harbor seal hitches ride - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

easyday · 04-21-2013, 06:18 PM

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/201...ottom-of-kayak

Dont know if anyone has seen this but would be pretty cool to have one playing and not stealing fish...

danjor · 04-21-2013, 07:23 PM

That's cool. Never would have taken a leopard seal for being playful

sasha · 04-22-2013, 03:11 PM

Those animals are huge.. Had a friend who worked over there for a couple of years. He mentioned that leopard seals are very aggresive and not afraid of anything or anyone. They are at the top of the food chain out there and they know it. Thats a once in a life time experience.

jruiz · 04-22-2013, 03:54 PM

It was attempting to mate with the kayak. They should check their scupper holes

spottie slayer · 04-22-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sasha

Those animals are huge.. Had a friend who worked over there for a couple of years. He mentioned that leopard seals are very aggresive and not afraid of anything or anyone. They are at the top of the food chain out there and they know it. Thats a once in a life time experience.

I may be mistaken but don't orcas eat those things? So their not technically at the top of the foodchain.

sasha · 04-22-2013, 08:37 PM

I asked him same question and he said that orcas rarely come in that area and they looked for easier prey. Yes in the ocean Orcas are at the very top of the food chain, He worked on a research ship called HERO .Lots of very cool stories and pics that could easy be on the NG.

Fiskadoro · 04-23-2013, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by easyday

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/201...ottom-of-kayak Dont know if anyone has seen this but would be pretty cool to have one playing and not stealing fish...

Friendly Leopard seal... I'll pass!!! They make our seals look like kittens.

Those things are killers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/ju...ighereducation

"...A 28-year-old marine biologist has been killed by Antarctica's most dangerous predator, a leopard seal, while on a snorkelling mission at a British research base...."

MrPatrick · 04-23-2013, 08:13 AM

My father worked at sea world in the 70s and said that the vets there refused to have a leopard seal there. They were terrified of the Stellar Sea Lion male and feared the Leopard seal more.

04-21-2013, 06:18 PM	#1
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,470	harbor seal hitches ride http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/201...ottom-of-kayak Dont know if anyone has seen this but would be pretty cool to have one playing and not stealing fish...

04-23-2013, 08:13 AM	#8
MrPatrick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Waiting to launch Posts: 1,381	Leopard seal My father worked at sea world in the 70s and said that the vets there refused to have a leopard seal there. They were terrified of the Stellar Sea Lion male and feared the Leopard seal more.

04-21-2013, 07:23 PM	#2
danjor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 673	That's cool. Never would have taken a leopard seal for being playful

04-22-2013, 03:11 PM	#3
sasha Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 275	Those animals are huge.. Had a friend who worked over there for a couple of years. He mentioned that leopard seals are very aggresive and not afraid of anything or anyone. They are at the top of the food chain out there and they know it. Thats a once in a life time experience.

04-22-2013, 03:54 PM	#4
jruiz Large Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: La Verne, CA Posts: 1,011	It was attempting to mate with the kayak. They should check their scupper holes

04-22-2013, 08:37 PM	#6
sasha Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 275	I asked him same question and he said that orcas rarely come in that area and they looked for easier prey. Yes in the ocean Orcas are at the very top of the food chain, He worked on a research ship called HERO .Lots of very cool stories and pics that could easy be on the NG.