Seal hides on tour boat to escape hungry orcas

[agentaqua]

Campbell River, B.C.-based tour catches encounter up close and personal
By Jacqueline Hansen, CBC News Posted: Aug 23, 2016 8:34 AM PT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/seal-escapes-hungry-orcas-1.3732147

 

[agentaqua]

guy hangs overboard to get footage of orcas patrolling under his boat trying to get at the seal on his swim guard. hmmm... if he falls in or the orcas grab him instead... guess he also becomes a "marine mammal". Good things those orcas aren't marine mammal eaters, eh?...

 

[Tsquared]

I was about 10 when I watched orcas snatch a seal off a drying rock at Mitlenatch Island. That was the moment when I realized nature is not quite like Disney movies.
T2

 

[Kildonan]

I was about 10 when I watched orcas snatch a seal off a drying rock at Mitlenatch Island. That was the moment when I realized nature is not quite like Disney movies.
T2

I spent a ton of time on the water in Barkley Sound in the 60's and 70's as a young fella, plus some time around Victoria and never once have I seen this. I feel cheated. Hopefully one day my time will come.

 

[agentaqua]

I spent a ton of time on the water in Barkley Sound in the 60's and 70's as a young fella, plus some time around Victoria and never once have I seen this. I feel cheated. Hopefully one day my time will come.

Careful what you wish for Kildonan - haloweeeeeen is just around the corner...

 

[agentaqua]

Humpbacks fight off orcas to save sea lion in maritime battle royale
Was it survival of the fittest or stepping in to help out when some whales saved a sea lion from hungry orcas?
By Mike Laanela, CBC News Posted: Sep 20, 2016 5:09 PM PT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/humpbacks-fight-off-orcas-to-save-sea-lion-1.3771045