QUADRA ISLAND—A pod of orcas surprised a group of friends visiting Quadra Island, British Columbia, last weekend, appearing metres from where they stood on the waterline of Moulds Bay.
The shore−skimming encounter prompted one marine mammal expert to warn that observers should not to get too close to such behaviour.
“They’re on the hunt. We can observe it, we just can’t be a part of it,” said Andrew Trites, professor and director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia, on Friday.
Erika van Sittert, who captured a video of the encounter, said she and her four friends were excited when they first spotted the pod in the distance….
The shore−skimming encounter prompted one marine mammal expert to warn that observers should not to get too close to such behaviour.
“They’re on the hunt. We can observe it, we just can’t be a part of it,” said Andrew Trites, professor and director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia, on Friday.
Erika van Sittert, who captured a video of the encounter, said she and her four friends were excited when they first spotted the pod in the distance….
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