Killer whales chase seals - time for the surfers to get out of the water
Orca is on the hunt again, this time after some seals. When the local surfers realise what is going on, some of them make their way out of the water. However, some decide to stay around and potentially get mistaken as a seal snack.
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Added: Feb-26-2013
By: Aussie
In: WTF, Nature
Tags: orca, whales, killer, seal, seals, whale, surfer, beach, surf, surfing, wtf,
Location: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada (load item map)
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Views: 54231 | Comments: 181 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 9 | Shared: 201 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
By: Aussie
In: WTF, Nature
Tags: orca, whales, killer, seal, seals, whale, surfer, beach, surf, surfing, wtf,
Location: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 54231 | Comments: 181 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 9 | Shared: 201 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
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There is no single one orca atack on human in the wild. They have very big brains, they are very inteligent and social.
Posted Feb-26-2013 Byzepter00 (125.70) 
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@zepter00 On September 9, 1972,[7] a Californian surfer named Hans Kretschmer reported being bitten by a killer whale at Point Sur; most maintain that this remains the only fairly well-documented instance of a wild orca biting a human.[8][9] His wounds required 100 stitches.[9]
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bybigoleboobs (671.04) 
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@bigoleboobs You forgot the footnotes. ;-)
Posted Feb-26-2013 ByIthinkthat1 (1255.90) 
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@bigoleboobs even if that is true he did not died and from 1972 to 2013 people kills milions of people. Orcas have big brains... They are very inteligent... They are multi cultural and multi language... they have nurses... they have many diferent life styles... as we
Posted Feb-26-2013 Byzepter00 (125.70) 
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@zepter00 Nevertheless, an accidental bite in the surf zone with poor water clarity could happen. Of course their echo location is great, but there would be a lot of white noise in big surf like that.
Posted Feb-26-2013 ByIthinkthat1 (1255.90) 
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@zepter00 they drunk drive like polish too?
Posted Feb-26-2013 Byseykill (21.58) 
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"Whoah Ted, let's not catch the next tube dude, the sea is TOTALLY full of death fish!"
"Relax my righteous brother Bill, we will bodaciously out-surf them."
Posted Feb-26-2013 Byhaisaid (35.20) 
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If I had to leave the UK and live elsewhere...Canada would be my only choice
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByPWD (278.66) 
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@PWD I would happily leave the UK but coulnd't decide between Canada and NZ
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byjbirtwisle (65.22) jbirtwisle View Channel Send Message
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@PWD Hate to spoil the moment fellas but I highly doubt anyone on here gives a shit where either one of you would like to live. Maybe Facebook one another?
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByDjango Unblamed (21.90) 
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Rocks AND killer whales...the shit you go through to ride a wave.
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byedkemper (756.86) 
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@edkemper And that water is so cold you're numb within seconds, even with a wetsuit on. Brrrr.
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByKatyinpg (80.70) 
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@Katyinpg yer brr indeed..i'm failing to see the fun if i'm honest.
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byedkemper (756.86) 
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@edkemper All of these guys are on the way out the water when they see what is going on. The guy that ducks back under at the end is simply getting out the impact zone of the wave, otherwise they would be sitting further out away from the rocks. Surfing this kind of wave will mean they are experienced enough to avoid them (at least most of the time). As for the temperature they won't be numb at all. My wetsuit keeps me in the water for 3 to 4 hours in 5-6 celcius water without feeling cold.
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byjbirtwisle (65.22) jbirtwisle View Channel Send Message
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@edkemper
In Cape Town, during our Summer, the Atlantic Coast water drops to about 11ºC, and we have rocks and 4-6m Great Whites to deal with lol
Waves are bigger and more hollow here too...so its all worth the ice-cream headache, and blood circulation problems in the hands and feet...
some days, my feet and toes swell so much i cant put on shoes
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByMark-of-the-Beast (85.10) 
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@Mark-of-the-Beast wow yeah i'm cold and scared reading your comment..and i'm at home lol ..i guess i'm too old for surfing..
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byedkemper (756.86) 
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Brilliant. Orca are hunting seals right nxt to these guys. They are in black neoprene wetsuits. They look JUST LIKE A SEAL. Idiots. I would observe that from the beach thanks.
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByGrope4luna (39.50) 
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@Grope4luna Good point, they do look like seals. If something bad would have happened it would have been the Orcas that got the blame :(
Posted Mar-1-2013 Bykouldb (165.50) 
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It mus be a nice feeling to be a killer whale though. Imagine swimming into white shark turf and they all get super fucking scared off you.
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByKarlJaspers (49.10) 
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I'd be more nervous about surfing near those rocks.. but the killer whales come in a close second. LOL
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByJustinTime (1349.40) 
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Beautiful Tofino...must go back again some day!
Posted Feb-28-2013 Bymaplelime (135.20) 
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Orca u Orckbar!
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByDragodra (75.00) 
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@Dragodra lol brilliant!
Posted Mar-1-2013 Bykouldb (165.50) 
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This is my backyard and happens all the time, the orcas are merely trying to feed on the seals...the surfers just happened to be there....This shit tends to happen when you live in a bountiful ecosystem...
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byrecon721 (222.72) recon721 View Channel Send Message
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American's don't understand that
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByBobbyJohnson (328.44) 
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@BobbyJohnson We don't understand that? Explain.
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByKP811 (11.20) 
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A killer whale wouldn't mistake a human for a seal. They are not sharks.
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byshadow_moses_05 (330.20) shadow_moses_05 Send Message
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Do we speak killer lions, killer eagles, killer t-rexes, killer foxes ?
Poor whales.
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bysabugo (115.72) 
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their main food is whales and seals...maybe call them killer seals?...
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bygizmo8 (418.06) 
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@sabugo
How come we are never referred to as killer humans?
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bybs2502 (279.40) 
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@bs2502 yep, the top killers.
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bysabugo (115.72) 
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@bs2502 Oh god this made my back hurt. Everybody at work think what the hell is wrong with me :D
Posted Feb-27-2013 Bypaska (88.10) 
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@sabugo
Orcas...though they are very proficient killers
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byrecon721 (222.72) recon721 View Channel Send Message
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Notice no omg or snackbars? Kudos to the cameraman good job!
Posted Feb-27-2013 Bypeevuto (581.24) 
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The whales are more intelligent than the guys still in the water.
Posted Feb-26-2013 ByKBisDOC (465.06) 
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@KBisDOC 99.999% they don't hurt you.
Posted Feb-26-2013 Byzepter00 (125.70) 
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@zepter00 Yeah where did you get those numbers?
Posted Feb-26-2013 ByKBisDOC (465.06) 
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@KBisDOC those are from his keyboard
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByDoctorRemulak (173.70) 
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@KBisDOC from that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecXK_p7FW7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETGHPlZSBNA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-VBBAVIklU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUeGpzjC2kI
I rather thrust wild orca than radical muslim ;-]
Posted Feb-27-2013 Byzepter00 (125.70) 
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@zepter00 OK....I will agree.
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByKBisDOC (465.06) 
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All fun and games until someone loses a freaking leg.
Posted Feb-26-2013 Bytat2d (3094.88) 
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@tat2d Then its Hilarious
Posted Feb-27-2013 ByBroseph Stalin (16.80) 
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