Great great white savages great white

Great great white savages great white

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Puggit

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48,355 posts

247 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Sky news

Ouch! eek


Mrs Trackside

9,299 posts

232 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Gaz. said:
Has an Orca been ruled out?
You watched that programme too?

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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The bite radius looks too pointy for an Orca.

Disclaimer: I am not a wildlife expert so what I just said could be bks. However, it could be accurate.

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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garyhun said:
The bite radius looks too pointy for an Orca.

Disclaimer: I am not a wildlife expert so what I just said could be bks. However, it could be accurate.
That's what I was thinking - I'm sure the experts (or even locals) who see lots of bites would instantly spot the difference.

chippy17

3,740 posts

242 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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garyhun said:
The bite radius looks too pointy for an Orca.

Disclaimer: I am not a wildlife expert so what I just said could be bks. However, it could be accurate.
that was no boating accident

I would agree with you there but I am no expert either

Puggit

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48,355 posts

247 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Amazing that it was still alive in that picture!

Mr Gearchange

5,892 posts

205 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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You're gonna need a bigger boat.

FourWheelDrift

88,381 posts

283 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Isn't Kerry Katona on holiday in Australia, maybe she just got a bit peckish.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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I agree, I thought Killer Whales had a more rounded mouth. A shark will take another shark when it's stuck like that, in the same way sharks will attack other fish caught by fishermen etc..Opportunist hunters.

cottonfoo

6,016 posts

209 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Puggit said:
Amazing that it was still alive in that picture!
Not for much longer I shouldn't think frown

youngsyr

14,742 posts

191 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Jasandjules said:
I agree, I thought Killer Whales had a more rounded mouth. A shark will take another shark when it's stuck like that, in the same way sharks will attack other fish caught by fishermen etc..Opportunist hunters.
Killer whales also don't attack their prey like that, AFAIK?

I thought they killed large prey (baby and smaller whales) by drowning them, i.e. not allowing them to surface, or stalking them to exhaustion?

With smaller prey (seals and the like) they batter them to death by lobbing them around for a while and then shaking them violently.

Judging by that and all 3 documentaries I've seen in my life on killer whales, I'm going to conclude that killer whales don't take large chunks out of their prey until they're already dead.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Did John Prescott go out for sushi?

staceyb

7,107 posts

223 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Gaz. said:
Mrs Trackside said:
Gaz. said:
Has an Orca been ruled out?
You watched that programme too?
I missed it, did see something on youtube though.
The Whale That Ate a Shark

http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?episodeBaseName...

Mrs Trackside

9,299 posts

232 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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youngsyr said:
Jasandjules said:
I agree, I thought Killer Whales had a more rounded mouth. A shark will take another shark when it's stuck like that, in the same way sharks will attack other fish caught by fishermen etc..Opportunist hunters.
Killer whales also don't attack their prey like that, AFAIK?

I thought they killed large prey (baby and smaller whales) by drowning them, i.e. not allowing them to surface, or stalking them to exhaustion?

With smaller prey (seals and the like) they batter them to death by lobbing them around for a while and then shaking them violently.

Judging by that and all 3 documentaries I've seen in my life on killer whales, I'm going to conclude that killer whales don't take large chunks out of their prey until they're already dead.
Killer whales learn how to kill specific prey. There was a programme on recently about a single orca killing and eating a great white

Monki

1,233 posts

190 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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I think Climate Change got it, poor shark....

eddharris

456 posts

192 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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It wasn't climate change. It was al-quaeda. The shark, apparently, was a big mcdonalds eater and what with their hatred of the west, they suicide bombed it after recruiting a militant sea otter.

youngsyr

14,742 posts

191 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Mrs Trackside said:
youngsyr said:
Jasandjules said:
I agree, I thought Killer Whales had a more rounded mouth. A shark will take another shark when it's stuck like that, in the same way sharks will attack other fish caught by fishermen etc..Opportunist hunters.
Killer whales also don't attack their prey like that, AFAIK?

I thought they killed large prey (baby and smaller whales) by drowning them, i.e. not allowing them to surface, or stalking them to exhaustion?

With smaller prey (seals and the like) they batter them to death by lobbing them around for a while and then shaking them violently.

Judging by that and all 3 documentaries I've seen in my life on killer whales, I'm going to conclude that killer whales don't take large chunks out of their prey until they're already dead.
Killer whales learn how to kill specific prey. There was a programme on recently about a single orca killing and eating a great white
Fair enough, but you'd have to ask yourself whether an Orca's teeth/jaw are capable of inflicting such damage...

This:



vs this:


Monki

1,233 posts

190 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Or this.....

youngsyr

14,742 posts

191 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Monki said:


Or this.....
Case closed. laugh


Monki

1,233 posts

190 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Good god she is scary eek

What thread was talking about Lizard people from space taking over Earth? I think she might be one of them laugh