Sentences with phrase «by orcas»

On the 6 - day tour, you'll enjoy 2 - 3 different sites (including the aforementioned basecamp) that are located along the travel routes used by the orcas.

Although there is a very good chance we'll see Orcas throughout the week, the frequency and proximity of sightings will ultimately be determined by the Orcas» travel patterns.

Surrounded by crystal clear azure waters on all sides that are often visited by orcas and gray whales, the islands are ideal for rugged nature photography from either their forested shores or rocky peaks.

In addition, a global theory of killer whale predation depends on educated — and far - flung — guesses of how many marine mammals may have been killed by orcas over a set period of time.

The CoachHub counselors will either be affiliated with the sponsoring organization (like Chestnut) or provided by Orcas.

After an experienced trainer was pulled in and killed by an orca at SeaWorld, a wildlife biologist who studies the species explains how a killer whale's natural behavior might help shed light on what happened

The movie takes as its departure point the 2010 killing of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau by the orca Tilikum (who had killed before, apparently), and then examines the rise of Sea World and the inhumane conditions under which these orcas live, which can lead to the kind of psychopathic behavior seen in Tilikum.

Because I know about all the rescue work SeaWorld does which is entirely eclipsed by the orca shows and captive entertainment it has have misguidedly clung to.

Acoustically, they presented us with a wonderful mix of clan and family voices (sadly not heard by Orca - livers as our internet connection was down) that faded into silence as the orcas made their way east in Johnstone Strait.

The Blackfish Archipelago is frequented not only by orca, but also by the second smallest baleen whale, the minke whale.

At first, people thought that killer whales were responsible for its death as there was damage on its pectoral fins and flukes made by orca -LSB-...]

The California Gray Whale Coalition can find no evidence to suggest that the US Government takes into account the very high mortality rates caused by Orca predation.

Not exact matches

The company partnered with a local tow company and rescued stranded drivers by arriving in the new Orca.

West Perth - based oil and gas explorer Orca Energy has been forced to abandon a $ 20 million capital raising after concerns were raised by the Australian Securities Exchange.

In Texas, it was not a sense of guilt over paying money to watch majestic orca whales prevented from swimming freely at sea because they're forced to perform tricks in comparatively small enclosures at the behest of misguided trainers who could very well be maimed when SeaWorld's whales are eventually driven insane by the hopelessness of their situation that kept audiences away earlier this year.

Its cold, deep waters are inhabited by chinook and coho salmon, pods of majestic orca whales and Kinder Morgan's Westridge Marine Terminal.

AND then there were three: long - held assumptions that all killer whales belong to the same species have been blown apart by a DNA analysis of 139 orcas.

The 14 - year - old orca showed off her vocal skills by imitating her trainer's words, saying things like «Amy» and «bye - bye.»

The curtain is set to fall on theatrical antics by captive orcas at SeaWorld in San Diego, California.

«I haven't been impressed by their knowledge and understanding of killer whale biology,» said Craig Matkin, a marine mammal biologist from Homer, Alaska, who has been studying orcas for 20 years.

Estes estimates that before industrial whaling, the amount of food that orcas could find by eating whales was about 60 times greater than what was available from the combined numbers of seals, sea lions, and sea otters.

In the white shark chapter, I recount how a mother orca was observed teaching her daughter how to subdue and kill a white shark by maneuvering the shark on his back to induce tonic immobility — a trance - like state — that enabled the orca to overcome her prey.

The beasts that inspired Free Willy, the children's movie about a lovable orca held by an evil marine - park owner, seem to have developed untoward dining habits in the last half century.

Not all orcas are slaughtering sea mammals — at least not on North America's West Coast, where killer whales have been studied closely by scientists.

Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist for the Humane Society of the United States, complains that orcas are easy and cheap scapegoats for problems caused by people.

