The Cellar - 8/2/2006: Cellarite seakdivers, from Hoonah Sound, Alaska

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8/2/2006: Cellarite seakdivers, from Hoonah Sound, Alaska

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah0.jpg

I didn't really "get" this series of shots taken by Cellar user seakdivers, until xoB suggested a narrative for it. But here is your day on Hoonah Sound.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah1.jpg

Drive that boat out to the Sound...

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah2.jpg

You might catch some shrimp.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah3.jpg

An angry octopus finds his way into your pot.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah4.jpg

Along with the awesome crabs.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah5.jpg

Even some bears on the land.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah6.jpg

And some noisy Orcas arrive on the scene.

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah7.jpg

They're playing with some kind of toy...

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah8.jpg

Uh-oh, the toy is an injured seal!

http://cellar.org/2006/hoonah9.jpg

Says seakdivers:

Quote:

The basic outline of the story is that we came across a pod of orcas playing with/ terrorizing a seal. We cut the engines, and the seal hid under our boat. The orcas wanted their toy back, so we had about 2 hours of scary entertainment! We couldn't start the boat back up because the seal kept hiding between the props. In the end the orcas got bored & left, and the seal zoomed off to safety.

Phew! What a tale! And it's accompanied by a cool video:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...h_MVI_4392.jpg

All from seakdivers' Photobucket page here.

Thanks to seakdivers, and to xoB who recognized the IotD potential and fought for it by holding my hand on it! I needed that! :D

This Image of the Day really puts a human face on Image of the Day.

*claps*

I really liked this one. Not only were the pictures really good (quality wise, and content) but the story was fun!

IotD++ for you!

I don't get it. What is a Seakdiver? When I saw the posting I thought it meant a Sikh Diver which I was trying to picture until I opned the file! Anyway I think the little seal was about to be dinner for the orkas. It's one of those huge moral dilemas. They saved the seal from his fate with the orkas but with the wounds he probably died anyway or was an easy dinner for some other predator. And what of the orkas? They went off hungry. It's too hard to play God. :right:

Cellar user seakdivers. I'll rewrite the title for clarity.

yeah, what is a seakdiver?

I think it is South-East Alaska Divers?

Great scenery spoiled by sea spiders, mean sea orca's (where's the whale penis?) and disgusting sea octupus--:vomit:

Great scenery, though.

This isn't Hoonah Sound.
It is Heaven.
Really good IOtD. Bravo. Wish I were there.

I think the documentary Deep Blue covers this whale behavior

Wow what a magical place to visit. Wish we had something like that over here in Oz. But me, I would have done all in my power to try and save the poor little seal, or better still got the guys to rescue it :) I'm glad to hear it finally got away, injured but alive. Thanks for those Bruce.:blush:

And starve the whale? Deprive the juvenile of the lesson of how to hunt? And risk being mauled by the seal for your effort? Didn't you watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? Weren't you taking notes?

[/circle of life theme] :wink:

Very nice video. And yeah, if I was in a small boat and annoyed two Orcas, I'd be saying "Oh s***t" too.:worried:

I didn't know the seal escaped. :redface: