Re: [Paddlewise] Orca breaching among kayakers

At 05:42 PM 9/18/02 -0700, Matt Broze wrote:
>Did somebody already list this site and I missed it? I'm betting 20 to 1 it
>is a fake but couldn't find it yet on urban legend websites.
>http://rumorpill.com/orca

When I first saw the picture it looked similar to another photo that has
been making the rounds that *is* a fake.  The photo was actually nominated 
for National Geographic photo of the year.

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/xshark.html

I would tend to believe that orca breaching photo was a fake as well except 
that the video seems to match up with the still images well and it 
certainly isn't outside the realm of possibility that an Orca would breach 
close to a kayaker.  On the other hand, I wonder how many kayakers would be 
able to roll up like the person in the yellow boat did after almost being 
crushed by a whale.

BTW, there was also a story recently about a fishing boat that was hit by a 
breaching whale (a humpback, I think) and it actually killed someone.
   
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