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We navigate through the primary killer whale waters on about half of the five - day kayaking tour.

The west side of San Juan Island facing Canada overlooks the prime killer whale waters.

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(Natural News) On the lookout for killer whales in the famous Bremer Canyon area of Western Australia, marine wildlife researcher Rebecca Wellard stumbled across an appalling sight: A trio of plastic drums used for hydrochloric acid storage, bobbing in the bio-diverse waters of the marine reserve, reported The West Australian.

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Strange as it may sound, porpoises can thank their worst enemy, the killer whale, that they are doing so well in coastal and busy waters.

«It gives us a real jump start in knowing what to be looking for,» says Steve Ferguson, a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada who led a survey of traditional knowledge on killer whales in Nunavut waters.

Matkin said he also worries that blaming killer whales for recent sharp declines in marine mammals will give politicians and bureaucrats an excuse not to protect coastal water quality and habitat.

Keiko was born into a wild group of killer whales, also called orca, in Icelandic waters.

As the agency responsible for conserving and managing killer whales in U.S. waters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces a major challenge — it must identify orca subpopulations, understand their needs, and develop effective and sometimes unique ways to manage them.

WE COULD use light echoes to find exoplanets in a similar way to how killer whales «see» through pitch - black water by bouncing sound waves off objects.

The few remaining killer whale populations in European waters have very low, or zero rates of reproduction, and are close to extinction in industrialised parts of Europe.

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Persistent organic pollutants in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): implications for resident killer whales of British Columbia and adjacent waters.

The masked 9 piece band made several trips over the security barricade which only added to excitement of the bands set which also featured water filled drums and an inflatable killer whale!

As the water gets deeper and deeper, he observes a food chain, from plankton and shrimp to tuna and killer whales.

When we encounter killer whales on the water, we often drop a hydrophone into the water so we can listen to their vocalizations.

These waters host killer whales, sea lions, porpoises, shrimp, rockcod and the best wild salmon in the world.

The waters around La Paz are also renowned for migrating whales, including blue, humpback, killer and grey whales.

It was clear from all of the bird activity, the giant slick on the water, and the behavior of the killer whales that they had just predated a gray whale calf.

The 4 killer whales we'd followed for 7.5 miles must have taken off running the second they heard this distant group of killer whales beginning their hunt (sound travels extremely well in water).

Multi-day kayaking adventures with the orcas (killer whales) of Johnstone Strait depart regularly from Quadra Island, as do shorter excursions through the abundant waters off the island.

This year, the arrival of the gray whales came a few weeks late (the water was cooler in Mexico, so the whales had to migrate farther south than usual), which meant lots of hungry killer whales were waiting.

The calm, warm waters of the lagoon are a safe place for young whales, free from predators like killer whales.

We go in search of wild Killer Whales or Orcas and Humpback Whales in their natural environment, before leaving the deep water behind to explore ancient village sites with white shell beaches and discover sheltered coves where we will camp for the night, led by our experienced, qualified guides using top quality equipment.

These waters are recognized as one of the most predictable places in the world to kayak with both killer whales and humpback whales.

Early on the fourth morning we depart camp by water taxi and head to Telegraph Cove where we visit the Whale Interpretive Centre, enjoy lunch at the Killer Whale Cafe, and then join Stubbs Island Whale Watching for an afternoon boat tour.

Seals, sea lions, sea otters, killer whales and gray whales all inhabit the waters offshore.

These pristine waters are home to many marine mammals including: Orca or killer whales, humpback whales, harbour seals, Dall's porpoise, pacific white - sided dolphins, steller sea lions, river otters and a large variety of invertebrate life, such as sea cucumbers, anemones and sea stars.

The nutrient rich waters in which we operate are near core habitat for Humpback Whales, Northern Resident Killer Whales / Orca, Steller Sea Lions, Dall's Porpoise and more.

The orcas, also known as killer whales, have been entertaining our San Juan Island kayak tours all summer, showing off their power with beautiful breaches and playful tail - slaps on the water.

It's where some of the world's greatest predators — cougars, wolves, bears and killer whales — maintain ecological balance in pristine waters and vast rainforests.

Northern minke whales occasionally breach, sometimes completely clearing the water — one individual in the Johnstone Strait area reacted to the approach of foraging killer whales by breaching eight times in rapid succession.

Easily accessed from Seattle, the sheltered waters of the San Juans are the perfect place for beginners to kayak with killer whales.

Our kayak tour routes traverse the legendary whale waters in the proper seasons: orca whales (killer whales) in the San Juan Islands, humpback whales in Alaska, and both gray whales and blue whales along the Baja coasts.

While super quiet sea kayaks are now accused of being a threat to orca whales in the San Juan Islands by a misguided and misinformed National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the same agency remains silent about the US Navy plans to increase ocean warfare training and testing of new sonar devices in the killer whales» home waters.

Be sure to write to NMFS [email protected] and tell them they need to get to work on the real issues that threaten the survival of killer whales and that you support the environmentally - benign practice of using non-polluting and silent kayaks in their home waters.

Paddling slowly along beds of bull kelp, kayakers looked into the clear waters at sea cucumbers, urchins and, when the sea stars fell into perfect alignment, a few of them looked into the eye of a 20 - some - foot killer whale cruising a few yards under their 18 - foot kayaks.

The west and south side routes are the best killer whale watching waters in the United States.

A Northern Resident Killer Whale slowly makes its way through the waters off Northern Vancouver Island in British...

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A peaceful photo of a killer whale cruising the waters off Northern Vancouver Island with it's spout backlit by the low set sun.

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A killer whale surfaces from the dark waters of Johnstone Strait near a whale watching boat in BC during an excursion from Northern Vancouver Island.

Backdropped by Malcolm Island's Donegal Head in the waters off Northern Vancouver, a killer whale ploughs across our path as the sun sets.

Attacks directed towards calves have been observed; adult gray whales often try to position themselves between the killer whales and the calf in order to protect it, and they may also head for shallow waters and kelp beds to take refuge from the attackers (2).

Suddenly a killer whale pops up from beneath the water, violently grabs the seal in his jaws and disappears under the waves with his hapless prey.

With huge metabolic demands — and large populations before humans started hunting them — great whales are the ocean's ecosystem engineers: they eat many fish and invertebrates, are themselves prey to other predators like killer whales, and distribute nutrients through the water.

Yet when park ranger Roberto Bubas stepped into the water and played his harmonica, the same individual killer whales would ring around him like puppies.

Due to its uniquely rich biodiversity and fragile ecosystems, oil drilling around the Lofoten Islands in Norway could have devastating impacts on an area that hosts unique cold - water reefs, huge numbers of seabirds, and pods of sperm and killer whales.

A predilection for larger, fatter Weddell seals has been noted by NOAA scientists studying killer whales, in the icy waters off the Antarctic Peninsula.