It was an odd week full of whale-related news at the start of November!
![A HumpBack Wale tail](https://treasurytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2020-11-12-mc__a-whale-of-a-time-humpback-wale-tail-8-611901539__1920x1080.jpg)
In Rotterdam, The Netherlands, a sculpture of a whale’s tail stopped a train plummeting to earth when it derailed, saving the train driver who was neatly caught by the tip of the sculpture itself.
https://apnews.com/article/crane-lifts-train-dutch-whale-statue-9d0a2e517facf49adfe87fa27cca68cd
And two Californian kayakers were thrown into the air by a humpback whale during a whale watching excursion which brought them a little closer to the action than they had bargained for!