 | Orcas Rule| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Orcas Rule in the Current forums; This is totally impressive; i knew Orcas were very smart creatures...but did not quite expect anything like this...planning, ... |
|
10-11-2007, 07:04 PM
|
#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,260
| Orcas Rule
This is totally impressive; i knew Orcas were very smart creatures...but did not quite expect anything like this...planning, communication, coordination...watch it all by yourself. YouTube - Orcas Hunting (Full)
__________________
In a national survey, 92% of the French people believed they are not ugly: 93% of them were wrong. | 
|  | |
10-11-2007, 08:06 PM
|
#2 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 13,274
Country:  | Very cool.... Ive had the pleasure of free swimming with a few Orcas and they are indeed very intelligent...
__________________  "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."
-- Lt. William Northrop Case
To See My IL2 Sturmovik Video Tribute to My Grandfather, Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk | |
| | |
10-11-2007, 08:18 PM
|
#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 2,560
Country: | Quote:
Originally Posted by lesofprimus  Very cool.... Ive had the pleasure of free swimming with a few Orcas and they are indeed very intelligent... | Very lucky... I have over 300 dives and I've never seen an Orca or any other whale....
Where were you? Depth? How many were there? How long did you observe them? How close did u get?
Were they circling you or just passing by?
__________________ “Despite the threat of SAMs and increasing visibility on 31 January 1991, one gunship opted to stay and continue to protect the Marines. A SAM subsequently shot down this AC-130H, call sign Spirit 03. All 14 crew members of Spirit 03 perished."  www.NewMediaPerspective.com  | |
| | |
10-11-2007, 09:01 PM
|
#4 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 13,274
Country: | We were off the Oueen Charlotte Islands in British Colombia in about 40 feet of water when a Pod of 15 or so came up from below us.. We heard em comin, they were makin alot of noise while feeding....
We were usin Draeger rigs so it was alomst like a symphony...
Very cool....
The Pod passed us up and 4 juviniles peeled off and were very curious as to what we were.... We went to the surface with them and interacted for about 5 minutes before all 4 blasted off in unison....
I think I posted a pic that I took in my Animals Thread... Lemme see....
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."
-- Lt. William Northrop Case
To See My IL2 Sturmovik Video Tribute to My Grandfather, Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk | |
| | |
10-11-2007, 09:04 PM
|
#5 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 13,274
Country: | I found it..... 
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."
-- Lt. William Northrop Case
To See My IL2 Sturmovik Video Tribute to My Grandfather, Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk | |
| | |
10-11-2007, 11:39 PM
|
#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 2,560
Country: | Man! Awesome.. u suck! Did u make eye contact?
BC?
Must have been cold... dry suit?
Biggest thing I've seen were Sea Lions... I was surrounded by dozens of them off the channel islands, CA
I know people that have dove with whale sharks in the sea of Cortez.... That would be cool too
__________________ “Despite the threat of SAMs and increasing visibility on 31 January 1991, one gunship opted to stay and continue to protect the Marines. A SAM subsequently shot down this AC-130H, call sign Spirit 03. All 14 crew members of Spirit 03 perished." www.NewMediaPerspective.com
Last edited by comiso90 : 10-11-2007 at 11:43 PM.
| |
| | |
10-12-2007, 01:48 AM
|
#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 7,295
Country:  | You lucky sob.....those are wonderful animals....  
__________________ 
JAN
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
| | |
10-12-2007, 11:50 AM
|
#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 2,560
Country: | If I were taken from the ocean and plopped into a tiny tank for the rest of my life, I'd go nuts too! YouTube - killer whale attack a hopeless girls
.
__________________ “Despite the threat of SAMs and increasing visibility on 31 January 1991, one gunship opted to stay and continue to protect the Marines. A SAM subsequently shot down this AC-130H, call sign Spirit 03. All 14 crew members of Spirit 03 perished." www.NewMediaPerspective.com
Last edited by comiso90 : 10-12-2007 at 11:57 AM.
| |
| | |
10-12-2007, 04:58 PM
|
#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
Posts: 849
Country:  | At our old house we used to watch a pod of about 40 come into the bay once a year at high tide.
They would fan out and heard the stingrays into one corner.
Then while they all gaurded the perimeter one by one they would flick in an grab a feed.
This would last for a couple of hours until they were all full.
Amazing to watch an orca flicking a ray in the air and catching it on the way down.
__________________
4 out of 5 voices in my head say I am normal. Majority rules.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me. | |
| | |
10-12-2007, 05:05 PM
|
#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 2,560
Country: | Their barbs are pretty nasty. I'd think that it would be painful even for an orca. It is like us biting into a fish hook.
did the eat them whole?
__________________ “Despite the threat of SAMs and increasing visibility on 31 January 1991, one gunship opted to stay and continue to protect the Marines. A SAM subsequently shot down this AC-130H, call sign Spirit 03. All 14 crew members of Spirit 03 perished." www.NewMediaPerspective.com | |
| | |
10-12-2007, 07:36 PM
|
#11 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 44
Country: | ever since i saw free willy for the first time around the 7 ears old, ive lways be inspired to be a marine biologist and they have been my favorite animal since | |
| | |
10-13-2007, 08:53 AM
|
#12 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 30,187
Country:  | Never seen an Orca. Swam with some Dolphins off of Sarasota, Florida one time. As soon as me and my wife move to Alaska we hope to see some Orcas. I think we have a really good chance there.
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
| | |
10-13-2007, 09:25 PM
|
#14 | | aka Dickcheese
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 10,897
Country: | Quote:
Originally Posted by comiso90 | I have no sympathy for stupid people. It's one thing to inadvertently cross these wondeful creatures during other activities. It's another to purposely put yourself in harms way for some "thrill". Dumb *****. Hope she doesn't breed.
__________________ 
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if
they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.]
Marines don't have that problem."
-- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:27 PM. | | |
