"Here's something you don't see every day: A cuddly fur seal killing and eating five enormous, deadly sharks. The extraordinary scene was captured off the coast of South Africa by divers Chris and Monique Fallows. "In more than 2,000 expeditions working with sharks over the last 21 years, this is the only time I have ever seen a seal kill several sharks," says Chris. "I can find no record of such an event happening elsewhere." Chris snapped away in amazement as the seal snacked on the first two sharks, chowing down on their stomachs and livers, and then killed three more. Click through our gallery to see."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
How exactly does the seal kill a shark? I know that dolphins use their speed to ram them in the abdomen, but I can't imagine seals being fast enough for that.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Looks like it goes straight for the jugular in the photo.
- Eivind
Seals must be a lot quicker at maneuvering than I gave them credit for! I'm not well acquainted with the characteristics of a blue shark, but I'm guessing their teeth are mighty sharp, and situated very near the 'jugular.' (Do fish have 'jugulars'? I see that there is such a creature as a 'jugular fish' but that's not quite the same. Jugular is defined as 'pertaining to the neck or throat'... do fish have necks? #ConfusedButNotDazed)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
The gills are the "soft spot" of sharks and most fish, that would be the jugular equivalent I'm guessing.
- SteVe C
Ah, that makes sense. It's been about 45 years since I cleaned a fish, so my knowledge of fish anatomy is a bit rusty. (My knowledge of 'oafish anatomy', by contrast, is quite fresh. #frequentselfexamination)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
ne olacak abi , ekipman harika.çayır çimen , dağ tepe , taş toprak çek dur :)
- Onur Çanga
İşte SLR'in sorunu da burda. Lenslerle birlikte dolaşmak hep eziyet. O yüzden SuperZoom bir makineyi dolanırken tercih ediyorum. Hem hafif hem de 600 küsür zoom var. :)
- Oğuz Demirkapı ☮
Yalçın, portre vs. ihtiyaçlarında EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM kullanıyorum. Genel zoom ihtiyacı olanlarda ise dünki çekimler gibi EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM işimi görmekte. Aklımda bir tane f/1.4 ya da 1.2 50 mm sabit lens var ancak portrede o kadar yüz detaylarına ihtiyaç var mı diye de korkuyorum. Bu lensi de özellikle çocuklar ve doğa fotoğraflarında için kullanıyorum. Ve tabi profesyonel anlamda bazı ulaşılamayan detaylardaki ayrıntıları yakalamak vs.
- Oğuz Demirkapı ☮
Kıskandım. Ama benim 400D ye ucuz yollu L serisi bulma şansım yok :D
- Bircan HANCI
Sagol Oguz, bu lensler araba parasi yau :)
- Alihan ÇETİN
Alihan, bu işten bir gelir elde edilmiyorsa fazlası ile lüks ve gereksiz. Ancak profesyonel anlamda foto ile uğraşan kişilerin de bu masraflardan kaçınmaması gerekiyor. Ben de işlerini yaptığım bir firma adına bunları alıyorum ve onlar da yardımcı oluyorlar.
- Oğuz Demirkapı ☮
Lüks kısmına katılıyorum. Ama lensin fotoğraf üzerindeki etkisi çok çok fark ediyor. Ben L serisine bütçe ayıramadığım için eski manuel lenslere yatırım yapmaya çalışıyorum. Pek pratik değiller, ama 5 te 1 fiyatına olması cezbediyor :D
- Bircan HANCI
(70-200 f4 IS... Bunu da denemeni öneririm. 1 stop diyafram farkı olmazsa olmaz değilse eğer keskinlik, renkler konusunda yukarıdaki lens ile rahatça yarışır; hatta lensin kenarlarındaki kaliteden ödün vermeyişi ile sanki daha iyi bile denilebilir.. Sokakta taşırken de inanılmaz avantajlı olması cabası...)
- ParaBellum
Hey maşşşallah diyip bu feedten koşarak uzaklaşıyorum :D
- •beliz•
geçen gün buna benzer bişi görmüştüm bi teknoloji mağazasında fiyatının 4.000Tl olduğunu görünce yavaş birşekilde yerine koydum ve uzaklaştım :)))
- Tarık
Fiyatı yaklaşık 7.000TL, üzerindeki lens ise ortalama 5.500TL :)
- Meşgul Mitrazz ✡
Sony a99'a geçiş düşünüyorum profesyonel alanda. Çok enteresan olur yaparsam.
