Sperm Whales
The fluke of a sperm whale sticks out of the sea as it dives among other resting whales off the coast of Mirissa, in southern Sri Lanka, March 29, 2013. Reuters/David Loh

Keri Wilk, a famous drone and underwater photographer, had a once-in-a-lifetime experience of showering in sperm whale faeces while shooting the mammal in Dominica in March 2014.

Wilk led four other photographers in an underwater whale photography expedition. While underwater, a big whale swam above them, stopped and pointed its body downward, recalls Wilk.

He initially thought it was a regular whale bowel movement since he was quite used to seeing these mammals defecate during his dives. But what set this particular whale apart was that instead of going on with its dive, the big fish stayed on the surface and went on with its movement for a long time, Huffington Post reports.

They thought the whale’s answering nature’s call would be brief and then it would descend again. However, the whale moved up and down and spun in circles, dropping its poop in all directions.

What followed was a large burst of “chocolate milk” that visibility became zero. But since they were in an extremely large body of water, the brown liquid was diluted, giving the group a chance to take more photos of the unique call of nature.

The group was soaked from head to toe of the whale poop. And since Wilk only had goggles and a snorkel, some of the faeces entered his eyes and mouth.

While he noticed that the poop washed away and left no smell on, “I did take an extra long shower later that day, just in case,” The New York Daily News quotes Wilk.

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