funny thing is, we longlined thru that area each winter (March-August) for about 7 years and I dont recall ever seeing a killer whale (or a GW for that matter!).
Lots of pilot whales though.
I do remember catching swordies there spilling out Royal Red prawns by the bucket load which Id never seen before and kept some to give to AFMA, who were unaware that Royal Reds lived in the area-or that swordies ate them!.
I thought they said it was around January they were out there?
Seems to be around the same time of year(summer) when people on this forum have seen Orcas around Rottnest and Cape Naturaliste.
I read the article in Saturdays paper and said I have to watch this doco, it had me glued to my seat. Just imagine being on that boat watching all those orcas feeding and playing in front of ya that wound be the ultimate experience, then imagine sitting on the beach in Bremer then a killer whale pops out grabs ya and drags ya back in. Scary thought.
That the killer whales were feeding on as seems likely @ 4 metres hood length one wonders what the overall length would have been - I also wonder what the hell hit the submersible to cause it to spin and kink the fibre optices at 700 metres ............hmmmm we know so so little about our oceans !
those squid are well documented-when we were longlining another boat found one dead in the Rotto trench and brought it in, was in the West Australian, from memory 10 meters overall.
I didnt see it personally unfortunately, but WANewspapers should still have it on file, would have been about 1999
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awesome
Very interesting program.....nature at it's best
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Good stuff
Was a bloody good doco, had me stuck to my seat.
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funny thing is, we longlined
funny thing is, we longlined thru that area each winter (March-August) for about 7 years and I dont recall ever seeing a killer whale (or a GW for that matter!).
Lots of pilot whales though.
I do remember catching swordies there spilling out Royal Red prawns by the bucket load which Id never seen before and kept some to give to AFMA, who were unaware that Royal Reds lived in the area-or that swordies ate them!.
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I thought they said it was
I thought they said it was around January they were out there?
Seems to be around the same time of year(summer) when people on this forum have seen Orcas around Rottnest and Cape Naturaliste.
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I only saw the last bit of
I only saw the last bit of it, so missed that!
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Missed a bit
Watched all but the last 5 minutes then got called away, found it to be very drawn out but had some interesting bits in it.
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That's local Esperance
That's local Esperance filmmakers/cameramen in fine form I say!! But I am a bit biased...
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ABC I-view - In search of the Oceans Super Predator
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/77201466
For those who missed it
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article in Saturdays paper
I read the article in Saturdays paper and said I have to watch this doco, it had me glued to my seat. Just imagine being on that boat watching all those orcas feeding and playing in front of ya that wound be the ultimate experience, then imagine sitting on the beach in Bremer then a killer whale pops out grabs ya and drags ya back in. Scary thought.
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If that was indeed a squid ?
That the killer whales were feeding on as seems likely @ 4 metres hood length one wonders what the overall length would have been - I also wonder what the hell hit the submersible to cause it to spin and kink the fibre optices at 700 metres ............hmmmm we know so so little about our oceans !
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submersible
Yeah I was wondering what hit the submersible to, bit scary
also when that big white was attacking the boat it was a bit of a worry
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those squid are well
those squid are well documented-when we were longlining another boat found one dead in the Rotto trench and brought it in, was in the West Australian, from memory 10 meters overall.
I didnt see it personally unfortunately, but WANewspapers should still have it on file, would have been about 1999
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great doco just watched it at
great doco just watched it at work thanks for the link Sarcasm0 (got a few funny looks from fellow workers ha ha)..
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thanks for the link
Thanks for that Sarcasm0 good viewing
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