Still Caring
Although she genuinely believed that her life was in danger, Hauser still put the well being of the whale above her own. Hauser made sure not to touch the whale, which she only does if she notices that they are ill, or somehow wash upon the shore.
In this situation though, she had no choice but to touch the whale since it came right at her. She went on to say during an interview that she was amused by the encounter, saying that “since I write Rules and Regulations about whale harassment – and here I was being harassed by a whale.”