8/2/2006: Cellarite seakdivers, from Hoonah Sound, Alaska

Undertoad · 08-02-2006, 01:54 PM

I didn't really "get" this series of shots taken by Cellar user seakdivers, until xoB suggested a narrative for it. But here is your day on Hoonah Sound.

Drive that boat out to the Sound...

You might catch some shrimp.

An angry octopus finds his way into your pot.

Along with the awesome crabs.

Even some bears on the land.

And some noisy Orcas arrive on the scene.

They're playing with some kind of toy...

Uh-oh, the toy is an injured seal!

Says seakdivers:

Quote:

The basic outline of the story is that we came across a pod of orcas playing with/ terrorizing a seal. We cut the engines, and the seal hid under our boat. The orcas wanted their toy back, so we had about 2 hours of scary entertainment! We couldn't start the boat back up because the seal kept hiding between the props. In the end the orcas got bored & left, and the seal zoomed off to safety.

Phew! What a tale! And it's accompanied by a cool video:

All from seakdivers' Photobucket page here.

Thanks to seakdivers, and to xoB who recognized the IotD potential and fought for it by holding my hand on it! I needed that!

glatt · 08-02-2006, 01:57 PM

Great IOD!

Flint · 08-02-2006, 02:01 PM

This Image of the Day really puts a human face on Image of the Day.

Emrikol · 08-02-2006, 02:17 PM

*claps*

I really liked this one. Not only were the pictures really good (quality wise, and content) but the story was fun!

IotD++ for you!

chrisinhouston · 08-02-2006, 03:19 PM

I don't get it. What is a Seakdiver? When I saw the posting I thought it meant a Sikh Diver which I was trying to picture until I opned the file! Anyway I think the little seal was about to be dinner for the orkas. It's one of those huge moral dilemas. They saved the seal from his fate with the orkas but with the wounds he probably died anyway or was an easy dinner for some other predator. And what of the orkas? They went off hungry. It's too hard to play God.

Undertoad · 08-02-2006, 03:22 PM

Cellar user seakdivers. I'll rewrite the title for clarity.

ferret88 · 08-02-2006, 03:48 PM

yeah, what is a seakdiver?

Griff · 08-02-2006, 04:08 PM

I think it is South-East Alaska Divers?

Trilby · 08-02-2006, 05:06 PM

Great scenery spoiled by sea spiders, mean sea orca's (where's the whale penis?) and disgusting sea octupus--

Great scenery, though.

capnhowdy · 08-02-2006, 05:11 PM

This isn't Hoonah Sound.
It is Heaven.
Really good IOtD. Bravo. Wish I were there.

thecynicproject · 08-02-2006, 05:12 PM

I think the documentary Deep Blue covers this whale behavior

Leah · 08-02-2006, 05:33 PM

Wow what a magical place to visit. Wish we had something like that over here in Oz. But me, I would have done all in my power to try and save the poor little seal, or better still got the guys to rescue it

I'm glad to hear it finally got away, injured but alive. Thanks for those Bruce.

BigV · 08-02-2006, 06:13 PM

And starve the whale? Deprive the juvenile of the lesson of how to hunt? And risk being mauled by the seal for your effort? Didn't you watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? Weren't you taking notes?

[/circle of life theme] :wink:

richlevy · 08-02-2006, 06:48 PM

Very nice video. And yeah, if I was in a small boat and annoyed two Orcas, I'd be saying "Oh s***t" too.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2006, 08:58 PM

I didn't know the seal escaped.

08-02-2006, 02:01 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	This Image of the Day really puts a human face on Image of the Day. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-02-2006, 04:08 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think it is South-East Alaska Divers? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-02-2006, 05:06 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Great scenery spoiled by sea spiders, mean sea orca's (where's the whale penis?) and disgusting sea octupus-- Great scenery, though. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-02-2006, 05:11 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	This isn't Hoonah Sound. It is Heaven. Really good IOtD. Bravo. Wish I were there. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-02-2006, 05:12 PM	#11
thecynicproject lurker extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, North America, Western Hemisphere, Planet Earth, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe, Multiverse, etc.. Posts: 11	I think the documentary Deep Blue covers this whale behavior __________________ [alex smith \| cynicmusic dot com]

08-02-2006, 01:57 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Great IOD!

08-02-2006, 02:17 PM	#4
Emrikol Compatriot-at-Arms Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 107	claps I really liked this one. Not only were the pictures really good (quality wise, and content) but the story was fun! IotD++ for you!

08-02-2006, 03:19 PM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I don't get it. What is a Seakdiver? When I saw the posting I thought it meant a Sikh Diver which I was trying to picture until I opned the file! Anyway I think the little seal was about to be dinner for the orkas. It's one of those huge moral dilemas. They saved the seal from his fate with the orkas but with the wounds he probably died anyway or was an easy dinner for some other predator. And what of the orkas? They went off hungry. It's too hard to play God.

08-02-2006, 03:22 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Cellar user seakdivers. I'll rewrite the title for clarity.

08-02-2006, 03:48 PM	#7
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	yeah, what is a seakdiver?

08-02-2006, 05:33 PM	#12
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Wow what a magical place to visit. Wish we had something like that over here in Oz. But me, I would have done all in my power to try and save the poor little seal, or better still got the guys to rescue it I'm glad to hear it finally got away, injured but alive. Thanks for those Bruce.

08-02-2006, 06:13 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	And starve the whale? Deprive the juvenile of the lesson of how to hunt? And risk being mauled by the seal for your effort? Didn't you watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? Weren't you taking notes? [/circle of life theme] :wink: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-02-2006, 06:48 PM	#14
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Very nice video. And yeah, if I was in a small boat and annoyed two Orcas, I'd be saying "Oh s*t" too. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama**

08-02-2006, 08:58 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I didn't know the seal escaped. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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