A BBC/Nat Geo film crew captured some amazing, never-before-seen footage earlier in the year for the Planet Earth Live television series - what is considered to be a humpback whale intervention during a transient orca hunt on a grey whale calf off the coast of California. Watch the full story here:
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33582/crew+films+extraordinary+clash+between+orcas+humpback+whales/
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Back in April, Russian researchers spotted a WHITE, adult male orca off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia - he isn't the 'first' seen in the wild, like the article states, but it still very cool!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17783603 New Zealand video news coverage on Iceberg, the white orca spotted in Russian waters - is he albino or blonde? http://www.3news.co.nz/Albino-or-just-blonde-White-orca-ignites-discussion/tabid/1216/articleID/251715/Default.aspx UK orca have been in the news as recently as last month:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19011369 14 orca were sighted "swimming around the harbour" at John O'Groats in Scotland in July, less than a month ago! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175302/Visitors-14-killer-whales-whale-time-coast-John-OGroats-unprecedented-sighting.html Swimmers encounter orca between Ullapool on the Scottish mainland and Lewis in the Western Isles in June: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18607596 Orca were spotted in the Summer Isles off the coast of Scotland in June: http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/surprise-orca-visit-to-summer-isles-1-2365226 Orca sighted off the Irish coast in June. Check out the video footage captured by Donegal fishermen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18369270 In June of this year, locals at Thurso and Scrabster got an incredible treat with an unusually close encounter with 5 orca - just 5m from shore! http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/orca-scrabster.html An introduction to orca, from the BBC, with some amazing footage of orca found off the UK coastline, as well as from other waters around the world:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Killer_whale |
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