Feeding seals in the Medway by hand!

[chrisbitz]

Had a golden opportunity at the weekend!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgoD7nwLQMs

All the ones I've seen in the past have just swam away as you approached!

 

[Leighb]

Quite amazing!!
Thanks for posting.

 

[MoodySabre]

Fab

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Superb!.... my kids would have given their right arm to do that!!!!!

 

[Pye_End]

Wow. Whereabouts were you?

 

[chrisbitz]

Wow. Whereabouts were you?

We were on the nearest mooring to the canon at Folly point (I think that's what it's called?)

 

[xyachtdave]

.... my kids would have given their right arm to do that!!!!!

That could happen if the seal had nipped James fingers when grabbing that fish......once they've tasted human blood they won't eat fish again....

You'll never be able to dip your toes in the water off the back of the boat again!

 

[Gargleblaster]

I'd be interested in what you use for bait. I bought some Mackerel feathers but I haven't tried them yet.

I'm about half a mile up river from Folly Point and often have a seal lift his head up when I'm rowing across the river but never as close as that.

 

[Vara]

Sorry to be the spectre at the feast, feeding seals is a seriously bad idea, you could sustain injuries, but more importantly you could cause serious problems for the seal.

This American site spells it out;

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/education/ner_seal_watching.pdf

 

[johnalison]

Superb!.... my kids would have given their right arm to do that!!!!!

I don't think seals are very interested in human flesh. The chap in the film was clearly unwilling to risk even his fingers.

 

[Concerto]

You have to be very careful feeding seals as if they bite you it is very serious. They carry a disease in thier siliva that causes swelling and joint pains and requires a specialist antibiotic to be administered quickly after any bite. Saw this on a program about rescuing seals, so please do not hand feed them.

 

[Vara]

You have to be very careful feeding seals as if they bite you it is very serious. They carry a disease in thier siliva that causes swelling and joint pains and requires a specialist antibiotic to be administered quickly after any bite. Saw this on a program about rescuing seals, so please do not hand feed them.

i would go further than that, don't feed them full stop.

 

[johnalison]

We are less paranoid about seal welfare than some Continentals, who won't let you sail within half a mile of them, but I think that generally, wildlife is best left alone. Seals are unlikely to be short of food and feeding them may encourage them to approach boats and risk injury from props. A woman in Rowhedge was quite rightly prevented from feeding swans a few years back and numerous people seem to want to feed wild animals, such as the duck and goose-feeders I see at Layer Breton. I suppose they think the animals are going feel grateful in some way. On the other hand, I think many of us would have felt tempted to feed the seal shown, having just landed a fish.

 

[sailorman]

Wots happened to those whales its gone very quiet.

 

[xyachtdave]

Wots happened to those whales its gone very quiet.

Chris and James have been feeding them squid and encouraged them to stay local.

He's doing 'feed the seals and whales' trips for £10 a head starting next weekend from MYC.

 

[sailorman]

I heard it was sick squid a pop

 

[xyachtdave]

I heard it was sick squid a pop

 

[DanTribe]

We had a distressing interlude last year, It started as an amusing interlude, then we realised that the pup was in danger of being abandoned by mum.


[Having problems posting a video from Photobucket; can someone remind me how please?]

 

[Lucky Duck]

Might need a bigger boat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2849315/Killer-seals-attack-swimmers-British-waters-warn-experts-spate-vicious-porpoise-mutilations.html

 

[chrisbitz]

Might need a bigger boat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2849315/Killer-seals-attack-swimmers-British-waters-warn-experts-spate-vicious-porpoise-mutilations.html

The Daily Mail at its absolute best!

"Acute haemorrhages indicated the wounds were inflicted during life, just before death"

Umm, it's almost as if the acute haemorrhages CAUSED the death!!

You can call me Sherlock.