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Brian Ross wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 6:21pm: Setanta wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 5:02pm: Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 4:57pm: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 4:36pm: Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 2:09pm: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 20 th, 2019 at 1:52pm: Johnnie wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 10:35pm: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 10:26pm: Johnnie wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 9:42pm: Setanta wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 9:23pm: Johnnie wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 9:17pm: Setanta wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 9:08pm: Johnnie wrote on Oct 19 th, 2019 at 9:00pm: Whale watchers off the coast of Ballina in northern New South Wales have held a front-row seat to the gruesome spectacle of a juvenile humpback whale being devoured by a pod of killer whales.
The attack happened just 2 kilometres off the breakwall at Ballina, as the local whale-watching charter was running its Saturday morning tour.
Skipper Dean Fuchs said it was one of the most amazing sights he had ever seen out on the ocean.
Mr Fuchs said a mother humpback whale, a calf and a male escort humpback whale were frolicking in the calm conditions when a pod of about 30 orcas emerged.
The orcas managed to separate the calf from the adult humpbacks before drowning and devouring it.
Mr Fuchs said the killer whales then surrounded the tour boat for more than two hours and seemed to be celebrating their kill by bringing a bit of blubber over to the boat.
They are our friends, lucky for that. It's been a bit of a story around here. I live in Lismore, not far from Ballina. It's been cool watching the too and fro. Poor baby humpback, orcas gotta eat and are doing their thing, tears and understanding of how nature works. Sucks for the baby and it's mum, orcas get what they need and ma Humpback loses a child. The Orcas held the baby under water till it drowned is what I have got from it. Edit: It's funny that people can't accept man is the same. Why don't they eat people, there is a connection going on there. We don't want to get on the wrong side of them beasts. I could think of a few people to feed them. They are as we are. We do eat people, not literally, but we do, we feed off their lives. We have done ever since man was. Well even sometimes literally. Nature is wonderful and ignorant of what we call cruel. Are you saying they don't eat us because they are not cannibals, but they are fish. They are mammals, not fish.  Technically speaking yes but they have fins and flippers so they are fish like. half fish half man. Technically nothing. They are mammals. They breed live young, feed them milk, have hair and breath air. Fish do none of that. Run along back to your little kiddies' playground where you can play with your childish friends as much as you like. some fish breathe air muppet. One or two species, Hammer. Generally, Fish do not breath air. They do not have hair, they do not produce milk and they do not bear live young. QED. Lung breathers[edit] Lungfish (Dipnoi): Six species, have limb like fins, and can breathe air. Some are obligate air breathers, meaning they will drown if not given access to breathe air. Some species will bury in the mud when the body of water they live in dries up, surviving up to two years until water returns. Bichir (Polypteridae): 12 species, are the only ray-finned fish to retain lungs. They are facultative air-breathers, requiring access to surface air to breathe in poorly oxygenated water.[1] Various other "lunged" fish: now extinct, a few of this group were ancestors of the stem tetrapods that led to all tetrapods: Lissamphibia, sauropsids and mammals. there's 18 species for fish with lungs. And then there's a load of Gill or skin breathers. 1 or 2 species???  And mammals don't generally live in the sea. So? There are also fish that bear live young. Actually, they don't, not in the way Mammals do. They gestate their eggs internally and hatch them, internally and then release them. Yes, there are some fishes with primitive lungs but as I have said, they are the exceptions to the rule. Fish, generally do not breath air, they do not bear live young, they do not feed them on milk and they do not have hair. Orcas and other whales and porpoises and dolphins do. QED. Still incorrect certain species sharks bear live young & they are not simply internally gestated eggs. They are produced sexually & gestated by placenta to a type of uterus. Quote:GIVING BIRTH TO LIVE SHARKS (VIVIPARITY). The female gives birth to live offspring, just like mammals, and they are born fully developed. There is a placental link to the eggs since they feed on the placenta. Specifically, the yolk sac develops within a placenta that is attached to the wall of the uterus and gives the offspring the nutrients necessary for their growth. Examples of viviparous are hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae family), the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and the blue shark (Prionace glauca). https://www.sharks-world.com/shark_reproduction/
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