Good fun for an afternoon, I couldn't make a habit of it, but I bet the kids love it.
For me the peace of kayaking beats everything. In Wales we had dolphins pass us unexpectedly, huge blue jelly fish would float under our kayaks...tentacles drifting out after them...which was actually the reason we bought the kayaks, it was often safer to be on the water rather than in it.
Yeah, when I fall off my paddleboard I wonder what sort of aquatic life might be sharing the water with me.
Depending on what body of water I'm in, I share that space with venomous snakes, alligators, stingrays, jellyfish, sharks and an occasional pig. The latter not being too much danger in the water..
While I still appreciate wildlife, you get a different kind of appreciation when you are close enough to it to get fucked up by it.
I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks, most of them are harmless....the rest on your list I would hate....the thought of a pig swimming up to me gives me the creeps.
Have you ever swam alongside dolphins?
Tigers are very placid to dive with, especially the big females like 5.5 metre+ Kamakai for example.
Maddog said
May 17 12:04 AM, 2021
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
And this is our state past time in the summer.
Tubing.
Good fun for an afternoon, I couldn't make a habit of it, but I bet the kids love it.
For me the peace of kayaking beats everything. In Wales we had dolphins pass us unexpectedly, huge blue jelly fish would float under our kayaks...tentacles drifting out after them...which was actually the reason we bought the kayaks, it was often safer to be on the water rather than in it.
Yeah, when I fall off my paddleboard I wonder what sort of aquatic life might be sharing the water with me.
Depending on what body of water I'm in, I share that space with venomous snakes, alligators, stingrays, jellyfish, sharks and an occasional pig. The latter not being too much danger in the water..
While I still appreciate wildlife, you get a different kind of appreciation when you are close enough to it to get fucked up by it.
I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks, most of them are harmless....the rest on your list I would hate....the thought of a pig swimming up to me gives me the creeps.
Have you ever swam alongside dolphins?
I have wade fished on the Texas golf coast. They occasionally come up near you looking for the same fish you are. I've watched them swim in tight circles trying to mess up the schools and pick them off. It's kind of impressive once you realize it's not a shark coming to chew on you.
I have snorkeled in the ocean in the same waters as dolphin too. Never with them. They didn't really cooperate.
It looked like this, but the fish didn't jump out of the water.
John Doe said
May 17 4:00 AM, 2021
Not a bad vid but a bit dumb for the masses, been seen many times but hopefully it will make a few people think for once, it won't - people would rather their children burn or die of COVID than upset their fictional Gods just look at the Middle-East.
Shame.
-- Edited by John Doe on Monday 17th of May 2021 04:28:26 AM
Syl said
May 17 12:22 PM, 2021
John Doe wrote:
Syl wrote:
Good fun for an afternoon, I couldn't make a habit of it, but I bet the kids love it.
For me the peace of kayaking beats everything. In Wales we had dolphins pass us unexpectedly, huge blue jelly fish would float under our kayaks...tentacles drifting out after them...which was actually the reason we bought the kayaks, it was often
I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks, most of them are harmless....the rest on your list I would hate....the thought of a pig swimming up to me gives me the creeps.
Have you ever swam alongside dolphins?
Tigers are very placid to dive with, especially the big females like 5.5 metre+ Kamakai for example.
That looks magical. The dolphins we have swum with were smaller obviously, I think the oldest and largest one was 12ft. I have videos of him jumping out of the water and over me while I was in the water.
Syl said
May 17 12:29 PM, 2021
Maddog wrote:
I have wade fished on the Texas golf coast. They occasionally come up near you looking for the same fish you are. I've watched them swim in tight circles trying to mess up the schools and pick them off. It's kind of impressive once you realize it's not a shark coming to chew on you.
I have snorkeled in the ocean in the same waters as dolphin too. Never with them. They didn't really cooperate.
That video is amazing of them rounding up the fish.
I suppose it depends on how used to people they are, some inhabit areas where people are not allowed to swim with them. We have been on boat trips where there are families of pilot whales and dolphins, but getting in the water is strictly forbidden.
In Israel where we went, the dolphins are protected and freely live in the ocean but they can come further in to interact with people IF they feel like it....if they don't, tough.
Maddog said
May 17 5:01 PM, 2021
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
I have wade fished on the Texas golf coast. They occasionally come up near you looking for the same fish you are. I've watched them swim in tight circles trying to mess up the schools and pick them off. It's kind of impressive once you realize it's not a shark coming to chew on you.
I have snorkeled in the ocean in the same waters as dolphin too. Never with them. They didn't really cooperate.
That video is amazing of them rounding up the fish.