Monitor endangered Pacific Northwest killer whales by detecting orca sounds and measuring noise levels using hydrophones

This finding corroborates a 2010 global genetic study of killer whales1 and what many marine scientists suspected, based on years of studying wild orcas by tracking their movements and comparing their vocalizations, preferred prey, and social structure.

The earliest whales were predators with sharp teeth — a legacy carried on by today's orcas, dolphins and other toothed whales.

In 1990, Kanduke, a 25 - year - old male orca died suddenly at SeaWorld Orlando, the victim of encephalitis virus carried by a mosquito.

Take a black Lab mix, for example, that helps marine biologists collect orca scat in Puget Sound by sniffing it out up to a nautical mile away.

A mother whale needs some 42 % additional sustenance to nurse her calf, and because orcas share the food they catch, she can get those calories by demanding a bigger share.

The killer's first (and worst) lead role was opposite a hammy Richard Harris in Orca, a shameless attempt by Dino De Laurentiis to ape the success of Jaws.

The reputation of the original 1975 flick may have been somewhat tarnished by the various bad sequels (none of them involving director Spielberg) and a horde of lousy imitators (such as Piranha, Orca - the Killer Whale and the like), but this is mostly in the minds of people who haven't seen the original in quite a while or at all.

Orca lives or dies by its anthropomorphization of the whale.

Orca aims to drive the mainstream adoption of peer - to - peer lending (P2P) by providing the independent data, research, analysis and tools to empower advisers and investors.

Trained to sniff out orca scat, Sadie leads the team on board the research vessel, cueing them to the spot where the orca scat lies by twitching her ears or leaning in a particular direction.

Dogs involved in the Conservation Canines program are not landbound but go out to sea as well, leading scientists to orca whales by detecting the scent of their scat while on board a boat.

HLS SALDF also addressed the popular issue of wild animals in captivity through talks by Chris Green, former ALDF legislative director (and current executive director of the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School), who spoke about legal developments in this area, and Death at SeaWorld author David Kirby, who spoke on the plight of captive orcas.

Our guides can often distinguish different orca clans by the sounds that they make and even identify many of the individual orcas through the shapes and markings of their dorsal fins.

Fish are not the only wildlife found here as otters and even the occasional orca or grey whale can be spotted swimming by.

Our first campsite is well situated on one of the orcas main travel path as well as being in an area routinely visited by humpback whales.

They were capturing photos and videos of orcas, also known as killer whales, he said, adding that the trip was organized by his company.

The thought of watching a majestic and peaceful Gray Whale get attacked by a pod of Orcas makes my stomach churn, but it's almost like a car crash — you just can't look away.

I explained how the only enemies that a gray whale has are the Orca and the human and that we are by far the most dangerous.

It's dark when I get up at 6 am, the first hint of a new day on the horizon; the forest floor has turned gold and green as the cedars shed their summer cloak; honeysuckle leaves litter the boardwalks and garden ground; bright red honeysuckle berries are being plucked by tiny wrens; jays are sitting in the apple tree, feasting on the fruit we imagined as apple pie; the last roses are fading; fronds of great bull kelp are landing on the beach, food for next year's garden; the sudden daybreak howl of sporty boats heading to the hot fishing spots where we have our hydrophones has gone; sea lions are beginning to heave their huge bodies onto haul - out rocks along the way; most of our assistants have left, heading back to school or home; and in their absence we are spending more time in the lab at night, recording the voices of the orcas, who are still here.

For those of you considering Johnstone Strait as a kayak destination, we are expecting the resident orcas as usual by the first week in July.

If the first signs we're seeing are followed by more, perhaps the Gs will be back, others too, and our Fall will be as full of orcas as this endless summer has been.

It's been rather uncanny over the years, to note how often the space left by absent resident orcas is filled by transient orcas, who somehow manage to show up and save a thin whale watching day.

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Enjoy a breakfast scone, yogurt, and fruit as we navigate waters favoured by migrating orcas, and listen to your guide's indigenous interpretation of local landscapes.