On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:16:39 +1000, Oz1
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 05:04:40 GMT, (Peter
Wiley) wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:23:50 +1000, Oz1
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:20:48 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:



Looks more like a porpoise to me.

Heh heh, Now that is a fine bait!

Care to venture an opinion on how many shark species there are that
have a pronounced hooked dorsal fin, small to nonexistent second
dorsal fin and a homocercal tail?

You talking to me?

Sometimes. On some topics.

If so you just didn't get it.
Wanna tell me if it was a porpoise of a dolphin, please consider the
location.

Btw you can answer your own question for us...you've got five weeks
and it'll save ammo.

Far as I'm aware, there aren't any. Only the pelagic sharks have
homocercal tails. Of those, I can't think of any that have an
invisibly small 2nd dorsal fin and a heavily hooked 1st dorsal fin.

Looks like a cetacean, doesn't key out to be any known shark.
Bob****'s full of it - as usual. As to whether it's a porpoise or
dolphin - dunno. Too little detail to tell and it's not my field.
Hell, I have a hard time telling a fin whale from a humpback. Killers
are the only ones I can identify on sight.

I keep hoping to see a blue whale but never have. Nobody has for years
(on our ships). The damned USSR has a lot to answer for, except they
got what they deserved. *******s kept killing blues long after it was
prohibited and just lied about it. Typical.

OT, a leopard seal killed a diver down south recently. Not an
Australian tho, our divers aren't there yet.

a leopard seal killed a diver

I thought seals were rather benign vreatures unless in rut....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Not the Leopard Seal.... it's a predator..... at 3 meters [10ft] 500kg
[1100lbs] it would prove awesome. Walrus up in the arctic have been known to
sink boats and kill hunters as well. Not all seals are friendly and
cute..... most are very tasty! ;-D

CM

"katysails" wrote in message
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| a leopard seal killed a diver
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| I thought seals were rather benign vreatures unless in rut....
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| katysails
| s/v Chanteuse
| Kirie Elite 32
| http://katysails.tripod.com
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| "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
| and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein
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|

Walrus up in the arctic have been known to
sink boats and kill hunters as well.

I was NOWHERE near the arctic!!!

(A gift for Scotty and Donal)


RB

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:59:01 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:

Not the Leopard Seal.... it's a predator..... at 3 meters [10ft] 500kg
[1100lbs] it would prove awesome. Walrus up in the arctic have been known to
sink boats and kill hunters as well. Not all seals are friendly and
cute..... most are very tasty! ;-D

How true. Seal steak fried on a shovel blade :-)

Leopard seals are scary because, like crocs, they can, will and do
come out of the water after prey. You need to watch what you're doing
near the edges of icefloes, esp if there are penguins around.

You need to watch what you're doing
near the edges of icefloes, esp if there are penguins around.

Here that, stay away from the edges of the iceflows!!!

RB