John Fereira wrote: > > [snip] Mark said, "I've never seen a sea lion jump out of the water like > that...I wonder why he's doing that." Before you could say the words > "great white shark" the sea lion came up again, this time, right next to > the boat, landed on one of the gunwales and flopped into the boat. [snip] A guy I paddled with the last three weeks tells a similar story, from the days when he was a NMFS observer on a large foreign trawler, fishing offshore waters, except that the sea lion was a larger variety. The pinniped was feasting on the throwbacks from the net, as the trawler moved slowly through the water, and then suddenly snuggled right up next to the trawler's hull. The cause? A pack of orcas off the stern, following the ship. When finished with the trawl net offloading, the ship slowly sped up, with sea lion working its best to keep up, a battle it eventually lost, falling astern. And, yep, the next thing they saw was the sea lion being flipped into the air, as the first orca took a shot at it. Was not pretty, he allowed. BTW, John, the phrase in Oklahoma which applies to these story-telling sessions is: "The first liar doesn't stand a chance ..." -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 05:47:51 PDT
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