A cool video of people in the Philippines having a close encounter with a group of whale sharks off the coast of Oslob. <br /><br />The footage, filmed in January, shows one of the large but harmless beasts swim directly under a kayaker, before a snorkeler dives with a camera only to find he's inches away from one. <br /><br />The filmer later wrote online: "Close encounter of whale sharks as they visit the shore every morning just to look for food and feed. <br /><br />"[It] attracts many people, especially tourists, because the whale sharks are not afraid of humans." <br /><br />"The residents in the area also protect them (the whale sharks) since they know that they are endangered species and that there is a law in the Philippines that protects the whale sharks," he continued. <br /><br />"The video will show us how great the whale shark is, you can see the white spots on its body that serve as a distinguishing factor (finger prints in humans) to another."
