>>87379647as you said, they are with love with the image of the chuuba, NOT the chuuba herself. So, whenever she steps out of whale's comfort zone - god forbid, shattering the image altogheter - yeah, of course they will be angry with the very person most responsible for destroying their feeble fantasy.
And when you consider whales having most of the time, fantasy of having personal connection with their chuuba, it's quite easy to do it.