I would have $@#% myself....

I had a dammed water snake try to get in my kayak the other day and that was bad enough. In Canada I know they aren't even poisonous. It still resulted in a few intense seconds of hand to hand combat and a few good jabs with my paddle before I could get it away from me. Anyone watching from shore would have certainly thought I was having a seizure.

A whale though? Oh hell no. Time for the spare underwear.