NYCkayaker Its always when your camera battery is already empty....

[Dennis Wiener]

I know as a diver that seals can be very playful. Diving in the kelp 
forests off of the channel islands, they will come over and swim loops 
in your bubbles, and even come right up to your mask and bark in your 
face. Just make sure to keep clear of the pups and the bulls. They do 
have very sharp teeth.

Tim Gamble wrote:
> Today as Harry, Nancy, and I were paddling right in front of the DTBH 72nd
> Street dock we spotted a small seal in the water.
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> It was very curious and followed us popping up, first behind, then in
> front again. It seemed very interested and was getting closer and closer.
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> So I made the classic keetch keetch noise and held my hand out like I had
> some food. It always works with dogs, so I figured it might work with a
> seal too.
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> The seal swam closer and closer, and then put it's paws up on my front
> hatch. It looked at me once more, then hauled itself up ONTO MY FRONT
> HATCH COVER.
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> It sat up there for about 30 seconds while I carefully balanced, then it
> jumped back in the water on the other side of my boat.
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> Really incredible!!!
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> Elizabeth from the DTBH got a picture of it a few hours earlier on the
> DTBH dock at 72nd St.
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> I put it on my blog:
> www.messageinabottleproject.com
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