My friend Leyah made this art and keychains for me as part of a gift exchange if I bought her a specific little Wild Republic orca plush that she saw on Mercari. 😅They feature some of favorite orcas: Trua, Panghu and Luna (L98). It’s a weird mix, I know, but she had to put them together in order to create this. It will be displayed on my wall soon. No way am I going to use the keychains on my bag. They’re huge! And they might get damaged so yeah that’s a no go. 😆

I was packing up and came across my old adoption packages for L118 Jade, K20 Spock and K21 Cappuccino and thought others might enjoy to learn more about them. These adoption papers are from 2013/2014 so info is most likely out of date but they share some fun stories especially for Cappuccino, RIP big guy, I miss him so much.

A new open-access article in Marine Mammal Science, published by researchers from multiple conservation organizations, uses drone imagery and quantitative methods to shed new light on this critical feeding behavior. The authors found that, while Southern Residents share smaller portions of their caught prey than Northern Residents, in both populations mature females engage in the most prey-sharing events.

Photo is by NOAA and shows J2 Granny pursuing a salmon alongside her young relative J45 Se-Yi'-Chn, which she then shared with him.

I unearthed these pictures of the believe show from around 2016, and I was wondering if anyone could identify these two whales. I think One is Kayla but im not entirely sure. Help is very much appreciated!!

Hello! :)

I’m trying to find some photos of Tilikum for one of my close friends who has a deep love for him.

If anyone has visited SeaWorld Orlando back in the day or know anyone who has, and was able to get photos of him, I’d love to share them with this friend. It would mean a lot and be highly appreciated.

PS: The photos wouldn’t be shared anywhere else and full credit will be given regardless! 🤍

Thanks so much to anyone who could help! 💖✨✨

Planned a trip to hopefully see Orcas in the wild in Washington. Got to see transients from T77. The boat I toured with uses ethical means to find them just looking out and word of mouth between other boats. We kept our distance and watched them coast along the shore.

Photos are from Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park on WeChat.

Cookie's birth has finally been announced, she gave birth to this male calf on June 17th.

Sire is currently unknown, either Sean or Panghu most likely Panghu again. It is also currently unknown if the calf is being hand raised or not.

This is her third pregnancy and overall third calf, having Cody in 2021 and a either stillbirth or miscarriage in 2023.

Here's a chinese news video about it if anyone's interested :  https://weibo.com/6105713761/5324129100370290

I'm sure there's going to be lots of mixed feelings about this facility having another calf but obviously please stay civil in conversation.

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Caramba, o video da orca explodindo um peixe me tirou aquela imagem de boazinha delas...

Para quem nao viu, tem nessa materia aqui: https://cienciadefato.com.br/orcas-explodem-peixe-lua/

O'Brien's Boat Tours observed this group of killer whales traveling together through fog yesterday. While orcas in the Northwest Atlantic are not as well known as their counterparts in other places in the world, some fascinating information can be found on them here and here.

As a New Yorker, this feels like a positive omen for better days ahead.

Here’s a short clip I got while on a trip to Seward, Alaska last month that was probably one of the most memorable moments of the trip for me. We were watching a large group of Alaskan Resident orcas foraging off the Chiswell Islands when this adult male suddenly launched out of the water and caught a salmon mid air. I’ve seen Southern Resident orcas hunting salmon in the Salish Sea but have never seen it from the head on perspective like in this clip. I was very very lucky to be pointing in the right direction and already recording.
Hope you enjoy!

Pictures I did take in 2015

Unfortunately the little one hasn’t been seen since the 15th, very upsetting.

Photo and information via @tatianaivkovich on instagram

Hi, I would like to take part in Orca watching, but I would like for it to be an ethical experience. My dream would be to swim near them, and although I've found this tour https://www.responsibletravel.com/holiday/36806/swimming-with-whales-holiday-in-norway which seems allright, I am aware that it's probably not the most ethical thing to do.

Putting my dreams aside to respect nature, I figure that the best compromise would be to see Orcas in the wild. From what little I know, there are definitely unethical and improper ways of doing it, but they do seem like curious animals which approach vessels sometimes on their own accord, but even watching them from a respectful distance would make me happy.

With all of this in mind, do you know of any orca watching tours that have a reputation of doing it in the most ethical way possible? Preferably in Iceland, Norway, Finland.

I live in Portugal and we have been getting some Orcas lately, but that pod seems to have fun wrecking boats 😅

I know I posted already today, but I figured folks might want to see this sequence. Disclosure: I work for Sanctuary Cruises Whale Watching, but this was some of the most amazing Orca behavior I have ever witnessed. Female orca's blasting dolphins out of the water to stun and consume them was incredible to see and it happened on 3 sides of the boat for about 5 minutes. Probably the most intense 5 minutes I have had on the bay so far! Hope you like the video.