Ever had your arse chewed.

[Limey Linda]

The following pics are taken from Fernando's boat of my friend Steve's boat a month ago a few miles of San Carlos. No, they are not photo shopped. They now are the center photo spread of Dec. issue of Marlin Magazine. That is an orca "playing" with a 33ft. boat.

[Stoo]

Probably one of the few times a "real" boat has the leg up on a rubber boat. Very cool pics...

My brother was in Antarctica a couple of years ago. While they were landing in a large Zodiac SIB, a Leopard seal came up and chomped on the cone on the end of the tube. Considering their teeth, everyone was surprised that it didn't puncture the thing...

[Mollers]

If 'Willy' had stuck his bottom lip in those props he would've backed off pretty sharpish.

[jyasaki]

Heard tell of a UC Santa Cruz researcher doing some chumming at Ano Nuevo (back when it was legal to do so.)

They used a largish hard boat as a base, and an inflatable as a runaround, until a white shark "investigated" the inflatable. They used Boston Whalers after that.

jky

[MarkWildey]

Looks like it was payback for the fish that had been caught by the boat in the past.

[Limey Linda]

Steve sent the series of pics. into the Orca research institute who identified it as the fish, not mammal, eating variety. Apparently, they have very sensitive skin and play in the prop wash as a sort of jacuzi. The orca was resting it's lower jaw on the transom swim platform.

[Bigmuz7]

I've been played .. circled and then bumped by a large Minky, 40 feet or so, sadly no photos, .. I believe my fish wash doing this out of interest as they are very nosey.. the Orca .. I'm a little more sceptical about its intentions Good photos all the same LL !

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by Limey Linda

... the Orca research institute who identified it as the fish, not mammal, eating variety.

I think that works like this....

Big-ass orca eats person.
Notices bad taste in mouth.
Spits out mangled, dis-membered person while making sour face.
Orca resumes looking for fish.

I used to dive north of Vancouver Island quite a bit and the resident orca expert up there could easily distinguish between "residents" that eat fish, and "transients" that eat mammals. He exited the water regardless of the type nearby. I guess he wasn't absolutely certain, or was concerned about a fish-eater with an adventurous palette~

[jyasaki]

Funny, though; I don't think there's ever been a record of an orca attacking a human (other than at a marine amusement park), has there?

I certainly have never heard of one.

jky

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

I certainly have never heard of one.

Me too neither. But then there is the occasional person that just goes missing....

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

(other than at a marine amusement park)

If you mean that vid on Youtube, it didn't look much like an attack-more like it wanted some attention.

[SeaSkills]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Funny, though; I don't think there's ever been a record of an orca attacking a human (other than at a marine amusement park), has there?

I certainly have never heard of one.

jky

Not a direct attack on people, but in 1972 Dougal Robertson and his family were attacked by orca while sailing their 19 ton, 43ft schooner in the Pacific. The boat sank in 60 seconds (it was a very effective attack!).

What happened next is a classic survival story that we've referred to on a number of Sea Survival courses. Dougal, his wife, 18 year old son and 12 year old twin boys together with a student friend took to an inflatable rubber raft accompanied by a 9ft fibreglass dinghy, with emergency rations for only 3 days. They navigated by sun and stars (having no charts or instruments) and set off for the coast of Costa Rica 1,000 miles away. 38 days later they were rescued. A truly amazing story.

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by Mollers

If 'Willy' had stuck his bottom lip in those props he would've backed off pretty sharpish.

Nah, these large carnivores take some stopping, you never seen Bob going for a bag of chips when he stumbles out the Rashleigh?

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by SeaSkills

Not a direct attack on people, but in 1972 Dougal Robertson and his family were attacked by orca while sailing their 19 ton, 43ft schooner in the Pacific.

Never heard about that. Certainly sounds like an amazing story.

I do recall, however, a fisherman being killed off Half Moon Bay (California) when a breaching humpback landed on his boat (and him, apparently.)

A couple of years later, another boat was damaged in a similar event off southern California (I think it was.)

jky

[Stoo]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Never heard about that. Certainly sounds like an amazing story.

I remember hearing about this once... Found this on Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/Survive-Savage...8657340&sr=8-1

[no excuses]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Funny, though; I don't think there's ever been a record of an orca attacking a human (other than at a marine amusement park), has there?

I certainly have never heard of one.

jky

yeh but who wants to be the first LOL

[columbiachop]

have you seen this one?

this is a pilot whale, but i bet many whales would like to play with squishy humans. plus he's in a zodiac so that's kinda cool too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vupKfG902Q

[jyasaki]

I've seen that several times on "Amazing Video" type programs.

FWIW, my buddy (James) was involved in this one (not an attack, but a good story):

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGNKG7Q0V1.DTL

Apparently, the Superfish skipper was charged with a MMPA violation, despite obtaining permission from NOAA and the Marine Mammal Center to attempt the rescue. Don't think it went anywhere, though.

As an aside, James' girlfriend Holly got pics of them working, but a large drop of water on the lens obscured everything she had the camera pointed at


jky