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Do we now have seal eating Killer Whale pods in Irish Waters

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  • #52
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Getting back to Killer Whales - it was interesting how the big male killed the seal, with a deadly belt of his massive tail. He must be some size with his dorsal fin alone over 6ft!!:eek:

    Males are typically 22 to 25 feet and weigh about six tonnes. They are some size for a Dolphin.

    They exhibit a lot of learned behaviour and their diet can vary by pod or population, with some groups specialising in particular fish species while others specialise in marine mammals. The pods around the North East Pacific have a diet of 96% Pacific salmon.

    They have very complex social structures - only surpassed by the higher primates and elephants.


  • #53
    kowloon
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    Not a huge fan of the term 'killer whale'.


  • #54
    dodderangler
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Are seals not used for meat? Shirley if there are so many of them they'd be a good source of meat instead of more farting cattle, we could farm the seals.

    Seals fart as-well and Don’t call me Shirley



    Sorry couldn’t resist that one


  • #55
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    kowloon wrote: »
    Not a huge fan of the term 'killer whale'.

    Absolutely agree, Orca will do just fine. They are closer to Dolphins than Whales but Killer Dolphin hasn't the same ring to it. Killer Whale came about because they prey at times on pups of some whale species and early whalers called them Whale Killers; this got twisted to Killer Whale.


  • #56
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Seals fart as-well and Don’t call me Shirley



    Sorry couldn’t resist that one

    But the source of methane is from ruminants belching or burping, not from farting.

    Seals don't digest plant based foods by fermentation, so no gases.


  • #57
    wexandproud
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    Arely Colossal Snack wrote: »
    Males are typically 22 to 25 feet and weigh about six tonnes. They are some size for a Dolphin.

    They exhibit a lot of learned behaviour and their diet can vary by pod or population, with some groups specialising in particular fish species while others specialise in marine mammals. The pods around the North East Pacific have a diet of 96% Pacific salmom

    They have very complex social structures - only surpassed by the higher primates and elephants.
    Thought they'd be bigger , they're a great '' fish'' though , would love to see them around more . the guy's fishing herrings off hook head see the fairly regularly during the winter
    no big fan of the seals though but having said that i often feed the resident one in kilmore so the kids on holidays can see it . I do think its time for a cull though


  • #58
    John_Rambo
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    There were two of Howth not so long ago, here's a video of them close to a trawler that was being tailed by seals.


    Language is a bit fruity if you're watching with kids...

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/watch-two-killer-whales-spotted-off-the-coast-of-dublin-886318.html

    Do you reckon they were hunting the seals?


  • #59
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    John_Rambo wrote: »
    There were two of Howth not so long ago, here's a video of them close to a trawler that was being tailed by seals.


    Language is a bit fruity if you're watching with kids...

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/watch-two-killer-whales-spotted-off-the-coast-of-dublin-886318.html

    Do you reckon they were hunting the seals?

    There's only a very low probability that they were hunting seals, as that population usually specialises in herring.


  • #60
    John_Rambo
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    Arely Colossal Snack wrote: »
    There's only a very low probability that they were hunting seals, as that population usually specialises in herring.


    Ah, I see, thanks for the info. There's a huge amount of seals in the area. I wonder will they cop on to the food source and learn to hunt them. Very interesting.


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  • #61
    magicbastarder
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    from this site, it seems the common seal population for ireland is about 5,000; but i can't find estimates for the grey seal population. anyone know?

    http://www.conserveireland.com/mammals/common_seal.php


  • #62
    John_Rambo
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    from this site, it seems the common seal population for ireland is about 5,000; but i can't find estimates for the grey seal population. anyone know?

    http://www.conserveireland.com/mammals/common_seal.php


    I'm no expert, but I spend a lot of time in Dublin bay and I was always under the impression that the grey population was bigger than the common seal population.



    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/nature-diary-common-seals-are-becoming-a-rare-sight-1.3561529


  • #63
    Rows Grower
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    Did a bit more research on this subject and thought some people might find this interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu_sAg-FAM

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #64
    Fourier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Causation does not imply correlation mr moderator.
    Off topic, but causation does imply correlation.

    It's the other way that doesn't work: correlation does not imply causation.


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