caption please

[dude_le_skibum]

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic14109.jpg

[Plakespear]

"they call him Flipper, Flipper Flipper, faster than lightening"

That picture has been posted dozens of times, and apparently it's a dolphin.

[gincognito]

And apparently, through the magic of telephoto lenses, it's not as close as it appears.

Sick and ashamed and happy (and still thinking it's a cool shot),
d.

[dude_le_skibum]

its a dolphin ! ah, this sucks sharks are WAY cooler. (when i'm not in the water)

i had a close seal encounter in chile. but then again seals don't eat human sharks that eat seal do.

[EPSkis]

Dorsal's too sharp to be a dolpin (at least not a bottlenose, spotted or common) , and the nose / melon is too wide to be a dolphin. Not to mention the thing has got to be 12'-15'. A 12' dolphin is a GIANT, and you just don't see many that size.

The fluke also looks vertical. That'd be a shark, not a dolphin.

I guess it could be that because of the diffraction of the water, it COULD be a dolphin, but I'm guessing it's a 'shopped pic of a shark.

[bad_roo]

not a sperm whale?

[snow_slider]

Regardless or whether it's a shark or a dolphin, it's NOT what you want to see when heading into a break.

[tuffy109]

caption: "i am an idiot that thinks i'm the first person to see a picture that's been up on the internet for over 6 months"

i win.

[trainnvain]

Originally posted by bad_roo
not a sperm whale?

I hope for the sake of that surfer it's not a "400 gallon" sperm whale.

[dude_le_skibum]

Originally posted by tuffy109
caption: "i am an idiot that thinks i'm the first person to see a picture that's been up on the internet for over 6 months"

i win.

sorry for heading back into the real world once in a while