Posted on 10/03/2022 8:02:10 PM PDT by BusterDog
Crew members with the Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) observed a rare, aggressive confrontation between a group of Bigg's orca whales and a pair of humpback whales spotted in the waters near the western Canada-U.S. border.
On Sept. 29, crew members on an Eagle Wing Tours whale-watching boat encountered the orcas first. The boat discovered around 15 orca whales "being unusually active at the surface," according to a PWWA press release.
Another whale-watching boat discovered two humpback whales interacting with the orcas shortly afterward, the association added.
"According to observers who came and went throughout the day, the encounter included an astonishing three hours of breaching, tail-slapping, and loud vocalizations before all of the whales disappeared into the fog, keeping the outcome of the melee a mystery," the PWWA said in its release.
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I thought this was a story about the Clinton’s and the Obama’s latest family vacation...
LOL, perfect...:)
Yah
Ukraine vs Russia
Or maybe it was about the World Series
People are just animals these days
If the whale watchers want to see aggressive behavior, they can go to a Popeye’s restaurant.
Orcas have also been attacking sailboats off the coast of Gibraltar
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
I don’t know if what they think they’re seeing....is actually what they are seeing. Maybe the Humpback...oh never mind.
Lolololol!
Please refer to the two whales as hyperkyphotic whales, so you don’t seem insensitive.
I first read this as “Oprah and humpbacked whales” and thought “huh?”.
Dang. Even the whales.
I can see the same fight at Walmart on Black Friday.
A big argument over improper pronouns used by the orcas.
Climate change??
MAGA orcas.
Orcas have been attacking baby Humpback Whales since time immemorial because the Orcas separate the babies from the mothers to eat the tongues of the babies. I do not find it unusual that there would be confrontations between the two species.
I was thinking Antifa. 😏
Derbyshire’s rules.
Just sayin’.
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