On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 11:57:11 AM PST, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: > I can't give enough credit to the whale for narrowly avoiding our > collision into him! I've paddled with breaching Orca a few times, and I paddle with Gray Whales all the time (sometimes breaching), and I'm always amazed - and appreciative! - of just how graceful those huge creatures can be. Both Orca and Gray Whales swim within inches of my hull and never once have they caused a disturbance. Obviously collisions can happen - like with the recent fishing boat incident - but from my experience, the whales have a very good sense of where my wee boaty is in relation to themselves, and they're very good at avoiding collisions. One local whale actually seems to enjoy playing with my boat at times...pushing the bow around in gentle circles (eek! I can already hear the indignant cries of "anthropomorphism!" coming on! ;-)). At the risk of anthropomorphizing even more, I'll say that the whales I've encountered are curious, gentle, and graceful. :-) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 13:04:32 PDT
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