The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Catching more than you bargained for
Courtesy of Chief Nose Wetter, here's a Russian trawler that hauled in a truly outsize catch.
What if he'd decided to stay? He'd have eaten all those fish within a day or so, and demanded more!
Sea lion, perhaps - rather-too-large for a simple seal...That, or an immature elephant seal - no distinctive "snout" apparent, from which the name partly-derives...
I think that poor thing is rather lucky to have survived, actually. Probably needed those few minutes on deck to catch a breath after being in the net, depending on how deep it was when it got snagged.
Is it my imagination, or did somebody put a round into the seal about 5 seconds before it jumps overboard? There's a crack sound and an impact low on the animal's back.
Not a gunshot. You can see something bounce off it and hit the fish layer a foot or so away. I think it was just a fish, or something of similar size, as it blends in with them after it lands. I'm wondering if the "object" was thrown by hand, or launched in some manner, as it does hit with some energy. Perhaps some sort of slingshot/catapult. I'm thinking they have run into this problem before, since it didn't take very long to encourage the big fish eater to abandon ship.
Now that is a surprise catch for sure.
ReplyDeleteQuite a big one at that too.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone out there.
Heltau
1st look I thought walrus, but no tusks. Female elephant seal?
ReplyDeleteSea lion, perhaps - rather-too-large for a simple seal...That, or an immature elephant seal - no distinctive "snout" apparent, from which the name partly-derives...
ReplyDeleteI think that poor thing is rather lucky to have survived, actually. Probably needed those few minutes on deck to catch a breath after being in the net, depending on how deep it was when it got snagged.
ReplyDeleteIs it my imagination, or did somebody put a round into the seal about 5 seconds before it jumps overboard? There's a crack sound and an impact low on the animal's back.
ReplyDeleteselkiemaine:
ReplyDeleteNot a gunshot. You can see something bounce off it and hit the fish layer a foot or so away. I think it was just a fish, or something of similar size, as it blends in with them after it lands. I'm wondering if the "object" was thrown by hand, or launched in some manner, as it does hit with some energy. Perhaps some sort of slingshot/catapult. I'm thinking they have run into this problem before, since it didn't take very long to encourage the big fish eater to abandon ship.