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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Fri May 22, 2015, 08:41 PM May 2015

Amazing video has emerged of an orca swimming underneath paddleboarder off the coast of New Zealand



An amazing video has emerged of an orca swimming underneath a paddleboarder off the coast of New Zealand on Monday. The once-in-a-lifetime footage, captured off Kuaotunu beach, shows the killer whale swimming right next to boarder Luke Reilly.

Interviewed by a local news organisation about the experience, Riley said: “This one just bee-lined it for me. He popped up about 10cm away from the back of my board.”

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2015/05/happy-hour-thread.html#comment-2040609068
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arcane1

(38,613 posts)
2. It seemed like it took a closer look and then changed its mind.
Fri May 22, 2015, 08:59 PM
May 2015

Slightly off-topic: this is a classic example of why I think laughter evolved: to signal that the danger has passed and nobody has been harmed

Nay

(12,051 posts)
3. Agreed! The orca surfaced to take a look, saw it was a human, and decided not to
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:06 PM
May 2015

eat the guy as if he were a seal.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
5. Some clans of orcas only eat fish. Others eat mammals but even those never eat humans.
Sat May 23, 2015, 12:46 AM
May 2015

I don't think we are orca "kosher."

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
6. WOW! I love Orcas and have since I was a kid...even after that awful movie and Sea World...
Sat May 23, 2015, 03:53 AM
May 2015

They are the most amazing creatures on the Earth...intelligence and social frameworks to rival man before we discovered fire and so beautiful! That was simply an amazing encounter. Thanks for sharing the link!

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