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Caught on Video: Orca Whale Tails Swimming Dog in New Zealand

Nov. 17, 2012 11:15am
Caught on Video: Orca Whale Tails Swimming Dog in New Zealand

Image source: YouTube

A diver and a dog got more than they bargained for when they found themselves incredibly close to several orca whales in New Zealand.

Video posted on YouTube this week shows the diver quickly scrambling onto the rocks as the fins approache and a black labrador that had been fetching sticks quickly paddling to the shore.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Most likely neither the diver nor the dog were in danger from these killer whales because orcas are unknown to have ever intentionally harmed a human in the wild, nor attacked dogs either as far as I am aware – and these were most likely the fish eating type that specializes in hunting rays in the shallows around this part of New Zealand. Orcas pretty much stick to their accustomed menus, and human or dog are not on it; they just may be as curious about us as we are about them.

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  • NSDQ
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:05pm

    When the trolls have nothing else to do they spam, What sad, petty, pathetic people

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  • Larry E
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:18pm

    I’ve heard the same line of baloney about how wolves don’t attack people. If a person was unarmed and by himself who’d know because the remains would be eaten and scattered. In the case of an orca the same thing and even harder to find the remains.

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    • K Chad Roberts
      Posted on November 19, 2012 at 7:03pm

      They’re a wild animal, and are dangerous. I would never purposefully place myself in a hungry orcas path, however, I think what the quote meant was that orcas (just like wolf packs) are not vicious towards humans. They have no desire or reason to attack, so the relative danger was pretty insignificant.

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  • kathystone
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:01pm

    There was a video on you tube of a guy waving to a friend and two orca grabbed him. There is an orca at Sea World that has attacked three trainers killing them. They are not sweet little creatures!

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    • Mr.buff1959
      Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:46am

      And your point is?

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    • Teufel Hunden
      Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:33am

      Kathy, don’t believe everything you see on YouTube. If the video of the guy getting snatched by an Orca was real, It would have been plastered all over the media. Not just YouTube. Ever hear of “Special Effects”. A computer can make a video into anything.

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  • stumpy68
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 3:31pm

    I hate to break it to you but your friend mom is doing porn

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 3:30pm

    Anybody that thinks any animal has a menu that they won’t stray from is an idiot. I also love how so called experts are able to determine the intentions of animals so that they can make idiotic claims like no orca whale has ever “intentionally” attacked a human or a dog. The lengths people go to in order to decieve people about the harsh realities of nature is insane.

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  • In the O.C.
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 3:26pm

    Oh – please…..

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    In the O.C.  
  • scrudge
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:59pm

    Ah Yes….. looks like oBOZOS new tax plan in action

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  • toomuchgovt
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:47pm

    The most amazing thing I ever saw was on a whale watching trip. The guide was amazed as well, they were speechless as the whales with babies in tow put on a show like they had never seen. They kept coming up to the boat (very close) looking at us, then the mothers would swim idle while the babies put on a show, I am not kidding. They jumped out of the water, turned, and flipped, it was amazing. The mothers would continually come up to the boat and with one eye look right at us. When they all swam away the guide came back on the speakers and said now that is something you only see on National Geographic, Did anyone caught it on video? Of course we were all so amazed only a few people got very blurry pictures.

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  • busterpuddles
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:22pm

    Looks like the dog yelled at that orca for scaring him. “You scared me! Don’t do that again!”

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    • db321
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:32pm

      That is one bad a$ss Dog! I like it when the Good Dog Wins!

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  • Michigander
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:06pm

    I don’t want anything that big being curious about me.

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  • Teufel Hunden
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:05pm

    The guy with the cell phone is having a pretty good laugh. I wouldn’t put it past some dirty bastard to throw a stick to get the dog in the water to catch it on video. Anyone that would do that should have their a.s.s. kicked!

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  • Wartface
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 1:52pm

    Fighto got out of the water, schook the water out of his ears, and gave that huge fish a good talking to… Good dog!

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 1:03pm

    Orcas don’t eat dog. Obama does.

