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[DennisD]

I thought this was a great picture. Would love to know what happened next.



My money would be on the bird.

[MajoMo]

Hi DennisD,

For a look at this picture... What will happen next?

Would be your money on the...

[LuLu]

MajoMo, on Apr 29 2007, 07:51 PM, said:

Hi DennisD,

For a look at this picture... What will happen next?

Would be your money on the...

This picture still amazes me. But as for what would happen next? It'd scare the crap out of anyone...till they realize it's just a dolphin. I've seen them a few times when I've been out surfing. Very neat to watch, especially when it's a whole pod playing in the waves.

[CTskifreak]

My bet is on the bird....pwnage!!!

That dolphin picture is sweet! I'd be scared if that was me though.

AJ

[DennisD]

LuLu, on Apr 30 2007, 05:07 AM, said:

This picture still amazes me. But as for what would happen next? It'd scare the crap out of anyone...till they realize it's just a dolphin. I've seen them a few times when I've been out surfing. Very neat to watch, especially when it's a whole pod playing in the waves.

Hi Lulu, are you sure that's a dolphin?

I'll bow to your experience, and although it's hard to tell looking through the water, is that not a vertical tail fin? A very scary vertical tail fin.

[LuLu]

DennisD, on Apr 30 2007, 06:14 PM, said:

Hi Lulu, are you sure that's a dolphin?

I'll bow to your experience, and although it's hard to tell looking through the water, is that not a vertical tail fin? A very scary vertical tail fin.

Nope it's not vertical. It kind of appears to be because of the curve of the wave, but if you notice the dorsal fin is highly curved like a dolphin. Here is another image in the sequence from that photo and if you look closely, you will see the tail is flat and horizontal.

[DennisD]

LuLu, on Apr 30 2007, 11:23 PM, said:

Nope it's not vertical. It kind of appears to be because of the curve of the wave, but if you notice the dorsal fin is highly curved like a dolphin. Here is another image in the sequence from that photo and if you look closely, you will see the tail is flat and horizontal.

That second picture does it alright, although I never doubted you for 1 second.

[LuLu]

DennisD, on Apr 30 2007, 06:49 PM, said:

That second picture does it alright, although I never doubted you for 1 second.

Haha suuuuure you didn't. Actually, there's still a big debate about that photo. It made Kurt Jones famous, that's for sure. Regardless of what it actually is in the water, it's still an awesome photo.

[burtman]

Stilll ... it is a big f**ing fish.
I would not wanna be in the water with it until I knew better!

[mfenech]

[LuLu]

burtman, on May 4 2007, 08:59 PM, said:

Stilll ... it is a big f**ing fish.
I would not wanna be in the water with it until I knew better!

Yeah, they are big. And powerful and graceful and so much fun to watch and swim with. And the best part is that when dolphins are around, sharks usually are not.

[fireryone]

mfenech, on May 5 2007, 12:33 PM, said:

Here is the original

[b]LuLu[/b] said:

Yeah, they are big. And powerful and graceful and so much fun to watch and swim with. And the best part is that when dolphins are around, sharks usually are not.

As long as its not one of thease:

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1649

[LuLu]

LOL ew. I have no idea what kind of shark that is, but dolphins can fend off great whites, tiger sharks and even makos, so they may be able to take on that sucker as well.

[fireryone]

LuLu, on May 5 2007, 01:45 PM, said:

LOL ew. I have no idea what kind of shark that is, but dolphins can fend off great whites, tiger sharks and even makos, so they may be able to take on that sucker as well.

According to the site it is a

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basking shark. The shark was 9-meters long and weighed over 4.5 tons

[LuLu]

Oh that's nothing to worry about. A basking shark is a filter-feeder. It basically lives off plankton, small fish and fish eggs. It's also known as a sun fish or elephant shark (because of it's large size).

[fireryone]

ok then

just have to dodge its tail

[LuLu]

fireryone, on May 5 2007, 12:58 AM, said:

ok then

just have to dodge its tail

Haha good idea.

[CTskifreak]

I've seen that panda clip before...that's a neat edit on it.

That shark is freakin' huge - if I was scuba diving and saw that, I'd probably faint underwater.

I love finding that random picture that makes your day.

AJ

[hazelnut]

GCNbball8, on May 5 2007, 07:10 PM, said:

I'd probably faint underwater.

AJ

That's a great line

[CTskifreak]

Should I copyright it??

LOL

AJ