Right, ok, obviously an orca. Young one though, chasing the dog. At the very start of the clip (before the diver jumps out of the water) you can see the parent with the much larger dorsal fin and the young'un behind him/her. Chasing the dog has got to be the juvenile.
Originally Posted by Amnorix:
Right, ok, obviously an orca. Young one though, chasing the dog. At the very start of the clip (before the diver jumps out of the water) you can see the parent with the much larger dorsal fin and the young'un behind him/her. Chasing the dog has got to be the juvenile.
Yup. Couple of things I noticed:
1. The dorsal fin on the adult looks exactly like the outline you posted earlier, and
2. Even for a juvenile that is one big fish (yes, I know it’s a mammal not a fish) and it surprises me how close to shore it gets. That’s some shallow water and it’s just kinda hanging out, checking out the odd creatures on the shore.
Interesting video.
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
Yup. Couple of things I noticed:
1. The dorsal fin on the adult looks exactly like the outline you posted earlier, and
2. Even for a juvenile that is one big fish (yes, I know it’s a mammal not a fish) and it surprises me how close to shore it gets. That’s some shallow water and it’s just kinda hanging out, checking out the odd creatures on the shore.
Interesting video.
Orcas are really cool. They will crash the shore pretty hard for food. See the 1:00, 1:10 and 1:38 mark of this video for example. Of course after that they're rather ruthlessly playing with their food. :-)
and this video is chalk full of beachings.
I gotta stop -- I could spend all day watching this stuff...
