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Who’s up for lunch? A Gull-eating Octopus in Victoria, BC
Bird Fellow ^
| 4/27/12
| Ann Nightingale
Posted on 05/04/2012 10:52:03 AM PDT by Kartographer
One of the great things about being a nature lover is that your powers of observation seem to improve. While others are walking by, oblivious to the activities going on all around them, naturalists notice the creatures and the behaviors, especially if they are out of the ordinary.
Such was the case on March 24, 2012, a sunny Saturday morning, when Ginger Morneau, her husband Ken, and brother Lou Baker were walking along the Ogden Point Breakwater in Victoria, BC. The breakwater is a favourite spot for locals and visitors, reaching out about a half mile from the waterfront south of downtown. The area is also popular with divers as it is a marine park, populated with interesting fish, marine plants and invertebrates. Walkers strolling along the top of the breakwater can often see marine wildlife in the water below.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dinner; for; fresh; whats
That's what happens when your calamari is a bit to FRESH!
To: Kartographer
"How many times do I have to tell you? DON'T FEED THE SEAGULLS!"
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posted on
05/04/2012 10:59:34 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
A winged octopus!! Someone call the History Channel!
Proof that ancient aliens are REAl!
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:00:55 AM PDT
by
Owl558
("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
To: Kartographer
...she wanted to rescue the gull... *eyeroll*
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:06:27 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
To: Kartographer
The color suggests he is angry.
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:10:02 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: cuban leaf
*damned suckers*
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:13:19 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(WA. DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me $hit; with different flie$". :^)
To: Kartographer
Nature is not nice - about 30 years ago we anchored for the night in a remote bay on Chicagof Island in Southeast Alaska, and witnessed about 20 bald eagles tearing apart an octopus who was trapped in a tide pool. They were stretching its legs out, flying around squawking with pieces of octo meat in their talons, along with a huge number of seagulls and ravens trying to get in on the action. It should have been on National Geographic, but we were the only people around.
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:13:35 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(OMG - Obama Must Go)
To: dainbramaged
"Nature is not nice"
Tell us about it!
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posted on
05/04/2012 11:25:02 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/04/2012 12:23:42 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: Kartographer
This is a job for . . .
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posted on
05/04/2012 12:48:58 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
To: Kartographer
This reminds me of my all-time favorite shaggy dog story. It’s an absolute hoot. sd
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posted on
05/04/2012 1:10:32 PM PDT
by
shotdog
(I love my country. It's our government I'm afraid of.)
To: Owl558
A winged octopus!! Someone call the History Channel!They're not a match for The Flying Piranhas:
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posted on
05/04/2012 1:16:27 PM PDT
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: Kartographer
Calamari is squid. Octopus is scungilli.........
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posted on
05/04/2012 1:32:38 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: Owl558
A winged octopus!! Someone call the History Channel! Proof that ancient aliens are REAL!
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posted on
05/04/2012 2:27:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1200 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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