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09-07-2009, 08:51 AM
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In Patagonia the Orca's have learned to throw themselves on the beach to grab seals. Even better they bring them offshore a bit and smack them around with their tails. Seals must pinwheel 20 ft in the air, the vermin is still alive. Then after a while they eat.
Watching this at high head would be Nirvana for me.  |
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09-07-2009, 10:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
In Patagonia the Orca's have learned to throw themselves on the beach to grab seals. Even better they bring them offshore a bit and smack them around with their tails. Seals must pinwheel 20 ft in the air, the vermin is still alive. Then after a while they eat.
Watching this at high head would be Nirvana for me. |
Planet Earth had an episode that speculated the Orcas would play with the seals before eating them. In some cases, they didn't even eat the seal after throwing them around. |
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09-07-2009, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
Planet Earth had an episode that speculated the Orcas would play with the seals before eating them. In some cases, they didn't even eat the seal after throwing them around.
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Well that would suck if they didn't eat them. Hopefully they cause so much internal trauma that they die on the beach , a walk is as good as a hit.   |
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09-07-2009, 02:20 PM
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Last edited by JohnnyD; 09-07-2009 at 02:42 PM..
Reason: Edit: Video as promised
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09-07-2009, 07:33 PM
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I saw a killer whale absolutely BLAST a BFT in CC bay about 8 years ago. My fishing partner was Capt. Joe Roderick, he was right beside me. I told him what I thought I had just seen through my binocs. He said that killer whalers visit the Cape frequently. Said that they had one in Ptown harbor years back that would beg for fish at the stern of boats at the wharf. He'd found out after a vacay in Florida. Came home , went to his boat , the Jimmy Boy, to get ready. He was working toward the stern of the boat when a huge black and white head came out of the water and looked him in the eye. He also told me of sailing his Sunfish sailboat and coming across a couple in close to Cold Storage Beach. He lived nearby at the time. Couldn't get back quick enough.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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09-09-2009, 04:02 PM
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[QUOTE=JohnnyD;709818]Oh yes... they'd toss the seals all around, bat them 10 feet in the air with their tails and sometimes just swim away leaving the without taking a bite. I'll see if I can't find the clip on YouTube.
I saw a documentary on this a few years back.
I believe that the documentary stated once the orca had their fill of the seals, they would 'play' with one last one, then often toss it into the air and leave. Scientists were baffled as to why.
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