I suppose it depends on how used to people they are, some inhabit areas where people are not allowed to swim with them. We have been on boat trips where there are families of pilot whales and dolphins, but getting in the water is strictly forbidden.
In Israel where we went, the dolphins are protected and freely live in the ocean but they can come further in to interact with people IF they feel like it....if they don't, tough.
Yeah, the dolphins in the backwaters of the Texas coast don't really swim with folks. No one goes to these areas except to hunt or fish.
It's basically a muddy, brown marsh of thousands of square miles of water a few feet deep.
You have to get what we call gulf side, which is on the barrier islands beyond the main land, if you want to swim with dolphins, but I really recommend Florida for that kind of stuff. Our water isn't nearly as clear.
-- Edited by Maddog on Monday 17th of May 2021 05:02:30 PM
John Doe said
May 17 10:05 PM, 2021
Syl wrote:
John Doe wrote:
Syl wrote:
Good fun for an afternoon, I couldn't make a habit of it, but I bet the kids love it.
For me the peace of kayaking beats everything. In Wales we had dolphins pass us unexpectedly, huge blue jelly fish would float under our kayaks...tentacles drifting out after them...which was actually the reason we bought the kayaks, it was often
I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks, most of them are harmless....the rest on your list I would hate....the thought of a pig swimming up to me gives me the creeps.
Have you ever swam alongside dolphins?
Tigers are very placid to dive with, especially the big females like 5.5 metre+ Kamakai for example.
That looks magical. The dolphins we have swum with were smaller obviously, I think the oldest and largest one was 12ft. I have videos of him jumping out of the water and over me while I was in the water.
Bottlenose dolphins are big animals and 12 ft is nothing to sniff at Syl!
Maddog said
May 17 11:20 PM, 2021
These are not that fun to swim with. I don't recommend it. They tend to give folks nasty infections.
Good fun for an afternoon, I couldn't make a habit of it, but I bet the kids love it.
For me the peace of kayaking beats everything. In Wales we had dolphins pass us unexpectedly, huge blue jelly fish would float under our kayaks...tentacles drifting out after them...which was actually the reason we bought the kayaks, it was often
I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks, most of them are harmless....the rest on your list I would hate....the thought of a pig swimming up to me gives me the creeps.
Have you ever swam alongside dolphins?
Tigers are very placid to dive with, especially the big females like 5.5 metre+ Kamakai for example.
That looks magical. The dolphins we have swum with were smaller obviously, I think the oldest and largest one was 12ft. I have videos of him jumping out of the water and over me while I was in the water.
Bottlenose dolphins are big animals and 12 ft is nothing to sniff at Syl!
They are big, especially when they suddenly appear at your side and swim alongside you....they also feel like rubber, and they smile too.
Maddog said
May 18 12:54 AM, 2021
Syl wrote:
What happened there ? /\
Stingray.
They are pretty common on the Texas coast, especially in the bays and areas with calm waters. When you get in these waters you shuffle your feet to stirr up the bottom and scare them off. And many fisherman wear ray guards which may or may not prevent the barbs from going through you. The initial wound isn't the problem. The Ray's tail is full of bacteria that sets in.
Syl said
May 18 1:01 AM, 2021
Wasn't it a stingray that killed Steve Irwin?
Maddog said
May 18 1:26 AM, 2021
Syl wrote:
Wasn't it a stingray that killed Steve Irwin?
Yup.
But that was a freak accident. He got a barb in the chest. Usually, they just whip your leg with their tail and rip it open and leave a barb or two in it.
Syl said
May 18 12:09 PM, 2021
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Wasn't it a stingray that killed Steve Irwin?
Yup.
But that was a freak accident. He got a barb in the chest. Usually, they just whip your leg with their tail and rip it open and leave a barb or two in it.
It was horrible, he messed about with crocs and God knows what, then was killed by something that isn't widely known to be dangerous.
Maddog said
May 18 2:52 PM, 2021
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Wasn't it a stingray that killed Steve Irwin?
Yup.
But that was a freak accident. He got a barb in the chest. Usually, they just whip your leg with their tail and rip it open and leave a barb or two in it.
It was horrible, he messed about with crocs and God knows what, then was killed by something that isn't widely known to be dangerous.
I have mixed opinions about people like him. While I don't want people being unnecessarily afraid of nature, he had a show that downplayed the risk that it caused. As I said above, there are a lot of things in nature that can fuck you up pretty good. And as Steve learned, also kill you...
Syl said
May 18 5:33 PM, 2021
I agree....I didn't follow his career, but I did see him a couple of times on TV seemingly playing around with animals he should have had more respect for.