- Meşgul Mitrazz ✡
Güzel alet. Ancak profesyonel işlerde lensler önemli ve her an bir Sony lense ulaşma şansı olamayacaktır. Gerektiğinde rahat ulaşım için Canon ya da Nikon yolunu tercih etmek daha akılcı olmaz mı?
- Oğuz Demirkapı ☮
Canon'cu musun, Nikon'cu mu diye soranlara "siktirin lan" diyebilirim mesela. Bu bile başlı başına bi parametre.
- Meşgul Mitrazz ✡
Aslına bakarsan ben yenilikleri seviyorum. Sony, a99 ile full frame arenasına bir sürü yenilik getirmiş. Dijital vizor, translucent mirror, 60fps hd video performansı, inanılmaz süratli auto focus, video modunda continuous focus vb. başlıcaları bunların.
- Meşgul Mitrazz ✡
Lensler için mutlaka connector monnector bişeyler çıkar.
- Meşgul Mitrazz ✡
Depends on how much water and coffee I've had to drink over the 3 or 4 hours before I go to sleep. Most of the time, I sleep through until my alarm goes off. Other times, I'll get up once or twice to use the restroom.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
0 during the short nights, a few (is that a number?) when I sleep for longer.
- Eivind
5-6 But very fleeting and mostly just to change position.
- SAM
4 or 5 times, or every 60 to 90 minutes. It's a bit worse in this cold weather because it takes me longer to get back to sleep due to the cold air outside of the sheets and blanket.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
My guess would be that the median and mode are both zero, and the mean is 1.
- Marianne
It hit 42 today. WISCONSIN IN JANUARY. But it's supposed to be zero tonight. WISCONSIN IN JANUARY.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
Yup, we're at 35F her in E.C. at 3 p.m. (down from a high 37, apparently) and the forecast is for -3F tonight, -13F tomorrow night and -19F Monday night. Brrr. (I'll be in my bunk... shivering!)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
It finally got up to 51°F, but it's still pretty windy. Sunny, though.
- John (bird whisperer)
A sunny 53F; I have the balcony door open to let in the air, even if I find it a bit too much on the cool side.
- MiniMage
Has the wind started howling in EC yet, jkram? Right after I typed my weather report, it kicked in here. I am IN for the remainder of the weekend.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
It's around 12 mph right now, but they're saying we'll get gusts of 25 - 35 mph tonight. That'll get the ol' wind chill factor surging!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
At a guess, probably similar to where you are. Warmer than it's been (during the day)--almost up to 60F!--but still freezing at night (literally--below 32, as low as 27--for more than a week, which is unusual here). And sunny.
- Walt Crawford
It warmed up today: 66 and sunny. It's supposed to be high 60s/low 70s the rest of the week. :/ I was really digging the cold weather.
- Kristin
A bit cooler than it has been. Going to be 91F. Least it cooled to about 60 overnight and isn't humid anymore.
- suelibrarian
from iPhone
I have been offered and have accepted a new, full-time position with benefits and paid time off in the infant room at a children's learning center. Yay, me!
Currently writing my letter of resignation for the chiropractic clinic... Ugh. Not fun. Yet, strangely exhilarating.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
"goorm is the cloud-based Integrated Development Environment. It is developed in only javascript and using various open source libraries. It is an open-source project also. goorm supports currently C,C++/Java/node.js/Web/PHP/JSP/Go/Dart. Other language will be supported with plugin soon. ‘goorm’ is one of pure Korean words meaning ‘Cloud’. It is pronounced [gu:reum]"
- AJ Batac
from Bookmarklet
Is this one of those, "I'm interested to see who actually reads my wall, so leave a one word comment about me and then post it to your wall so your friends can do the same thing for you" kind of things? Cause ... no.
- Kristin
I thought maybe it was one of those complete-the-sentence thingys. "if you're still on Friendfeed you're ... not too cool for school
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Beyler it is time for you anglo-americans to embrace your Kurdish, Turkish and Italian fetfirint brethren. both the tire stopper and memişko keps giver kinds. Pliz.
- Alfonker Tapir
(Shabuya, sha, sha, shabuya, ROLL CALL!) My name is Chris (Yeah!). Chris of Spades (Yeah!). And I still lurk here (Yeah!). On Best of Day. (ROLL CALL! Shabuya, sha, sha, shabuya.)
- chrisofspades
Happy Birthday, Bren! You are an amazing person, a wonderful friend, and apparently you own a lot more than 5 pairs of pants. I hope you have a fantastic day!