B00B00 170 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Left my dinghy in the water for one night after a late arrival to westhaven in the weekend and she shredded it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dtwo 106 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Left my dinghy in the water for one night after a late arrival to westhaven in the weekend and she shredded it... According to some on this forum, if you were in the "real world" you'd be "laughing about it". Perhaps the answer might be someone training it not to destroy people's valuable property. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tamure 357 Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 According to some on this forum, if you were in the "real world" you'd be "laughing about it". Perhaps the answer might be someone training it not to destroy people's valuable property. You know what I mean which is shrugging it off and not getting bitter and twisted over it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alibaba 13 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Still not really the point. You pay for the marina berth and included in that is security for your vessel and fittings. If some hoon had come down to your boat and destroyed your dinghy, you would expect the marina to do something about it. DOC, as usual, with it's usual 'hands off' approach should have done something right at the start. Marinas are not natural environments for seals. If the seal hauls out on a beach somewhere, great, and we should all leave it alone. But it needs to be discouraged from marinas, or - DOC should compensate boat owners for the destruction Bradz, GregW, Island Time and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swift_sail 2 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 I do not think she cares what we think of as her natural environment from our point of view. She probably just figures any place where she can have a sleep and catch some food from time to time will be sufficient. It is also natural for things to adapt as best they can to change, unfortunately not animals are as apt at adaptation as she appears to be. Point and case is just look at how difficult some of us are finding the adaptation to the change of a leopard seal becoming part of our environment. Ladyhawk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Above-the-Fold 9 Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Yesterday, I was filling my portside water tank in Westhaven, using my new curly hose from Bunnings, Think a 25-metre pig-tail, very tightly curled. One section was dragging in the water so I flipped the hose to try to get it out. Splash! No luck. Tried again. Splash! Tried a third time ... and Happy Teeth lunged out from under my bow and snapped at the hose just as I finally got it out on the dock. Once I changed my shorts, all was well. But that's as close as I want to get to the beast. harrytom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 106 Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 ... and Happy Teeth lunged out from under my bow and snapped at the hose just as I finally got it out on the dock. Wow, that's even worse than facing down a water snake sunning itself on your dock https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ3sA2buAd_WHI0Z3h9_aPgglxn05uCTQqP-D5mHwxlR8aPZogXMg&s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 000 Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 I do not think she cares what we think of as her natural environment from our point of view. She probably just figures any place where she can have a sleep and catch some food from time to time will be sufficient. It is also natural for things to adapt as best they can to change, unfortunately not animals are as apt at adaptation as she appears to be. Point and case is just look at how difficult some of us are finding the adaptation to the change of a leopard seal becoming part of our environment. As humans we are the dominant species and that means we get to make the rules. Hopefully this also means that we treat lesser species with respect but that doesnt mean allowing these lesser species to rule the environment and having their desires taking precedence over ours in spite of what DOC thinks. If you do think that animals have equal rights then stop swatting flies, killing ants and eating meat. Time for the seal to move along, or be moved along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 655 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I read spmewhere that ants are the dominant species Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lateral 110 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Something that would survive a nuclear winter may be smarter /more dominant than us. Do ants? Has HT caressed a sup yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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