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NYC_SKP

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1. Then I guess my friend was right about swimming with seals.

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Thu Nov 27, 2014, 11:34 AM

Nov 2014

Don't do it.

This summer I was blessed with the sight of a humpback whale out the window and the next day took a swim.

One seal, and then another, popped up. They're cute, the both stared at me and I talked to them like they were puppies (they look kind of like dogs).

My friend, who lives on a boat and sees these things ever day up close warned me to get out of the water anytime there are seals.

I'm going to remember that- not only am I at risk of being mistaken for a seal by a shark, I might be mistaken for a porpoise by a seal!

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Gray Seals Behind Porpoise Massacres, Scientists Warn [View all] IDemo Nov 2014 OP

Then I guess my friend was right about swimming with seals. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #1

Don't get mistaken as a Penguin by a seal either... Thor_MN Nov 2014 #6

Could they be killing the porpoises for kicks exboyfil Nov 2014 #2

Another headline on the story read "seemingly killing porpoises for fun" IDemo Nov 2014 #3

So seals are killing them for no porpoise? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #5

Seals, cute but evil??? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #4

That is why everyone needs a Narwhal Tyrs WolfDaemon Nov 2014 #7

!!! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #8