Author Topic: Man the Harpoons ;) (Read 669 times)

Curval · « **on:** April 24, 2006, 12:52:18 PM »

Just kidding.

These are some pictures taken by a friend of mine from a boat off the south shore of our wee island.

Bear in mind...this ain't seaworld...these are wild humback whales living in the open ocean. Beautiful creatures:

Nilsen · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2006, 12:58:48 PM »

Nice pics Curval. Ive seen them live myself, and its awesome to see those big creatures move so gracefully.

Furball · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2006, 01:18:06 PM »

"FDB's going for a swim at last years AH convention"

Pooh21 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2006, 01:37:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
"FDB's going for a swim at last years AH convention"

adds a new meaning to humpback whales too.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2006, 01:57:33 PM »

You shouldnt take pictures of people's wives like that.

Bronk · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2006, 02:01:59 PM »

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FDB's going for a swim at last years AH convention"

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adds a new meaning to humpback whales too.

Brokeback whales??????????????

Bronk

Bodhi · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2006, 02:02:40 PM »

Did he catch them?

I hear they make AWESOME lamp oil!

Hangtime · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2006, 02:04:44 PM »

LOL.. when my wife was 8 months along with my daughter we were vistited by a beluga whale.. more like a real big dolphin than a whale. Freindly beast.. swam right up to the boat and hung around. I eventually dove in and swam around with it.. and so did my wife. I have pictures somewhere.. the running joke in the family is 'can't tell the two of you apart in that shot'.. the standard reply is 'whales don't wear glasses'.

Vulcan · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2006, 05:25:15 PM »

Enjoy em while you can, the way the Jap's are loading up the Int'l Whaling thingy with little countries in their pocket it looks like commercial whaling will be going full steam ahead soon

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2006, 05:49:48 PM »

I thought this thread was goingto be about Oprah.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:17:21 PM »

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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I thought this thread was goingto be about Oprah.

2nd from the bottom.

Meatwad · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:22:32 PM »

Too bad they cant jump into a tub of hot oil.

MMM the blubber makes them all nice and chewy

Curval · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:31:17 PM »

Here are some really cool videos:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3124333730109644845&q=bermuda+humpback&pl=true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7863783054642449739&q=bermuda+humpback&pl=true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3694492516921474633&q=bermuda+humpback&pl=true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4483631959077500277&q=bermuda+humpback&pl=true

Octavius · « **Reply #13 on:** April 24, 2006, 09:20:11 PM »

Those vids are awesome Curv. Same/different encounter?

Curval · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2006, 05:29:35 AM »

I think this was a different one, I'm not sure but I'll find out.

These guys are just a bunch of friends who heard there were some whales close to shore, grabbed the cameras and headed for them.

Its amazing to see just how big the whales are underwater...I think the girls in the boat would have FREAKED if they were able to see what the guy with the underwater camera saw at the time.

One guy makes the comment "Wow...those fins are big"...they sure are! The fin is as big as their boat. The whales actually rubs its back on the bottom of the boat and it (the boat) barely moved. It could have flipped that boat with ease...but obviously just wanted to check it out.

I would have loved to have been able to have the experience the guy in the water did though, but you can bet if it was me you would have heard me breathing a mile a minute when the whale got close. I swam in the water with a dolphin once, and that was a bit scary. Being in the waer with such a large wild creature is a trip! But these aren't big...they are HUGE.