KILLER WHALES: SMARTER THAN TV "REALITY"-SHOW PARTICIPANTS?

We report; you decide.

(Thanks to Claire Martin)

Comments

[daisymae]

(looks around)

First!

[Joy]

Well, what kind of bait would it take to lure the reality show participants out there?

[Joy]

Pah on the "preview" function...*shakes fist*

[WriterDude]

Killer whales hunt like wolves, encircling prey before attacking.

It's safe to bet that they mark their territories a bit differently, though.

[slyeyes (Not Dave)]

?

The page won't open, I just get a red page.

Or I'm having a stroke. If I AM having a stroke, then I'd like to go home early.

[daisymae]

"In the stomachs of orcas, scientists have found... even a moose."

Reckon the moose was having a swim????

Anybody click on the "10 deadliest animals link?"

[Mad Soapboxer]

I don't know how smart that is.... seagulls MUST taste pretty nasty, still with the feathers on 'em and all? BLEAUGH!

BUT, properly cleaned, stuffed with groundhog dressing, roasted and served with jellyfish, THAT would be something!

[daisymae]

sly - that happened to me, too. Just go back and click again. It finally opened. (You are NOT having a stroke...you MAY go home if you want!)

[Mad Soapboxer]

slyeyes, you can't go home even if you're (not your) having a stroke -- company policy only allows you to leave early (unpaid) if you die.

[WriterDude]

Interesting -- a simulpost with Joy, with whom I was not previously acquainted. I guess we'll have to consider this the equivalent of a formal introduction. ;-)

[Guin]

A MOOSE???

[rita]

What kind of bait would it take to lure the reality show participants out there?

Booze and broads. Lots of both.

*goes back to watching "Paradise Hotel" on Reality TV*

[Bumble]

I didn't catch the bit about the moose. I was too appalled by the polar bear remains.

Note to self: Never go after apparently unclaimed fish parts with whale spit on them no matter how hungry you get.

[Mad Soapboxer]

Yeah, DM, I checked that out: 2 of the top 10 are lawyers, plus a sweet little pussycat in there too! Who'd of thunk it?

Also saw the link that says "You Learn Without Knowing It" - I didn't know that!

[kibby F5™]

A moose bit my sister once.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT ONE!

[Monty Python]

Once my sister was bitten by an orca who had eaten a moose.

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

They don't call them killer whales for nothing. This could explain the disappearance of boats within the Bermuda Triangle!

(Insert "Far-side" illustration, here.)

[abi]

I bet that moose tasted pretti nasti.

[Mad Soapboxer]

A moose once bit my sister... I hope that's the one the orca ate!

[Mad Soapboxer]

Good grief! That moose was VICIOUS! A serial sister biter!! Getting eaten serves it right!

[kibby F5™]

My sister's Orca bit a moose once.

[CoastRaven]

but if we cast out minds back a few days we could make some money off this. We should harvest the fish that been regurgitated and sell them for perfume! WERE GONNA BE RICH GUYS... WHOS WITH ME?!?!?

WOOOWHHOOOO - splash - aaaaaaahhhhhh

[mudstuffin]

Boy, imagine how much better Ameican Idol would be if they were to have them folks singing while trying to eat raw fish parts in an orca trap! I would watch that.

[Christobol]

I think they're saving this for the last season of Fear Factor, when they realize there's basically nothing scary enough to keep people from doing it if you promise to film it.

[American In Provence]

All I can say is I'm glad I don't get American Idol here, otherwise I might be setting Gull traps!!

[American In Provence]

Pukin' up fish guts that is

[American In Provence]

and Puking up fish guts WBAGNFARB

[ScottMGS]

Bumble - I suppose I shouldn't go after a slick of slick of booze and chewed-up broads either, eh?

[Annie Where-but-here]

My moose bit Sister Orca once. He was excommoosicated.

[Lairbo]

Somehow, I suspect that Gary Larson is behind all of this.

[«LabSpecimen»]

"Hey, Rocky! Wanna see me pull an orca outta my hat?"
"That trick never works."
"Presto!"
*munch* *munch* *munch*

[Bullwinkle]

I'm smarter than that, Lab.

