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Orcas Snatch Calves from Humpback Mother
http://news.discovery.com ^ | Mon Jul 25, 2011 08:21 PM ET | Analysis by Kieran Mulvaney

Posted on 07/26/2011 11:59:31 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 07/26/2011 11:59:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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An attack on a Blue Whale calf was photographed some years ago.


2 posted on 07/26/2011 12:04:49 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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SAVE THE WHALES
3 posted on 07/26/2011 12:04:57 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Orcas are thee top predator (even over sharks), and they do not tolerate any competitor in their territory.


4 posted on 07/26/2011 12:05:10 PM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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To: Red Badger

Orcas are top dogs in the ocean. They have no predators and will eat just about anything else.


5 posted on 07/26/2011 12:05:49 PM PDT by lazypadawan
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Who knew that cuddly sea puppies were predators?


6 posted on 07/26/2011 12:06:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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Where are the Whale War hippies?


7 posted on 07/26/2011 12:06:49 PM PDT by halo66
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Pliny the Elder visited Western Australia?


8 posted on 07/26/2011 12:07:23 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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Quick! Alert the Sea Hippies!!! Maybe they should leave the Japs alone and go after the real killers.
9 posted on 07/26/2011 12:07:37 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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"which also eat fish but may also eat marine mammals and sharks

And would eat a human in a heartbeat.

10 posted on 07/26/2011 12:09:17 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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A little over 10 years ago, I was TDY at Camp Rilea, Oregon which is situated on the little corner of land where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. One morning I went for a run on the beach and came upon the end table-sized head of a basking shark which had washed up on shore. It was a somewhat surreal experience at first, but made perfect sense when I noticed a few Orcas frolicking in the water a few hundred yards offshore.


11 posted on 07/26/2011 12:11:49 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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WHALE WARS?
12 posted on 07/26/2011 12:13:46 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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Where are the Whale War hippies?


Eating Sushi.


13 posted on 07/26/2011 12:25:07 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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Who’s for feeding Paul Watson to an orca? The greasy lard a$$ would probably give the poor animal the squirts for a few days, but, I’m will to risk it...


14 posted on 07/26/2011 12:26:54 PM PDT by jonascord (The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
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Nature. Ain’t it grand.


15 posted on 07/26/2011 12:31:47 PM PDT by Cyman
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Just remember, you are part of the food chain, not the end of it.............


16 posted on 07/26/2011 12:33:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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The killer whales killed something? killer.


17 posted on 07/26/2011 12:57:07 PM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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I’m sure it happens all the time and this one happen to get caught on tape!


18 posted on 07/26/2011 1:00:20 PM PDT by b4its2late ("Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8")
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The orcas that ate the two humpback calves showed behavior typical of transients.

Whale bums

19 posted on 07/26/2011 1:06:50 PM PDT by hattend (Its a matter of public record that I did not go to Harvard Law School, but I can add. - Sarah Palin)
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but in recent years there have been documented instances of orcas preying on blue, gray, and sperm whales

Bush's fault

20 posted on 07/26/2011 1:13:24 PM PDT by frithguild
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