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  • taintso
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:54pm

    De-bone Obama and sell as a wet suit.

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    taintso  
  • BornGreen
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:46pm

    Dumb video

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    BornGreen  
  • Tafel1
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:36pm

    Dog:
    Definitely chewing up your flippers and wet suit when I get home.

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  • LimaBean
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:34pm

    Hmm. Anything that scares the holy heck out of great white sharks, I’m inclined to give plenty of room. Beautiful animals.

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  • forthepeople
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:31pm

    Lucky Dog ! looks like a seal Orca’s favorite food !

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  • ellietoo
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:31pm

    Yeah, sure Orcas are just fish eaters! Have you ever seen an Orca attack a seal? It is frightening. You better bet they would eat a human or a dog! They wait off the shore line for seals to go fishing and pick them and their babies off like flies. Who is this “expert?”

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    • Kupo
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 1:36pm

      Dude, learn what you’re talking about. Not all orcas eat seals. Different pods are very prone to specializing in eating only certain foods, such as the rays mentioned in this article.

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      Kupo  
    • Kupo
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 1:37pm

      And no, they don’t eat humans.

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      Kupo  
    • Polarized America
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

      But they will eat moogles & kupo’s, i saw that on the mainstream media

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    • g56
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 2:32pm

      Orcas tend to specialize, some are fish eaters and others mammal eaters, but there’s no guarantee whether they might go outside of their customary food group. The orca might have just been curious, or it could have been trying to decide if what it was following might make a nice snack.

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    • Polarized America
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 3:21pm

      “” but there’s no guarantee whether they might go outside of their customary food group”"

      Careful ..G56…That does not compute .. we need a video with sound before such claims.
      and we all know that in the Animal kingdom, all Animals stick to their ” specialized foods”
      I hear some Orcas only eat Squid. a la mode.. with a scoop of Clam Cream on top.
      and we all know they never get sick, cuz if they did , well maybe they would go outside their
      ” specialized food menu ” and there’s no proof of that as of yet …. * sar____

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    • Polarized America
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 3:42pm

      Careful ..G56…That does not compute ..to some ( not you G )
      But kids nowadays seem to lack logic ((( some that is ))))
      but they will tell you the full story of the “” Final Fantasy “” i just looked up that stuff about
      moogles & kupo’s < —strange

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      Polarized America  
    • OlderCowGirl
      Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:11pm

      @ Kupo…you’d better learn what you’re talking about. I’ve seen the video of 2 Orcas eating a human. You cannot photo-shop or otherwise fix that video. You get your facts straight.

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  • MrObvious
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:59am

    Orcas can be unpredictable and, generally, have high intelligence, second only to humans. These guys were clearly not on the menu, that day. If they had been, we, probably, would never have seen this story.

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    • nonofmybiznez
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:54pm

      Yep, that whale was only checking them. Otherwise they can even come up on shore to get their meal and they wriggle back into the water when they are done. Lucky dog and stupid human. Dog doesn’t know better and human does.

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  • PeaceAndHarmony
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:39am

    Scary.

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  • duckwalker
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:39am

    that post from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer:may be one of the dumbest statements of all time. Dogs aren’t on their “accustomed menus”. How many dogs has an orca ever seen for crap sakes. Have you ever seen Orca’s attacking seals and the sprays of blood. I”m suprised the knucklehead that wrote that story in the Seattle paper didn’t say Orca’s only eatsea grass. How do these folks make it through school.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:52am

      They go to Obama school and get stuff.

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    • Kupo
      Posted on November 17, 2012 at 1:02pm

      Orcas are extremely picky eaters and it’s also true that different populations of orcas further specialize in eating certain foods. That dogs are such a rare sight in the ocean is a main reason why the dog was likely quite safe.

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  • Proverbs17-12NLT
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:36am

    Great, Another Half White Half Black Killer.

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    Proverbs17-12NLT  
  • chips1
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:35am

    Aren’t Orca whales black and white? That dog almost got the Obama treatment.

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  • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
    Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:21am

    The dog’s new name is “lunch”.

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    GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas  
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