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Post by Fogg on Apr 19, 2024 9:11:34 GMT 12
Anyone ever been bothered by dolphins at night?
Anchored in about 5m of water at Station Bay, got woken up at 1am this morning by a gentle but firm bumping motion. My immediate fear was that I had either got the tides wrong or dragged and was nudging the bottom (never happened before in Fogg)!
Hence I was relieved but bemused to discover we were still safely anchored in deep water but had a frisky dolphin alongside us. It wasn’t bumping the keel or stern gear but closer to the bow, so I wasn’t overly concerned about structural damage.
I wasn’t sure whether the best tactic was to make some noise or keep quiet. I went for the latter and after 5 mins it moved a few metres away - my best view (by spotlight) suggests it was a single animal.
Never before.
Why?
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Post by fish on Apr 19, 2024 10:31:39 GMT 12
I believe it is tipping season. There are several others on here that will have far better knowledge than me about tipping season. With reference to that tragic ram attack out west, I believe about now is the time the bulls go in with the cows, the rams go in with the ewes, and the lonely male dolphins attempt some sexy-time with beautiful but inanimate Fogg-ies
Tipping season means basically everything in the animal world, or at least the agriculture world is horny as a teenage male who's just discovered Go30's stash of adult mags.
But in saying all of that, I've never heard of a dolphin bumping an anchored boat before. I know Black Panther (of the other site) had some crazy thing on his boat some time ago, on his mooring in the river, a lot of noise and banging. he found it very disconcerting. like predators hearding fish and they were all smacking into his hull. He ended up turning the engine on and I think that made it go away.
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Post by fish on Apr 19, 2024 14:13:32 GMT 12
Think the word I'm after is tupping season, not tipping season.
Surely there is some of you agricultural folk around that knows this sort of stuff? Like how close you need to plant your cows together, and what time of year to impregnate the maize crop?
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