Fathoms Deeper


"Fathoms Deeper"


What are these strange creatures?
They swim in skins
not their own

calling us 
into them 
they amuse us

we are fathoms deeper

they 
are a long way 
from Home

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)


Swimming with orca in New Zealand, 2/3/2016.
https://youtu.be/JQ3mDXF3bcE


July, 2022. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Orcas.
Billy Bain, Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/865795424/videos/pcb.10166246143865425/1057112558247174
 









https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/killer-whale

https://www.livescience.com/27431-orcas-killer-whales.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca
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Zahid Avatar
August 4, 2022 at 1:00 AM
That's a great write. Very nicely penned... Blessings ~Paghunda
Labyrinth Avatar
August 4, 2022 at 1:45 AM
Thank you. They are majestic creatures.
Anaya Avatar
July 23, 2022 at 5:06 PM
Swimming with the deadliest, wasn't sure if I could watch. It was both stressful and thrilling to see. If they are close by, they are disoriented from poisons and are looking for food. I wonder if Billy Sain Australia's pro surfer knew The Duke, my poem of "THE DUKE" is a tribute to a pro surfer from Hawaii who met and married a gal from Australia where they lived happily ever after!
Labyrinth Avatar
July 23, 2022 at 5:58 PM
A close friend of mine up in Queensland, who lives on the Gold Coast, brought to my attention that Orcas had ventured into the warmer waters up there. (Somewhere near Jumping Pin or Stradbroke Island), close to Gold Coast. I've never known Orcas to frequent Sydney's oceans, let alone my home state of Queensland. Sure other types of whales are seasonal in both NSW and Qld...not Orcas though. News Report and vision in one of the boxes below about the Queensland / Gold Coast visit by Orcas July 2022. That I thought odd, and wondered if they were venturing into new territory, due to food shortage or some other reason. After some research discovered they do swim in our waters (including Qld), but home is usually in colder climates. Amazing to swim with them in the wild, I always thought they would go for a human (like a shark would), there have been no record of killing humans in the wild, but there have been fatalities with humans by Orcas kept in captivity.
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 10:33 PM
Freediving with Orcas. Beautiful.
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 10:33 PM
https://youtu.be/sK2aqcvSJto
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 8:55 PM
https://youtu.be/tyX9D19qdbg
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 8:50 PM
NZ Orca.
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 8:50 PM
https://youtu.be/Fi80Tu8lahg
DiMino Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 3:31 PM
Great video! Indeed, they swim in skins not their own, and walk the earth covered in artificial...and pray to...I hope we get at least this one right:) Love it! A Fav!
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:35 PM
We are the strange creatures far from home. They are perfectly at home...in their skins.
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:13 PM
lol. I shall be cremated and my ashes scattered over the Orcas. You hear these nightmare stories about them killing people while they are in captivity, but surprisingly in the wild they will not attack a human, they are in fact not part of the whale family, but dolphin family. On the other hand I would not want to be an otter...
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:12 PM
https://youtu.be/jeyXRF_1FOE
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:31 AM
A Conversation with "Waters"...(Julianne). Legs. Xx
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:22 AM
2ndry video: Orcas/Gold Coast, Queensland. July 2022. (Facebook/Billy Bain, Australia). It is very unusual for Orcas to be in these waters, Queensland, Australia. [Primary video is from 2016, New Zealand]. Beautiful. Majestic creatures. July 2022, Queensland, Australia video below.
Labyrinth Avatar
July 22, 2022 at 4:51 PM
JUMPING PIN, QLD. https://youtu.be/bw6S0hi_994
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 7:08 AM
SURFACE / https://www.facebook.com/865795424/videos/pcb.10166246143865425/1057112558247174
Labyrinth Avatar
July 21, 2022 at 6:22 AM
UNDERWATER / https://www.facebook.com/865795424/videos/pcb.10166246143865425/916055053122664
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