[CINC] Gray Whales/Orcas

[Karen Sullivan]

This article has this quote.  Wonder if the rolling gray sighted in the channel 
was doing this in reaction to the Risso's?

"On another occasion, we saw a gray whale juvenile that was harassed by  killer 
whales roll repeatedly (sideways) as it moved rapidly towards  shore, which 
prevented the killer whales from maintaining a grip on its  fins and flukes and 
allowed it to escape," they wrote."




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From: John Kuizenga <jkuizenga at linkline.com>
To: CINC <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 3:24:10 PM
Subject: [CINC] Gray Whales/Orcas

Gray Whales/Orcas FYI,  Interesting article from the Alaska Dispatch re Orcas 
caching recently killed Gray Whale Calves in shallow water near the Aleutians, 
to come back an retrieve and presumably eat at a later date.  JK 



http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/arctic/8501-killer-whales-ambushing-gray-whales-in-aleutians
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