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Whale Attacks Surfers

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Wax On
 Sunday, 7 Jul 2013 at 11:49am

....or maybe he was just playing rough.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/surfer-injured-as-humpback-whale-tosses-riders...

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wellymon Sunday, 7 Jul 2013 at 2:36pm

@BB, What a spectacular event that would have been! Especially at Bondi.

Friendly for a whale! Is probably life treating for us pathetic little humans bobbing around.

You wouldn't want to get under that tail, thats for sure.

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50young Monday, 8 Jul 2013 at 7:42am

I reckon it would have been worth a headache for the experience. It really annoyed me when some alledged expert say on television, " whales can be agressive" what a load of sh#*t it's a big animal just being inquistive

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loungelizard Monday, 8 Jul 2013 at 10:09am

hope he was a standup..

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thermalben Monday, 8 Jul 2013 at 10:11am

There's been some similarly close encounters at Middleton over the years - surprised that someone hasn't been swatted there too!

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southey Monday, 8 Jul 2013 at 10:52am

hey Blindboy ,

maybe that SMH article headline should have read
" surfer-injured-as-whale-rides-tossers-at-bondi-beach "