At 01:23 PM 4/12/98 -0600, Philip Wylie wrote: >I remember some on a wavelength thread (some while back) mentioned >that they were painting their kayaks the color sembalence of an orca >to discourage rather intimidating sea lions. Now wouldn't that put one in >a pickle if the mother of a calf from another whale species panicked thinking >that there were Orca near her calf. Hmmmmmn. There are advantages and >disadvantages to such coloring. I would imagine it would make it near >impossible to approach an sea lion colony with out causing major panick. >Moreover, the thought of an Orca attempting to get amorous sends shivers >down my back. The French kayaker 'Morivorand' (Sp?) had a whale dock up >along side his boat for about four hours while doing an Atlantic crossing. >Interesting. > >Regards, > >Philip > I painted a kayak green to try to attract money (US) and it did not work. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 12 1998 - 12:43:14 PDT
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