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09-07-2016, 09:43 AM
Orca frolics with a swimmer in rare, kinda dangerous close encounter
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**pe, this isn't a scene out of Free Willy.
It's actually taking place in the Army Bay, New Zealand, where a kayaker casually jumped out of his vessel to hang out with a curious orca on Monday. Tim Stewart is said daring kayaker, who told the NZ Herald (http://nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11704622) he went down to the ocean after he heard of orca sightings in the area.
Stewart said he wasn't scared at the start, but **ticed the orca had its mouth open when he made his way into the water. "I thought 'he just wants to play, but I hope he doesn't drag me down for a play,'" he told the news outlet.*
The footage was captured via drone by Topview Photography. Although it is a friendly-looking moment, it's worth **ting that swimming within 100 metres (109 yards) of the animal is illegal in New Zealand (http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/killer-whale-orca/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/kayaker-orca-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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**pe, this isn't a scene out of Free Willy.
It's actually taking place in the Army Bay, New Zealand, where a kayaker casually jumped out of his vessel to hang out with a curious orca on Monday. Tim Stewart is said daring kayaker, who told the NZ Herald (http://nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11704622) he went down to the ocean after he heard of orca sightings in the area.
Stewart said he wasn't scared at the start, but **ticed the orca had its mouth open when he made his way into the water. "I thought 'he just wants to play, but I hope he doesn't drag me down for a play,'" he told the news outlet.*
The footage was captured via drone by Topview Photography. Although it is a friendly-looking moment, it's worth **ting that swimming within 100 metres (109 yards) of the animal is illegal in New Zealand (http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/killer-whale-orca/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/kayaker-orca-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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