The Whale Whisperer

Andrew Armour, the owner of Kubuli Watersports on the island of Dominica, has been called the ‘whale whisperer’ for his ability to communicate with the local sperm whales.

“Once I’m in the water I try to reach them acoustically by making this noise in the water, and it’s the same noise all the time so they know it’s me,” he says. “So I’m talking to them all the time in the water, and they start coming.”

“The whales come to us, make friends with us, and interact with us,” says Peter G. Allinson, a Baltimore doctor who has made several trips to Dominica, which is between the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe.

“The best encounter is when the whales are socializing among themselves and they’ll come over and play with us,” Allinson adds. “A couple of them will rub up against you and try to get you to rub them, and some of them roll over on their backs and let you rub their bellies. It’s quite interesting.”

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