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A video taken at Bondi Beach in Australia shows one of the world's largest beasts seemingly trying to warn a lone kayaker that he is at risk of becoming stranded.

It does not come as a surprise. Experts have long thought that whales have unnaturally high emotional intelligence - and some go so far as to say that they behave in a way that is eerily human.

"Mate, do you know there's a whale just following you?" One man asks in the viralSpreading or becoming popular very quickly through communication from one person to another, especially on the internet. Also can mean relating to or caused by a virus. video. Next to the huge creature, the lone kayaker looks terrifyingly small, like a little plastic figure.

But he has nothing to worry about. As the pair approaches the shallows, the whale turns aside as if to warn the human about the danger of becoming strandedLeft somewhere and unable to leave..

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Sperm whales have the biggest brains on the planet, so for some it might not be hard to imagine them being very intelligent. But intelligence is actually formed by something called "neocortical neurons". We have far more of those than whales.

But marine biologists say we should not underestimate the whale. "The parts of the brain that are involved with processing emotion and social relationships are enormously complexDifficult or complicated.," says Lori Marino, an expert on whales.

Like humans, whales form intense social bonds and experience emotions like love, empathyThe capacity to understand and feel the suffering of others. and griefVery great sadness, especially at the death of someone.. They even have their own different languages, dialectsForms of a language used by a specific region or social group. and cultural food preferences. Some say we need to get closer to our inner whale and relearn those traditions ourselves.

Yes! Whales remind us of the important things in life, like having good relationships with your friends and family and being empathetic.

No! We have developed our way of life because it suits us in the modern age. We cannot have all of these technologies and still live such a simple lifestyle.