Saw a documentary where this women swam with them while they feasted on rays.
Wow.
They only eat guys named Ray.
Those are some smart fish.
They are pretty non-threatening to humans, at least in the wild. The big danger from orcas seems to be from ones that are in captivity, where they can go nutso.
I remember reading somewhere that the Inuit will not take their kayaks into pods of orca. I'll defer to their knowledge. Maybe orca are not aggressive towards humans but I have to think that a kayak from the underside must resemble a seal floating on the surface of the water. All it would take is one near-sighted orca to totally ruin your day.
Watched the Documentary blackfish.
They told a eerie story of the trainer in the 1970’s who was about 20 years old who was just feeding them from the side of the pool and slipped into the pool with the orcas. One of the orcas grabbed her and played with her like a ragdoll.
The orca would come out of the water with her (the trainer) and the crowd could hear her screaming “HELP ME, HELP ME, I DON’T WANT TO DIE”
This continued for about 5 minutes. There was nothing the crowd or trainers could do about it.
The biggest hoax was to convince SeaWorld goers that these animals are “friendly”.