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Postby Mitch1100 » Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:16 pm

Part of Orca pod off Vancouver Island BC..they had just killed a seal in front of us. Magnificent creatures
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Postby Dog Tyred » Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:24 pm

I bet the poor seal didn't think so!

Johnstone Strait from Telegraph Cove by any chance??

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Postby Mitch1100 » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:10 pm

Hi DT...left from Granville Island, so Strait of Georgia, the Canadian Gulf Islands & the US San Juan Islands areas :?
They are a resident Pod, as there is so much food in the area, and the Pod matriach was 100 yrs old we were told!

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Postby Dog Tyred » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:01 am

Mitch1100 wrote:Hi DT...left from Granville Island, so Strait of Georgia, the Canadian Gulf Islands & the US San Juan Islands areas :?
They are a resident Pod, as there is so much food in the area, and the Pod matriach was 100 yrs old we were told!


Thanks Mitch. Did a similar whale watching trip from Telegraph Cove (way up at the north of Van Island) back in 92. Foggy start to the day so couldn't see them straight away but could hear them nearby. When the fog cleared we latched onto a pod of about 8 Orca and followed them for an hour or so. As you say, magnificent creatures.

Thanks for the reminder of a wonderful day.

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Postby Blackal » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:17 am

An amateur attempt at scrimshaw - on the tooth of a sperm whale, circa 1952.

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I don't fancy root-canal work on that! :shock:
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Postby Dog Tyred » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:11 am

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Is that a corrected spelling mistake in the word Whale? Looks like the L was originally an E ? Measure twice, cut once is a sensible adage.

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Postby Blackal » Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:11 pm

Not sure.

I imagine the 'artist' did the sailing ship first, then the letters.

Not happy with the 'A' - it looks like he has gone on to try to better it - could be the same with the L/E?

If it was my father's handiwork - that would be my guess.

He was the last Engineer in our family to be spelling-proficient.

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Postby Dog Tyred » Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:22 pm

Blackal wrote:Not sure.

I imagine the 'artist' did the sailing ship first, then the letters.

Not happy with the 'A' - it looks like he has gone on to try to better it - could be the same with the L/E?

If it was my father's handiwork - that would be my guess.

He was the last Engineer in our family to be spelling-proficient.

(When I was 3 yrs old - I wanted to be an engineer.............

Now - I are one! :D )


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Nice family heirloom mind.

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Postby Blackal » Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:26 pm

Got an unmarked larger tooth, along with a whale's eardrum....... :shock:

(perhaps my mum made some strange soup back then :? )

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Postby Dog Tyred » Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:23 pm

Al

It's difficult to put a scale to the size of that tooth on it's own. How big is it?

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Postby Blackal » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:09 pm

That one is around 6", and the stained tip is what shows above the gum-line,

The other one I have is much whiter (I suspect the owner flossed regularly) and is probably 7-8" long.

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Postby Mitch1100 » Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:00 am

DT don't know if you got to Tofino,Ucluelet area where we stayed but kayaking with seals, otters, dolphins, whales was awesome.
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Postby Gromit » Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:01 pm

Our little Em...

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Postby Mitch1100 » Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:44 pm

Stunning capture..light is perfect!

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Postby Gromit » Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:49 pm

Cheers Mitch. :)

I took this a few months ago whilst I was a 'single parent' owing to Mrs Gromit being away on a 4 month deployment. I'd just trimmed Emma's fringe, hence why she was looking a tad miffed...I thought I'd done quite well. :D


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