Posted Nov 13th 2009 4:15PM by TMZ Staff
... and not of the exposed thong variety.

While filming a TV project in September, paddleboarding champ Jamie Mitchell got up close and very personal with a humpback whale off the coast of Australia -- and the footage is pretty incredible.
At one point, the giant mammal was literally inches from Mitchell -- who never loses his footing.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Talk Sports, Critters
Tags: humpback whale, HumpbackWhale, jamie mitchell, JamieMitchell, paddleboard, paddleboarder, video, whale, whales
Posted Oct 15th 2007 12:26PM by TMZ Staff
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society "Breaking the Ice" charity event -- which Orlando Bloom flaked on -- was arranged to save ocean habitat, but the good cause wasn't the best part of the event -- it was this fantastic photo op!
One of the strangest collections of oddballs since, well, Friday's Stony Awards was seen when a feather-haired new dad Anthony Kiedis and a gaucho-outfitted Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a mermaid, and Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson gathered in front of a huge plastic whale for a photo. One of these things isn't real!
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Tags: anthony keidis, AnthonyKeidis, breaking the ice, BreakingTheIce, captain paul watson, CaptainPaulWatson, charity, charity event, CharityEvent, greenpeace, mermaid, paul watson, PaulWatson, sea shepard, SeaShepard, whale