Orca
thisstuffexistsfact: On average, a killer whale eats 227 kilograms (500 lb) each day.
Hey look! It’s my photo!! Woot
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
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.
Killer Whales; J26 & J16 on April 2 2011 near Pender Island
My one and only video of the A36’s (3 Brothers) from 2009. Also includes a clip of A12 by herself. (This blog is now at 50 followers, thanks ya’ll!)
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Orcas K21 & L2 mating sequence from Sept 2007. This is in response to the recent media articles surrounding the breeding procedure for captive whales. This is how it really happens in the wild. See all the photos here
A transient killer whale spyhop with family
