Protecting killer whale critical habitat should not be a matter of choice, but a matter of the law.
That’s what Ecojustice will be arguing before the federal Court of Appeal today.
Reblogged : Up close killer whale in the ocean
(Source: fuckyeahkillerwhales)
Reblogged - killer whale Old Tom
Old Tom.
This orca was thought to be the the leader of a pod of killer whales living off the coast of southeast Australia. He and his pod helped the local whalers by herding baleen whales. They also helped to kill the whales. In return, the whalers gave them the tongues and lips of the killed whales, an agreement called the Law of the Tongue.
(via tank-commander)
Reblogged : A robust orca checks out lunch (seal)
(Source: aeronniell)
Reblogged Orcawizard photo! Woot!
Check out the salmon in her mouth!
Photo by Orcawizard
poster by Uko Gorter shows the types of orcas found around the world
Orca
thisstuffexistsfact: On average, a killer whale eats 227 kilograms (500 lb) each day.
Hey look! It’s my photo!! Woot
The Whale - Seattle International Film Festival →
#nature
#science
#documentary
#killer whales
#orcas
#luna
In 2001, a young orca named Luna lost contact with his family in Puget Sound and turned up near Vancouver Island in Nootka Sound. Without other whales to bond with, Luna began reaching out to the people in boats and living along the shore for companionship.
Smart, friendly, and determined, Luna demanded human contact, and the residents of the Sound were happy to adopt him as their own. But as Luna’s story gained notoriety, fierce battles began between the Canadian government, NGOs who wished to return Luna to his family, the Mowachaht tribe who deemed Luna’s arrival as a sacred event, and those who were simply touched by Luna’s apparent loneliness and charm.
Narrated by Ryan Reynolds and directed by two journalists who came to report a story but fell in love with a whale, The Whale is more than documentary. It is an exploration of the mysteries of friendship across forbidden boundaries, a friendship of haunting questions and few answers.
3 brothers on Flickr.
My favourite photo I took of the A36’s aka 3 Brothers
ruffles on Flickr.
Killer Whale Ruffles J1 with sea grass on his dorsal fin. @ 2007
60+ killer whales thought to be J’s and L’s made their way east through the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We stood up on the cliff to see them with binoculars and telephoto lens, they were pretty far out but managed to get this fin of a large male which was the closest animal to us.
