Re: [Paddlewise] Being Run Down by Wildlife

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:34:27 -0700
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Mike Euritt <mike.euritt_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>
> It was the last of the large pod that had come in close to shore that day.
> Fishermen who had been there all day said when they first saw the pod it
> was
> probably thirty strong and had spent a bit of time close to their boats.
>
>
That's an amazing story, Mike. There was a harbor seal in the Anacortes area
that liked to leap from the water onto the decks of local kayaks. The
largest pod of dolphins I've ever seen was a group of spinners near Honduras
in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. There must have been thousands of them as it
took several minutes to go past them at 22kts. They're unique in that they
spin in the air on every jump (hence the name: spinners). Every one of them,
every time, spins. Really something to watch when there are thousands of
them.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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