# OMG!!...I've heard fish jumping in boat stories.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989 "2005-01-10T03:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/21 "2005-01-10T16:15:06Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Which part didn’t you understand? [Orcas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca) hunt seals, just like sharks. It is theorized that sharks have mistaken surfboarders AND kayakers for seals. (From below they have a very similar silhouette) Therefore, it’s also possible that this is what occured in the footage. Maybe not as likely, but possible. Certainly mine was a more scientific posit than yours. :dubious: yourself! Actually Orca’s have also been known to “play” with seals for shits 'n giggles. Unfortunately for the seal, this can mean a very long, slow and frightening death getting battered. (Saw the most depressing footage of two orcas tossing a baby seal around like they were playing water polo.) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/22 "2005-01-10T16:17:44Z")
But then, since we don’t have the complete footage, for all we know the guy was chomped in half on the _second_ pass… ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/23 "2005-01-10T16:20:33Z")
Yeah, that exact behavior was mentioned in the link I posted\*\* Eats\_Crayons\*\*. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/24 "2005-01-10T16:29:22Z")
Lest non one forget that whales scratch itches by **Breaching** - the exact thing that was depicted in the video. Having worked with Beluga Whales and Dolphins whilst in College, I can say that the Orca does rank quite high on the intelligence scale. I would say that whale in the footage was playing, not hunting, or scratching an itch. Furthermore, I wish I could find the footage, but I’ve seen footage of a pod of orca ripping 55-gallon drum sized bits of flesh off a sick blue whale. Something they would not normally have done had the whale been healthy. It was gruesome footage but it is nature nontheless. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/25 "2005-01-10T16:36:56Z")
**Phlosphr** I bow to your greater experience of this matter. Thank you for being civil. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/26 "2005-01-10T18:59:57Z")
This entire thread in meaningless unless [this](http://manningworldnews.com/archives/000575.php) is included. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/27 "2005-01-10T19:31:27Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > This entire thread in meaningless unless [this](http://manningworldnews.com/archives/000575.php) is included. Who knew whales liked guzzling cheap beer and eating Fritos with bean dip… That’s impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/28 "2005-01-10T21:17:16Z")
Just imagine the whale back at the pod: > [@Shamu](#): > > I once caught a kayaker **this** big! ---
**Author:** ![Verminary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@Verminary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verminary)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/29 "2005-01-10T22:14:59Z")
How the heck did he manage to stay in the kayak? I have a vague notion that experienced kayakers do learn to roll back over if they’ve been flipped… but hatchee matchee, that guy must have been glued in! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/30 "2005-01-11T16:09:39Z")
Unfortunately, snopes has listed this as [False](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/kayak.asp) - it’s actually a Japanese commercial for some kind of energy drink ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989/31 "2005-01-11T16:18:34Z")
Red Orca Now with 33% more masticated kayaker! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-ive-heard-fish-jumping-in-boat-stories/283989.md?page=1)