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swordwhale curiosity in NZ

swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jul 23 2015, 5:57pm

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A friend sent me a link to this video...

Because it's a swordwhale... doing swordwhale stuff...

http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/orca-bites-the-back-of-mans-sup-paddleboard/#lhPWYKjt1j6HUxYV.97

Since orcas aren't known to attack random humans, or consider us prey (not counting the crazy ones we've jailed in marine parks), and this looks like a small female or a young male (mooncurved fin, not surfboard tall), I'm guessing he/she is just curious... oooo, let's taste that... I mean, no hands, no sense of smell underwater, so, taste...

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keep calm and open paddock 9

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...

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Eruvandi
Tol Eressea


Jul 23 2015, 7:02pm

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Now I know.Smile

Orcas are so pretty! Looks like the little guy/girl was just curious to me. Like you said, they don't have hands and they can't sniff stuff, so they have to investigate things by putting them in their mouths. Kind of like human toddlers, Lol! Wink I guess the surfboard didn't taste very good since little orca swam away after that.

Thanks for sharing swordwhale!

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swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jul 23 2015, 8:17pm

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is the name used by several European countries including my German American ancestors...

Eric Hoyt's book, "Orca, the Whale called Killer" is fairly old but excellent, and contains dozens of names for orca in various languages including some unpronounceable (to European-based ears) Native America names like Mak-eh-nuk (which doesn't even have all the sounds that are really in Kwakiutl).

keep calm and open paddock 9

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...

Member of Manure Movers Local 101, Raptor Wranglers & Rehab, and Night Fury Trainers Assoc. Owned by several cats.






Ataahua
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Jul 23 2015, 8:27pm

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I thought your name referenced Narhwals!

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Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

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Starling
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Jul 24 2015, 5:27am

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So did I! // [In reply to] Can't Post

 




Eruvandi
Tol Eressea


Jul 24 2015, 5:08pm

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Lord I give you everything, Anything you want from me
Take my past and my future I lay it at your feet
Yeah, I'm after your heart, you've stolen mine
I give you my all 'cause you gave up your life
I'm not who I was simply because, Oh, you set me free

And you change me from what I used to be
Opened my eyes, now I can see
You're making this life so beautiful
So beautiful

~"Beautiful" by Dan Bremnes



swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jul 24 2015, 5:57pm

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clearly I need a new avatar...

swordwhale references the shape of the tall dorsal fin

keep calm and open paddock 9

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...

Member of Manure Movers Local 101, Raptor Wranglers & Rehab, and Night Fury Trainers Assoc. Owned by several cats.





 
 

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