Guy Harvey gets some unintended brand recognition in this remarkable video from Georgia this week.
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Showing posts with label water animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water animals. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Killer whale plays with dog on fishing boat - reaction
A new/old video is making the rounds. It features a dog barking at a young killer whale (Orcinus orca) in Alaska.
What stuck me was the reaction this video is having on people across the web. For the most part folks are satisfied to believe this orca is "playing with" the dog, a curiosity based on some form of communication, or in some extreme postings a mutual cross species love.
Few who have seen this video it seems have considered this animal might in fact be looking at the dog as a potential meal. The vast comment base have concluded this is anything but a predatory investigation.
My view is more balanced. Animals, especially whales, are capable of a vast array of complex behaviours. Humans, on the other hand consistently "box in" different species to fit into emotional categories.
Whales are good, sharks are bad, and the emotional baggage each animal is assigned will determine our global conservation responses to them.
What stuck me was the reaction this video is having on people across the web. For the most part folks are satisfied to believe this orca is "playing with" the dog, a curiosity based on some form of communication, or in some extreme postings a mutual cross species love.
Few who have seen this video it seems have considered this animal might in fact be looking at the dog as a potential meal. The vast comment base have concluded this is anything but a predatory investigation.
My view is more balanced. Animals, especially whales, are capable of a vast array of complex behaviours. Humans, on the other hand consistently "box in" different species to fit into emotional categories.
Whales are good, sharks are bad, and the emotional baggage each animal is assigned will determine our global conservation responses to them.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Australia+Crocs+Bungee Jumping=Video
What do you get when you add an Aussie, a video camera, a world class bungee outfit and a 15 foot Saltwater Croc on an otherwise uneventful day over the Murrybundi River?
The answer is some amazing You Tube Video:
Of course if you believe everything on You Tube we can't help you.
The answer is some amazing You Tube Video:
Of course if you believe everything on You Tube we can't help you.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Global Warming-Sea Critters Pissed
It has happened again. Sea critters that are "not going to take it anymore" and have decided to jump into boats full of people!This whole thing started almost two years ago with the now infamous news story of a Marlin impaling a fisherman.
At that time people called us crazy for suggesting that this was some kind of global warming protest on behalf of the pissed sea critters. A quick look at the past few months in the news...and who's crazy now?
1. Great White leaps aboard boat full of Germans (video)
2. Shark jumps into boat full of kids (story)
3. Eagle Ray jumps into boat killing woman (story)
4. Another Marlin jumps into boat almost kills fisherman (video)
It's a jumping critter epidemic, people. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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