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Default Killer Whales (Orcas) Surfing the Wake of a Powerboat

On Fri, 3 May 2013 04:41:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On May 3, 5:26*am, Wayne B wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vbh6qg8H3CY


Looks like the whales thought they had a lunch date
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Maybe but just being playfull I think. We see dolphins doing things
like that all of the time back in SWFL. There's something that
attracts them from a distance - probably prop vibrations or shaft
noise - possibly exhaust noise. We see them seeking us out from far
away with the surfing opportunity just an added bonus after they get
closer.