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Seal's close call with killer whale in Patagonia - Telegraph
A killer whale, or orca, narrowly missed out on catching a young seal off the coast of Patagonia.

An astonishing sequence of images showed the orca emerging from shallow icy waters towards the shore in an attempt to feed on the seal pup.

Rob Lott , a photographer and conservationist, travelled to Patagonia to study and photograph the foraging behaviour of a pod of 18 orcas.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 04:02:44 PM EST
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The second photo is lucky brilliance by the photographer, and is heart-rending.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 06:34:22 PM EST
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Assuming we share the view that we're all related, of course.  Or in the Lakota language, Mitakuye Oyas'in... all my relations.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 06:37:19 PM EST
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Not really lucky: the guy probably sat there for most of the month just to get those images. The amount of hard work - well sitting very still for ages - that goes into wildlife photography is amazing.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 01:21:50 AM EST
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Heart-rending ? For prey or predator ? Orca's gotta eat too. After all, seals ain't too fussy about all the fish they kill.

And we as a species didn't get where we are today by refusing a good protein packed lunch on the hoof.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 09:31:41 AM EST
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