I had the solution, too late now, but if it ever happens again here's what you do -
you need
a pair of binoculars,
a pair of tweezers,
a glass half full of water.
look through the wrong end of the binoculars so the whales will look tiny,
using the tweezers, pick the whales up 1 at a time,
put them in the glass!
chuckles!
sandra.