I didn't want to look
like an Orca whale in a tux.
Not exact matches
Orca beans, and yes, they do look
like our favorite
whale, were described to me as somewhere between a turtle or black bean and a cannellini.
And, booking a tour with a company
like Wild
Whales Vancouver means that not only do you get a chance to see
Orcas, you also get all the perks of a romantic harbour cruise (including some incomparable city views as you sail through English Bay).
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.
«It looks
like there are three
Orcas and three Gray
Whales in the mix.
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.
Keep your senses alert for the tell - tale blow of some of the area's more famous residents
like orcas, humpback
whales, minke
whales, dolphins and porpoise.
The
whales really seem to feel
like home in the
Whale Capital of Iceland, as we spotted
Orcas only a few days ago!
In the «Southern Resident»
orca culture, the iconic
whales of the San Juan Islands that we see most often on our kayak tours, a male
orca without a mother behaves much
like an orphan.
Chinook - aholics Northern Resident killer
whales,
like their southern counterparts, have unique diets compared to other
orcas.
Like other
whale - watching boats, we are required to position our kayaks 200 yards or more away from
orca whales.
Orca whale watching is suberb on this kayak trip,
like all of our camping adventures in the San Juan Islands.
In contrast, toothed
whales such as
orcas have strong, sharp teeth and appear to have evolved from weasel -
like predators.
Like all of our multi-day kayaking tours, we follow the main
orca whale travel route for the entire trip to maximize our
whale watching chances.
While Bigg's
orcas tend to eat smaller prey
like seals and dolphins, it's possible that we'll see more interactions
like this one during the coming months: as winter approaches in the Southern Hemisphere, filter feeders such as gray and humpback
whales are migrating north to warmer waters.
There are vineyards for the wine enthusiast, world class surfing in Tofino, scenic float plane tours over mountainous landscapes, world class skiing on Mount Washington,
orca whale watching tours in the Southern Gulf Islands, challenging treks
like the West Coast Trail and Juan de Fuca Trail, kayaking secluded coves, salmon fishing on the Queen Charlotte Strait, cold water scuba diving near Port Hardy, great nightlife and restaurants in Victoria, and the list goes on...
Would you
like to lead kayak trips in the best waters for observing
orca whales in the United States?
The great white shark in it is nice, but the
whales and
orcas were even more to my
liking.
However, scientists have discovered three different eating habits in Killer
whales leading some experts
like Dr. Robert Pitman of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to think that there are three different species of
Orcas.