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WATCH: Stand-up paddleboarder videos orca whales swimming under him
The Daily Oklahoman ^
| 1-21-15
| The Daily Oklahoman
Posted on 01/21/2015 3:20:25 PM PST by Osage Orange
Paddle boarder Rich German, of Laguna Beach, Calif., heard tell of a pod of orcas in the area earlier this month and took to the waters himself in hopes of an encounter.
He got his wish, along with some incredible footage of a pod of five killer whales interacting with him.
"I always had this dream, and that was to see orcas," German said. The video below documents his dream come true.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: whales
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To: Osage Orange
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:29:10 PM PST
by
Ge0ffrey
To: Osage Orange
So awesome...
Hate
Him
Forever
I should try that in Monterey next season.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:31:40 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Osage Orange
The paddleboarder was mistaken. It was just Michael Moore in a wetsuit.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:32:31 PM PST
by
Begin
To: Osage Orange
Fifty fifty chance he gets tired for harassing the whales.
5
posted on
01/21/2015 3:32:49 PM PST
by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a death panel.)
To: Osage Orange
Were they being playful, or sizing him up as lunch?
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:33:35 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Ge0ffrey
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:34:57 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Osage Orange
That was exciting. But had the “Killer” Orcas been even a bit hungry, even for a midday snack, he would have been eaten, I think.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:35:13 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: Vendome
Pretty cool....I’m thinking.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:35:31 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: raybbr
Fifty fifty chance he gets tired for harassing the whales. I was going to say the same thing.
If that last one had touched his board that's what the indictment would have read.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:35:47 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for you. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to kill you.)
To: bubbacluck
I don't think so....
Not their prey...........
Fact is....I might have jumped in the water to get better pic's.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:37:09 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Osage Orange
I might have jumped in the water to get better pic's.Am I in your will?
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:41:42 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: Opinionated Blowhard; Osage Orange
I would feel a lot safer with a pod of orcas swimming under my board than I would with a ten foot shark.
I have always thought orcas are completely intelligent enough to know that messing around with humans can only cause trouble for them, so...they generally don't. Otherwise, we would be toast.
I could be wrong, but orca attacks outside of a tank are pretty rare indeed.
In this video I saw a few years ago Penguin Escapes Pod of Killer Whales, the penguin seems to stand on the edge of the boat taunting the whales, who just swim away, seemingly knowing it isn't worth the trouble messing with inflatable boats of humans, even though they could easily do so.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:43:06 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: Osage Orange
Neat! We encountered them around the San Juan Islands often back when we lived aboard. Also many a Porpoise that looks just like them only miniature...Dahl’s Porpoise or something like that.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:45:55 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: rlmorel
That was my Photoshop above when I first saw that video...this was at the end of the video (not clickable, just a screenshot!)
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:45:59 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Killer whales have never been known to attack humans.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Doubt he'd get tired though.......
FWIW-
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:58:23 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Boogieman
Except in captivity!
When Shackleton and his men were stranded in Antarctica, they were unnerved by the Orcas who “spyglassed” them by sticking their heads out of the water to view them.
He mentioned the holes in the ice where large chunks that looked like they must have weighed tons were scattered in every direction where orcas had punched through the ice looking for prey.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:59:24 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: gorush
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:59:29 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Tax-chick
Orcas in the wild don’t attack humans. Sometimes they even help them by driving off sharks and such.
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