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Great White Shark vs Killer Whale- Winner is??

Started by scubaski , Dec 04 2009 07:29 PM

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Poll: Great White Shark vs Killer Whale - Winner is ?? (7 member(s) have cast votes)

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#1 scubaski

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Posted 04 December 2009 - 07:29 PM

UpDate!! UpDate!!! Check out part 2 video from NatGeoTV

Who wins the battle??

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded



Part 2-A friend sent a follow up to this video I posted 3 months ago. See link below.

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Edited by scubaski, 10 February 2010 - 08:56 PM.

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Posted 04 December 2009 - 08:07 PM

Who wins the battle??

http://www.bing.com/...-white/26i337r7



Adult vs adult, orca.
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Posted 04 December 2009 - 08:13 PM

Saw the entire NatGeo program the other day. The way they explained it is that certain transient pods of Orca have learned the secret of flipping sharks over to put them into a catatonic state. Clever of them.....
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Posted 04 December 2009 - 08:37 PM

That is some incredible video, do you think the people on the whale watching trip got their money's worth?

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Posted 08 December 2009 - 08:29 AM

Remember, in the movie Jaws, Quint's boat was called the "Orca." It's no accident that the shark hunter's boat had the name of one of the very few things that threaten the Great White Shark.

Rick

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Posted 08 December 2009 - 01:31 PM

Remember, in the movie Jaws, Quint's boat was called the "Orca." It's no accident that the shark hunter's boat had the name of one of the very few things that threaten the Great White Shark.

Rick

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Posted 08 December 2009 - 07:44 PM

makes me want to get the dry suit, take the training, and head to Norway for the orca diving in the fjords (supposedly not the mammal-eating pods)
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Posted 09 December 2009 - 03:17 AM

makes me want to get the dry suit, take the training, and head to Norway for the orca diving in the fjords (supposedly not the mammal-eating pods)

I know who can provide you with drysuit training... :thankyou:
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Posted 09 December 2009 - 07:55 AM

I know who can provide you with drysuit training... :thankyou:

Careful what you ask for.... I need to get back to Portland anyway for a visit to Raven Ink.

btw, noticing your sig line reminds me of why Santa is so jolly - he knows where all the naughty girls are....
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Posted 14 December 2009 - 05:19 PM

I think the Orca is just about the coolest creature. Powerful enough to kill a white shark, labelled the greatest hunter of the sea, has a wise, matriarcal society, and has been documented to save humans shipwrecked at sea.

And incredibly beautiful on top of all that!

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Oh, and by the way - what Rick said - I knew that, too. Hey Rick, we can be trivia geeks together!! :-D I bet you would win, though. :-D
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 08:57 PM

UpDate!! UpDate!!! Check out part 2 video from NatGeoTV

Who wins the battle??

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded



Part 2-A friend sent a follow up to this video I posted 3 months ago. See link below.

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 08:35 AM

Another very informative video.Heres a question,I believe would be for DrBill.A interesting coinsedence of both the Stingray & the Shark are both sent into a relaxed state.Are there any other mammals that have this behavior? Also, I've had the beleif that porposes are defensive for humans against sharks myth or fact? I.e.They would ram the shark in your defense.
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 12:57 PM

Another very informative video.Heres a question,I believe would be for DrBill.A interesting coinsedence of both the Stingray & the Shark are both sent into a relaxed state.Are there any other mammals that have this behavior? Also, I've had the beleif that porposes are defensive for humans against sharks myth or fact? I.e.They would ram the shark in your defense.


Sharks and rays are not mammals, orcas are. Are you asking if there are other animals that are subject to tonic immobility or other mammals that use this as a hunting technique?

Re: your second question, I can't speak to the veracity of these reports, but here are some examples:

http://www.cbc.ca/wo...land041124.html

http://today.msnbc.m...9083/?GT1=10547
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 01:12 PM

Another very informative video.Heres a question,I believe would be for DrBill.A interesting coinsedence of both the Stingray & the Shark are both sent into a relaxed state.Are there any other mammals that have this behavior? Also, I've had the beleif that porposes are defensive for humans against sharks myth or fact? I.e.They would ram the shark in your defense.


Sharks and rays are not mammals, orcas are. Are you asking if there are other animals that are subject to tonic immobility or other mammals that use this as a hunting technique?

Re: your second question, I can't speak to the veracity of these reports, but here are some examples:

http://www.cbc.ca/wo...land041124.html

http://today.msnbc.m...9083/?GT1=10547

Peter/excelerator , :thankyou: .and the confirmation of there life saving behavior..And sorry ,I ran the "mammal" ,in my question to close didn't mean to infer/include the sharks & rays.
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