I stopped swimming, and stayed suspended in water. I forgot the cold. I even forgot that my body needed oxygen. I watcedh as the four whales cruise by, one blowing a stream of bubbles. Suddenly two broke off and started smashing into each other, twirling and turning, fighting underwater. It was completely silent but my brain filled in the sounds. I watched as they got closer. And then I realized that they were were headed my way. My heart quickened, and my first reaction was fear. But I’ve learned in the water not to panic. I looked around for my companions. No-one in sight. My brain started racing, deciding what to do, whether to swim up, down, or away, and I realized that there was absolutely nothing I could do. The best thing to do was stay still, weightless suspended a few meters below the surface. I watched as one of the whales got head-butted on his side and his 5 meter (15 foot) tail, the most dangerous part of the whale, sliced through the water just in front of my face. My finger stopped, photography was not my priority. I had an image in my head that I would be accidentally pulverized between two large male humpbacks battling over a female, an unintended casualty. But just at the moment before impact, the two whales split apart, and gracefully flew past me, the closest at less than an arms length away. The whales knew I was there, and even in their struggle, made sure not to crush the delicate little creature in rubber suit, with its little camera bubble. I remembered that I needed oxygen, and surfaced, full of adrenaline and oxygen. We went right back in with them

This close up image is of the whale as it was being head butted. Though in the midst of battle, he is looking at me, fully aware of my presence. The whales knew where I was, and went out of their way to not destroy me.