Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is sea lions, and it is Argentina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWsN63PRCW8&feature=related Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Frank Dernie wrote: > > >They are pretty dangerous animals. Aren't they the largest carnivores on > Earth? > > I believe Sperm Whales are the only larger carnivores. > > >I don't remember the precise situation but one of the early photographers > following >an Arctic expedition wrote a description of how an Orca lunged > over the ice near >where he was standing at his tripod, trying to get at > him, presumably for lunch... > > Franz Lanting has photographed them (IIRC on South Georgia Island) lunging > onto a beach to catch penguins. The wave action takes the Orca back into > the water. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >