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Eight-ton orca leaps 15ft into the air to finally capture dolphin
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | July 25, 2013 | Christopher Swann pics, Emine Sinmaz

Posted on 07/26/2013 12:53:57 PM PDT by ransomnote

Edited on 07/29/2013 12:55:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The dolphin was originally part of a small group swimming off the Mexican coast But the others managed to get away - leaving it at the mercy of a whole pod of whales With the setting sun just beginning to turn the sky pink, a killer whale leaps out of the ocean and soars into the air, spray cascading down in its wake.


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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dolphin; killerwhale; orca; sourcetitlenoturl
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amazing photography at link
1 posted on 07/26/2013 12:53:57 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

The college kid environmentalists aren’t going to like this. They think all the animals are friends that get along. It’s men who are evil killers on the planet. They’ve watched too many Disney movies.


2 posted on 07/26/2013 12:59:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Amnesty. The DemocRATS' payback for the 2010 elections.)
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To: ransomnote

Enough from the “humans should be more like the gentle animals” crowd. Animals are heartless killers.


3 posted on 07/26/2013 1:00:44 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: ransomnote

WOW! Thanks for sharing.


4 posted on 07/26/2013 1:02:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Democrats will give you the shirt off somebody elses back for a vote.)
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To: ransomnote

Great pics.

Dolphins can be mean, too. I think Killer Whales are actually in the dolphin family, too.

Killer Dolphins Slaying, Sexually Assaulting Porpoises In San Francisco (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/dolphins-kill-porpoises_n_1106471.html


5 posted on 07/26/2013 1:02:26 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: ransomnote
OMG breathtaking photos!
6 posted on 07/26/2013 1:07:45 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: ransomnote

Incredible. Just think how much energy it takes to accelerate 16,000 pounds upwards through water to get 15 feet up in the air. It’s no wonder the orca was persistent. If you’re expending those kinds of calories when you hunt, you’ve got to score.


7 posted on 07/26/2013 1:08:33 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: ransomnote

“The Circle of Life.....”


8 posted on 07/26/2013 1:09:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Yardstick

I just can’t imagine the strength that required! Propel THAT up through water and airborne? After he had been exerting himself for 2 hours? How high could he jump when he was ‘fresh’ for the hunt???!!!


9 posted on 07/26/2013 1:11:09 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
Free Willy

The dolphin was just the appetizer.

11 posted on 07/26/2013 1:12:00 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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Incredible. Just think how much energy it takes to accelerate 16,000 pounds upwards through water to get 15 feet up in the air.


And to think, we have millions of Americans that won’t lift 150 pounds 3 feet off the couch to go look for a job.


12 posted on 07/26/2013 1:12:29 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: ransomnote

“So long and thanks for all the fish...”


13 posted on 07/26/2013 1:12:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: American in Israel

Wrong, that was one of Obama’s new blimps.... just practicing a drone strike


14 posted on 07/26/2013 1:12:44 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Alex Murphy

“Forget about the fish, I’m going for the whole shmeer.”


15 posted on 07/26/2013 1:13:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: beaversmom
Dolphins and Killer Whales are closely related and they're both related to other whales.So in the case of the Killer Whales eating Dolphins, it's almost cannabalism.
16 posted on 07/26/2013 1:15:35 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: ransomnote

A few years back I was in a 14’ runabout with two teenagers watching a pod of killer whales off Read Island at the mouth of Bute Inlet when they got on the short chase of a Stellar’s sea lion.

They tossed that thousand pound beast back and forth like a rag doll. We went back to the dock with our hearts in our throats, believe me!


17 posted on 07/26/2013 1:17:09 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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Friend operates a dive boat(South of Jax Fl) that also does these touchy feely dolphin swim things.Those trips as he states are usually full of really screwed up wacky libs.I ve seen some photos and mostly fat chicks,real fat.I need to send this to him to show his charters..well, better not it may impact business.


18 posted on 07/26/2013 1:17:56 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: ransomnote

Yeah, isn’t it amazing? Talk about power.


19 posted on 07/26/2013 1:18:33 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Arkansas Toothpick
And to think, we have millions of Americans that won’t lift 150 pounds 3 feet off the couch to go look for a job

Or, attend a Townhall meeting, protest OCare, or go vote!

20 posted on 07/26/2013 1:20:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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