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Whale nearly swallows kayaker and surfer
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| 11-11-11
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Posted on 11/11/2011 12:47:00 PM PST by geraldmcg
A whale nearly swallowed two people on a kayak and a woman on a surfboard.
The humpback whale lunged from out of nowhere just several feet away, forcing thousands of anchovies to the surface, with sea gulls swarming around the scene in search of breakfast.
Barbara Roettger filmed the epic near-miss event near Santa Cruz, California where recently a sailboat collided with another humpback whale and at least one kayaker capsized.
Oh, and for the record, humpback whales typically are about 50 feet long and weigh 50 tons. That’s a whopping 2000 pounds for every foot of whale.
Short be very cool video: http://www.cleantv.com/web/ProgramDetail.aspx?pid=405
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KEYWORDS: 50tons; california; epic; hawaii; humpback; kayak; kayaker; santacruz; surfer; swallow; viralvideo; whale; woman
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:47:07 PM PST
by
geraldmcg
To: geraldmcg
Well, it’s happened before.
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:51:43 PM PST
by
Jedidah
To: geraldmcg
I somewhat doubt that. It’s my understanding that it would be impossible for a baleen whale to swallow a human as their throats are surprisingly narrow...
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:52:32 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: geraldmcg
The whale seemed closer to the videographer than the surfer and kayak.
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:54:13 PM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood.)
To: geraldmcg
Let me guess — They have now decided to go down to Nineveh?
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:55:49 PM PST
by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: Joe 6-pack
Yeah, I don’t think they can actually swallow anything larger than a soccer ball. I’m sure they could kill you by knocking you into the water maybe, but swallow you? Nope.
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:57:30 PM PST
by
brytlea
(An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
To: Cowman
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:58:01 PM PST
by
brytlea
(An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
To: geraldmcg
That didn’t seem to be so much an “Almost got swallowed by a whale!” as much as it was a “Wow! That was wicked awesome!”
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:58:03 PM PST
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: Jedidah
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:58:17 PM PST
by
brivette
(lol!)
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posted on
11/11/2011 12:59:45 PM PST
by
Rio
To: geraldmcg
Swallow ?
How many headlines on this story have I seen them use word “swallow”?
Unless the human is the size of a smelt and can fit through the Baleen, he aint going to be flicking his bic in the belly of a wale.
To: geraldmcg
To: geraldmcg
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posted on
11/11/2011 1:10:46 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: NavyCanDo
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posted on
11/11/2011 1:13:47 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Cowman
To: geraldmcg
I think the whales staging a revolt. This must be the 50th time I've hear of a whale attacking a kayak and surfer this week.
To: geraldmcg
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posted on
11/11/2011 1:29:20 PM PST
by
mmanager
To: geraldmcg
Is this your favorite new site?
LOL
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posted on
11/11/2011 1:31:07 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: geraldmcg
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posted on
11/11/2011 2:20:36 PM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: geraldmcg
It seems “geraldmcg” must own stock in CleanTV.....
3 posts with old news and video?
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posted on
11/11/2011 2:28:10 PM PST
by
G Larry
(I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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