The controversy began when a Texas man shared an image of a lavish Indian meal, captioning it with: 'Indian food is the best on Earth. Fight me.'
The clip showed the gigantic humpback whale absolutely still with its tail fin in the air and its entire body underwater. According to Science Alert, the rare behaviour is called "tail sailing".
Tim Shaddock and his dog Bella set of in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia.
The Nikkei stock average opened down 1.4 percent, extending Monday's 3.2 percent plunge. The Nikkei average dropped 7.3 percent on Thursday, its largest single-day loss since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Asian markets trading higher on Wednesday. Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.9 percent, breaking above 15,500 for the first time in over five years.
Asian stocks were trading mostly higher on Thursday. Nikkei touched a fresh 5-1/2 year high, before reversing direction to be down slightly on the day.