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Kayakers save seals

ca Offline Grant Lamontagne

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Kayakers save seals
on: September 03, 2019, 01:35:38 AM
Saw this video on Facebook today and I had to share it.

https://www.facebook.com/asburyparkpress/videos/478970662877830/?t=0

What does it have to do with multitools?  Look closely at what the guys are using to cut away the netting from the seals' necks! 

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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #1 on: September 03, 2019, 01:44:05 AM
Good find Boss.  Just shows one never knows what situation the day might bring.
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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #2 on: September 03, 2019, 02:05:54 AM
For those of us not on Facebook, and therefore unable to watch the vid, what is used?


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Reply #3 on: September 03, 2019, 02:33:46 AM
Good find Boss.  Just shows one never knows what situation the day might bring.
Prepairedness is never out of style.
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Reply #4 on: September 03, 2019, 03:44:23 AM
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Same here.

I felt sorry for those seals, you could actually see the blood on the net, and laceration on their necks.


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Reply #5 on: September 03, 2019, 03:47:09 AM
Situations such as this is why I always try to carry a sheepsfoot or blunt tip knife with me at all times. Sheep have a habit of tangling themselves up in baler twine if it's not picked up, and I'm always prepared should i have to do anything in an emergency situation away from the farm as well.


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Kayakers save seals
Reply #6 on: September 03, 2019, 09:11:18 AM
The link just takes me to my Facebook local sales, what should I be seeing?

Edit: very strange, clicking on the link in Tapatalk gives me local sales but the same link pasted into a browser shows the seal rescue. Quite a common occurrence here in Norfolk, the local news often shows the seal sanctuaries releasing seals that have been rescued after being entangled.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-48121903/horsey-beach-release-for-injured-norfolk-seal-pinkafo

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« Last Edit: September 03, 2019, 09:26:52 AM by fred2892 »


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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #7 on: September 03, 2019, 12:50:41 PM
For those of us not on Facebook, and therefore unable to watch the vid, what is used?

Sorry, I tried to find the video off Facebook, but I couldn't.  I had hoped that it would be visible without being a member of Zuckercorps.   :facepalm:

In the video a couple of kayakers find a pair of seals on the beach that are tangled together in a fishing net.  The kayakers manage to pin the seals down, then they pull out Leatherman Raptors and use them to cut the struggling seals free.  Then the seals take off, happy to be free.

Twice this summer I have been kayaking and seen seals.  They really are the puppies of the sea, and they are fascinated by things that are out of the ordinary.  They will just sit below the surface with their heads poking up watching kayakers for a while until they decide they would rather be eating fish, then they will dive.  They are really cool to watch, unless of course one feels like slapping you with an octopus...

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

Thankfully that has never happened to me!  :D

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« Last Edit: September 03, 2019, 05:21:14 PM by Grant Lamontagne »
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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #8 on: September 03, 2019, 01:47:48 PM
Great rescue !   :like: :tu:


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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #9 on: September 03, 2019, 05:36:16 PM
 :like:

That's a very good use case for the Raptor scissors  :tu:


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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #10 on: September 04, 2019, 12:07:17 PM
Sorry, I tried to find the video off Facebook, but I couldn't.  I had hoped that it would be visible without being a member of Zuckercorps.   :facepalm:

In the video a couple of kayakers find a pair of seals on the beach that are tangled together in a fishing net.  The kayakers manage to pin the seals down, then they pull out Leatherman Raptors and use them to cut the struggling seals free.  Then the seals take off, happy to be free.

Twice this summer I have been kayaking and seen seals.  They really are the puppies of the sea, and they are fascinated by things that are out of the ordinary.  They will just sit below the surface with their heads poking up watching kayakers for a while until they decide they would rather be eating fish, then they will dive.  They are really cool to watch, unless of course one feels like slapping you with an octopus...

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

Thankfully that has never happened to me!  :D

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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #11 on: September 04, 2019, 02:48:58 PM
 :salute: This was really nice to hear.  Well done kayakers.   
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Reply #12 on: September 04, 2019, 09:01:14 PM
great save. and nice to see the Raptor used for it
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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #13 on: September 05, 2019, 06:54:24 PM
Sorry, I tried to find the video off Facebook, but I couldn't.  I had hoped that it would be visible without being a member of Zuckercorps.   :facepalm:

In the video a couple of kayakers find a pair of seals on the beach that are tangled together in a fishing net.  The kayakers manage to pin the seals down, then they pull out Leatherman Raptors and use them to cut the struggling seals free.  Then the seals take off, happy to be free.

Twice this summer I have been kayaking and seen seals.  They really are the puppies of the sea, and they are fascinated by things that are out of the ordinary.  They will just sit below the surface with their heads poking up watching kayakers for a while until they decide they would rather be eating fish, then they will dive.  They are really cool to watch, unless of course one feels like slapping you with an octopus...

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

Thankfully that has never happened to me!  :D

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Thanks Grant  :cheers:


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Re: Kayakers save seals
Reply #14 on: September 05, 2019, 09:54:59 PM
I would save the seals too, on ice, because they are delicious and nutritious.


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Reply #15 on: September 06, 2019, 04:45:10 PM
I would save the seals too, on ice, because they are delicious and nutritious.

Awlso remember that, if a seal is broken, the warranty is void...

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Reply #16 on: September 06, 2019, 04:53:13 PM
I would save the seals too, on ice, because they are delicious and nutritious.

Good excuse to break out the hobo knife!


 

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