[Rocky]

What?

[Lairbo]

LOL Lab!

[Tom Howe]

Baiting traps is nothing. Orca are long known to be way smarter than that. Consider: they never get caught eating humans.

Why not? Maybe they saw what happened to all sharks after just a few species got a reputation for snacking on people. Individual humans may be dumb, as a species, we're ferocious.

The question remains: are orca so smart they don't eat people?
...or so smart they don't get caught?

[orca]

I ain't sayin'

[echo]

Lab: it's just yooooooou!

[Christobol]

"Welcome back to Stupid. This week we have four contestents competing for a handful of tinsel. Please welcome our celebrity assistant, Bette Midler!"

"Hi."

"Super. Okay, contestants. After a random drawing it was determined you'd all go at the same time. Bette is going to shovel large quantities of pig rectum into your mouths while you attempt to disarm a large explosive in a backpack while suspended upside down from a helicopter over a pool of rabid moose and orcas. There will be no winners this week."

"Great! Should we take off our shirts now?"

"Sure."

[daisymae]

Cbol: Eeeeeeuw!

[Lairbo]

µ?c?bbe them orcas have been eating humans all along and cleverly pinning the rap on sharks. Now THAT'S smart!

It's rumored that in the original script of Jaws, it took place in the San Juan islands and was about an orca not a shark.

Scene: Beach on a San Juan island (what, like I'm supposed to remember all of their names?)

Brody, standing over chewed up remains of a naked stuntwoman: "So, what happened here?"
Vomiting beachgoer: "She got eaten by a big fish, an orca, I think."
Orca, disguised as tourist in madras shirt, cutoff jeans and Birkenstocks: "No, no, it was smaller than that. It was a shark. Yeah, that's it. A shark. Big one, though. Great White, maybe."
Brody: "Thanks, large smelly black and white tourist with fish bits and other kinds of raw meat hanging from your gigantic teeth."
Orca: "Don't mention it, officer. Say, are there any good sushi bars hereabouts?"

[Lairbo]

The first word of my last post was supposded to be "Mebbe".

I don't know what happened to it. Got eaten by a shark, I guess.

[Shredder]

If the Orcas already have food (the fish) why are they spitting it out? Are the seagulls that tasty? Maybe the KWs are just doing it for recreation, like hunting is to humans. "My that is a TASTY seagull. Did it come from the Big Kahouna Burger and Bird?"

[Guin]

KFS = Kentucky Fried Seagulls

[Mad Soapboxer]

C-bol, it's obvious "Stupid" is not an actual reality show, since we ALL know Bette Midler would NEVER stop at saying only "Hi." In fact, it would have to be a very LONG show unless they had a size large cork to shut her up with....

Just sayin...

[Annie Where-but-here]

C'bol - I'm not sure if you're on the wrong thread, the wrong meds, or the wrong planet, but *sn-orca*!

[Bumble]

Scott~ Probably not.

[Mad Soapboxer]

"size large cork to shut her up with...."
"...size large cork with which to shut her up?"

[Richard G.]

A MOOSE!?!?!?!?!?

I know I'm LTTG, but I planned to say that when I read the story, and even though eleventy people have already said it, I couldn't stop myself!

*cute smile*

[JaniceG]

For another view on the intelligence of whales, see this column.

[JaniceG]

For another view on the intelligence of whales, see this column

[sparrow]

Did anybody click on "The Top 10 Deadliest Animals?" Think about it, FIRST it was the Tokyo snake befriending the hamster; THEN Delhi's marauding monkeys became a security threat; AFTER THAT it was the Australian snakes "on the move" and NOW it's airborne crocodiles (see other thread). I am particularly distrubed by their eyes "which glow red in the car headlights."

I'm just not going outside anymore and keeping a close watch on my cats...

[AlanBoss]

I can't find a link to the story. But in todays paper I read a story about a whale off the coast of Santa Barbara that flipped up onto a boat, crushing the cabin and injuring a passenger. It then stroked the side of the boat with it's tail. (Hey! That's a fluke!) (Sorry) Then it came back and just stared at the boat. The article doesn't say so, but it sounds like a case of whale/boat lust, to me. NTTAWWT