.........I agree *strongly* with George that an ever-increasing number of "nature lovers" (such as us) chasing after wildlife is surely to the detriment (if not the death) of the wildlife we "love."....... Sometimes the critters can be quite inquisitive...This winter in the Phillipines we ran into a 8 to 10 meter whale shark travelling with 2 giant manta rays of aout 3 meters each...Thses critters came up on us and stayed with us for about 1 1/2 hour, playing around... The whale shark came so close to many of us so many times in that 1 1/2 hour, it was within a few centimeters from me a couple times, I gota real good look into it's mouth , it rubbed a friends kayak...The manta rays kept coming within a few meters and rolling over at the surface right next to the kayaks, came under me a few times with bu maybe 1 meter of water beneath me... These critters seemed as curious about us as we were of them... And it started with us getting into our yaks for a sunset paddle, while waiting for the slower folks, thisstared up and we just stayed around there and these critters kept playing with us... sometimes the 100 yard rule cannot apply... Yours naturally sylvio lamarche wycliffe gardens in the summer months Vinh Van Phong Vietnam in the winter amonst other exotic places *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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