Lunging humpback whale nearly swallows up surfer, kayaker

vienna · 11-04-11, 12:29 PM

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...urfer+kayaker/

The food chain reversed: Sushi that eats you...

Sailor Steve · 11-04-11, 12:34 PM

Oh good grief! The whale could almost certainly see them. I don't think they were in any danger at all. In fact, the whale might have come that close on purpose, just for fun.

vienna · 11-04-11, 12:43 PM

I don't think if a whale breached that close to me, I'd consider it all that much fun...

Now, where's the wasabi?...

Jimbuna · 11-04-11, 03:33 PM

Certainly not an attack and who was it that was in their normal environment?

AVGWarhawk · 11-04-11, 03:55 PM

The whale was not close enough to be looking at lunching at anything but the krill.

vienna · 11-04-11, 04:37 PM

Are you saying...he's going for a quick krill?...or maybe he's a kriller whale?...

[runs for cover]...

Skybird · 11-04-11, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Oh good grief! The whale could almost certainly see them. I don't think they were in any danger at all. In fact, the whale might have come that close on purpose, just for fun.

Read Frank Schätzing'S "The Swarm", and you will never mention "fun" in one sentence with "whales" again.

http://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Novel-Fr...0443617&sr=8-1

Torplexed · 11-04-11, 07:46 PM

Does look fishy to me (no pun intended, or initiated, since whales are mammals and not fish!) For one, she seems *way* too calm afterwards. I think I'd be running across the top of the water to get back to shore!

11-04-11, 07:54 PM

I've talked to friends that say this is not uncommon.
They say it's just rarely filmed like this.
(Kind of like the Shark in a wave videos)

11-04-11, 12:29 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Lunging humpback whale nearly swallows up surfer, kayaker http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...urfer+kayaker/ The food chain reversed: Sushi that eats you...

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh good grief! The whale could almost certainly see them. I don't think they were in any danger at all. In fact, the whale might have come that close on purpose, just for fun. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-04-11, 03:33 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Certainly not an attack and who was it that was in their normal environment? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The whale was not close enough to be looking at lunching at anything but the krill. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-04-11, 07:46 PM	#8
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Does look fishy to me (no pun intended, or initiated, since whales are mammals and not fish!) For one, she seems way too calm afterwards. I think I'd be running across the top of the water to get back to shore! __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

11-04-11, 12:43 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I don't think if a whale breached that close to me, I'd consider it all that much fun... Now, where's the wasabi?...

11-04-11, 04:37 PM	#6
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Are you saying...he's going for a quick krill?...or maybe he's a kriller whale?... [runs for cover]...

11-04-11, 07:54 PM	#9
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I've talked to friends that say this is not uncommon. They say it's just rarely filmed like this. (Kind of like the Shark in a wave videos)