Gee, Bob, I always worry about this happening when I'm around whales, but I figured it wouldn't ever REALLY happen! Not sure I like knowing it really can! Still, what better memory can you have and still live through something! Mark Sanders On 9/22/2012 1:32 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > > What happened? > Did the whale attack to protect her child or was it as simple as me > being in the wrong place at the wrong time? I finally conclude the > later. The second whale was smaller but not a calf. Also it was behind > her so I doubt she saw me as a threat to it. Plus she side swiped me > rather than hitting me broadside. If she had wanted to end my threat > to her child I would not be sitting here eating a roast beef sandwich. > I put a few vital clues together. First at the time it was close to > low tide and I was not far from shore. Earlier I notice birds feeding > near shore rather than out I the deep. Perhaps the feed was > concentrated in the shallows and the hungry whales were lured in by > hunger. I recall now that when I first saw these whales she was close > to shore and creating an unusual wake as if she were thrashing about. > I think in the midst of her feeding suddenly found herself in shallow > water and was trying to move quickly to deeper water. Unfortunately I > was in her way! In surfacing to avoid the undulating bottom she > slammed into me. At least I hope I am right. In a war between kayaks > and whales, fiberglass looses quickly to flesh and blubber. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Sep 22 2012 - 16:12:09 PDT
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