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Whale Attacks Boat!
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They managed to get a pic of the whale, and that seems to be red tinged in the spray - I wonder why they haven't mentioned anything else about the whale.
But that's really weird - it would have totally freaked me out if I was on the ship. Although I'd probably start calling the captian Ahab and the whale Moby.....
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But that's really weird - it would have totally freaked me out if I was on the ship. Although I'd probably start calling the captian Ahab and the whale Moby.....
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don't want to sound "righteous" or anything, but the proper headline probably should have been "a boat happens to be in the way of a whale, gets wrecked" or something along the line.
whales don't "attack." it was doing its thing and the boat happened to be in its way... bad luck, for both now injured whale and the vacationer...
pretty amazing story, nonetheless...
whales don't "attack." it was doing its thing and the boat happened to be in its way... bad luck, for both now injured whale and the vacationer...
pretty amazing story, nonetheless...
actually it looked like the whale was trying to use the boat as a barnacle scraping device
Sad that it had to hurt itself....and I tried to find more info on the story, but a quick google search didn't pull up anything....
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Sad that it had to hurt itself....and I tried to find more info on the story, but a quick google search didn't pull up anything....
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I was just having fun with the title. It was just a hook to get people to look. I feel bad for the whale too. I didn't mean to actually imply the whale did it deliberatly.
Funny thing is, searching for the more to the story on google I found a couple links about the sighting of a white whale in Australia!
Moby Dick it is!
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Moby Dick it is!
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it's an albino humpback called migaloo, well known in the area. these links have some information.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/regtnv-19aug2003-10.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/regtnv-19aug2003-4.htm
a picture.....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s928007.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/regtnv-19aug2003-10.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/regtnv-19aug2003-4.htm
a picture.....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s928007.htm
statistically, what would be the chances?
So I was thinking about the last whale watch outing that I went on, we were out there for what seemed like hours and saw only a glimpse of a whales back, nothing more.
I only hope that the whale is okay.... oh and good to hear that the people are okay too, oh well for the boat, wonder if they had collision insurance.
Next week on Discover channel: When whales attack
So I was thinking about the last whale watch outing that I went on, we were out there for what seemed like hours and saw only a glimpse of a whales back, nothing more.
I only hope that the whale is okay.... oh and good to hear that the people are okay too, oh well for the boat, wonder if they had collision insurance.
Next week on Discover channel: When whales attack
yeah, sent out by those darn Anti-Western Arabs, they were, them there whales. Dangnabit! When are we gonna have our cotton-pickin' war on the Sea! Osama, Saddam, next up: Poseidon!
Why are some saying it was the sailor's fault? The whale has eyes and it is in it's natural habitat . It should be able to stear clear of a boat.