Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Whales off Pender Island
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:26:12 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

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




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