Just how close do you want to get to Mother Nature, especially when she is in the form of a humpback whale?

These Norwegian kayakers got a little too close for comfort, as you can tell from their yips and yelps and the spray flying from the breaching whale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIx1QV41Twk

Click play to watch the close call.

Apparently all of the kayaks remained upright, and the paddlers and whales were no worse off for the encounter.