Maddog said
May 18 8:16 PM, 2021
Syl wrote:
I agree....I didn't follow his career, but I did see him a couple of times on TV seemingly playing around with animals he should have had more respect for.
There was a guy (from California I think) that decided that Alaskan bears were given a bad rap and could actually living amongst humans. He lived with them a few months, went and got a girlfriend to come up there with him.
Don't recall the exact details, but I think it had something to do with them going into mating season. Wildlife officials ended up killing a Grizzly that decided the two "Bear People" looked tasty.
Treadwell was a moron who pushed his luck for years, I have seen many clips of him patting bears on the arse when they were trying to hunt salmon. One turned on him so quick he was lucky it stopped itself from killing him there and then.
Bears are generally really peaceful if you respect them and know their behaviour - he did not and paid the price.
Tigers are very placid to dive with, especially the big females like 5.5 metre+ Kamakai for example.
I have wade fished on the Texas golf coast. They occasionally come up near you looking for the same fish you are. I've watched them swim in tight circles trying to mess up the schools and pick them off. It's kind of impressive once you realize it's not a shark coming to chew on you.
I have snorkeled in the ocean in the same waters as dolphin too. Never with them. They didn't really cooperate.
It looked like this, but the fish didn't jump out of the water.
Not a bad vid but a bit dumb for the masses, been seen many times but hopefully it will make a few people think for once, it won't - people would rather their children burn or die of COVID than upset their fictional Gods just look at the Middle-East.
Shame.
-- Edited by John Doe on Monday 17th of May 2021 04:28:26 AM
That looks magical. The dolphins we have swum with were smaller obviously, I think the oldest and largest one was 12ft. I have videos of him jumping out of the water and over me while I was in the water.
I have wade fished on the Texas golf coast. They occasionally come up near you looking for the same fish you are. I've watched them swim in tight circles trying to mess up the schools and pick them off. It's kind of impressive once you realize it's not a shark coming to chew on you.
I have snorkeled in the ocean in the same waters as dolphin too. Never with them. They didn't really cooperate.
That video is amazing of them rounding up the fish.
I suppose it depends on how used to people they are, some inhabit areas where people are not allowed to swim with them. We have been on boat trips where there are families of pilot whales and dolphins, but getting in the water is strictly forbidden.
In Israel where we went, the dolphins are protected and freely live in the ocean but they can come further in to interact with people IF they feel like it....if they don't, tough.
Yeah, the dolphins in the backwaters of the Texas coast don't really swim with folks. No one goes to these areas except to hunt or fish.
It's basically a muddy, brown marsh of thousands of square miles of water a few feet deep.
You have to get what we call gulf side, which is on the barrier islands beyond the main land, if you want to swim with dolphins, but I really recommend Florida for that kind of stuff. Our water isn't nearly as clear.
-- Edited by Maddog on Monday 17th of May 2021 05:02:30 PM
Bottlenose dolphins are big animals and 12 ft is nothing to sniff at Syl!
These are not that fun to swim with. I don't recommend it. They tend to give folks nasty infections.
They are big, especially when they suddenly appear at your side and swim alongside you....they also feel like rubber, and they smile too.
Stingray.
They are pretty common on the Texas coast, especially in the bays and areas with calm waters. When you get in these waters you shuffle your feet to stirr up the bottom and scare them off. And many fisherman wear ray guards which may or may not prevent the barbs from going through you. The initial wound isn't the problem. The Ray's tail is full of bacteria that sets in.
Yup.
But that was a freak accident. He got a barb in the chest. Usually, they just whip your leg with their tail and rip it open and leave a barb or two in it.
It was horrible, he messed about with crocs and God knows what, then was killed by something that isn't widely known to be dangerous.
I have mixed opinions about people like him. While I don't want people being unnecessarily afraid of nature, he had a show that downplayed the risk that it caused. As I said above, there are a lot of things in nature that can fuck you up pretty good. And as Steve learned, also kill you...
There was a guy (from California I think) that decided that Alaskan bears were given a bad rap and could actually living amongst humans. He lived with them a few months, went and got a girlfriend to come up there with him.
Don't recall the exact details, but I think it had something to do with them going into mating season. Wildlife officials ended up killing a Grizzly that decided the two "Bear People" looked tasty.
This fool.
Treadwell was a moron who pushed his luck for years, I have seen many clips of him patting bears on the arse when they were trying to hunt salmon. One turned on him so quick he was lucky it stopped itself from killing him there and then.
Bears are generally really peaceful if you respect them and know their behaviour - he did not and paid the price.