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Title: Look out, he's behind you! Eight-ton orca leaps 15ft into the air to finally capture dolphin he wanted for dinner after two-hour chase
Post by: flowers on July 26, 2013, 08:13:33 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2377154/Eight-ton-orca-leaps-15ft-air-finally-capture-dolphin-hour-chase.html?ICO=most_read_module

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    The dolphin was originally part of a small group swimming off the Mexican coast
    But the others managed to get away - leaving it at the mercy of a whole pod of whales



With the setting sun just beginning to turn the sky pink, a killer whale leaps out of the ocean and soars into the air, spray cascading down in its wake.

It is a magnificent image. Except the whale’s dive has a purpose – the dolphin quivering 15ft below.

These astonishing photographs record the final act of a chase that lasted two hours, and ended with the dolphin trapped in the jaws of the eight-ton orca.

The dolphin was originally part of a small group swimming off the Mexican coast but the others managed to get away, leaving it at the mercy of a whole pod of whales.

Title: Re: Look out, he's behind you! Eight-ton orca leaps 15ft into the air to finally capture dolphin he wanted for dinner after two-hour chase
Post by: massadvj on July 26, 2013, 08:21:38 pm

Anyone who has ever received notice of an IRS audit knows exactly how that poor dolphin felt.

Title: Re: Look out, he's behind you! Eight-ton orca leaps 15ft into the air to finally capture dolphin he wanted for dinner after two-hour chase
Post by: flowers on July 26, 2013, 11:50:50 pm

Quote from: massadvj on July 26, 2013, 08:21:38 pm

Anyone who has ever received notice of an IRS audit knows exactly how that poor dolphin felt.

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