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Capt.
Tom spotted this family of transient (meat eating/mammal killing)
Orca. Capt.
Dave, Gisele and Arielle jumped on our other vessel DolphinSafari.com
to see them ourselves. We were in for a quite an experience.
As we arrived, they were attacking and killing a large sea
lion or small elephant seal (we couldn't tell which).
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The Orcas were killing
a Sea Lion. Blood poured from the sea lion's head, and the
Orcas tossed the now dead animal amongst themselves, giving
the two calves a chance to 'play' with it. This introduces
the calves to the job they will later have to assume. In this
photo, the adults drag the dead animal through the water. We
observed this repeatedly. |
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The Orcas repeatedly
swam back and forth between our two boats. At one point, the
largest Orca, a male went over to our underwater viewing POD
and pressed his nose up to the glass. The passenger inside
the POD said she could feel the vibration of their vocalizations
underwater. |
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We saw many things
that took our breath away, but one that really amazed us was
when the largest of the Orca (probably the male) came over
to our vessel (engines in neutral) and opened his mouth, stuck
out his tongue and tasted our propeller! When that didn't hold
much of an attraction, he moved over to the other hull and
did the same thing! |
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