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| Thread ID: 111306 | 2010-07-22 00:19:00 | Whale wrecks yacht | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
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| 1121111 | 2010-07-22 08:20:00 | Yachts crew were on TV3 news tonight | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1121112 | 2010-07-22 08:30:00 | There are other photos showing the top of the cabin completely flattened. What do you think happened, someone used a computer with Photoshop on it to smash the mast down? :pSecond picture (news.sky.com) in this article. Now This is funny (www.metro.co.uk) :lol: Play the video |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1121113 | 2010-07-22 08:32:00 | Someone would have to be very lucky to be at the right place and time to take that photo. It might of happened but I say the photo is a fake. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1121114 | 2010-07-22 08:33:00 | Normally they come up UNDERNEATH the boat, and have caused severall sinkings. | angry (15305) | ||
| 1121115 | 2010-07-22 08:58:00 | Someone would have to be very lucky to be at the right place and time to take that photo. It might of happened but I say the photo is a fake. :) "Meredith Thornton, scientist and manager of the Cape Town Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, said: "Whales don't see much by way of their eyes but by sound in the water." Between the whale's poor eyesight and low visibility in the water, Thornton said the whale, which she believed to be young, probably did not know the boat was in its way." "The whale was seen pounding its tail on the surface of the water just moments before breaching. "It looked like it was angry or something," said Joseph Mbaya, a sailor and tour guide for Yacoob Tourism. He had stopped his boat, Ameera, just 300m short of the whale to take photographs. (Deliberate action not luck) Thornton said the whale had not been angry, but was probably "lob-tailing" in order to communicate with other whales. "If a whale wanted to be aggressive it would side-swipe the boat with its tail," she said. Two people from Botswana were on Ameera with Mbaya. One of the tourists, who Mbaya knew only as James, captured the moment on his camera just before the whale hit the boat. James gave a copy of the picture to Mbaya as a keepsake and the tour guide brought it to the Cape Argus. After the incident, Mothes and Werner surveyed the damage to their yacht. "The first thing we did was make sure there was no water downstairs. We didn't know if the whale was coming back," said Werner. The couple were contacted by other concerned sailors who had seen the accident, but they were fine. Werner and Mothes then reported the accident to Port Control." local-info.co.za Hope James the tourist made some money out of the photo. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1121116 | 2010-07-22 09:02:00 | Possibly The Jono Project again? :D |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1121117 | 2010-07-23 05:01:00 | There has never been a recorded instance of a Norton-anti-leviathon equipped vessel being damaged. A pinch of salt tossed overboard just before the attack is also effective. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1121118 | 2010-07-23 08:15:00 | Video was on 3 news tonight | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1121119 | 2010-07-23 08:17:00 | Saw that, looks real enough. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1121120 | 2010-07-25 08:47:00 | Didn't look like Photoshop to me. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
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