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Sean: I knew about the difference between resident and transient pods, it's the same up here. But I was not aware of any documented attacks on humans. Do you have any more information? What were they doing? Surfing? Diving? Do you know of any incident reports? Sean T. Stevenson wrote: >I thought I would add something I learned from a killer whale >researcher I met when I used to work for the Coast Guard here in BC - >The Orcas are separated into two distinct groups: residents and >transients. The resident whales only eat salmon, while the transients >eat seals, and thus avoid competition for food. Apparently the >transient whales can mistake the human form for a seal. There is a >record of a couple of attacks, but I have no further information. > >-Sean > > >On Sat, 8 Jul 2000 15:48:19 -0800, Kent Lind wrote: > > >Hi Fiona: > > > >We have resident pods of Orcas throughout Southeast Alaska. > > > >I have never heard of a single incident of a diver/orca interaction much >less > >an attack. Same thing in Puget Sound and British Columbia where Orca are >also > >present at times. > > > >You would be EXTREMELY lucky to have the opportunity to see one >underwater. I > >see them on the surface all the time but I've never had one approach > >underwater close enough to see with the limited vis we have. > > > >Don't worry. Based on my experience, they will totally ignore you and, >unlike > >sea lions, they won't even approach out of curiousity. > > > >Kent Lind > >Juneau, Alaska > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Fiona Watson [mailto:fiona.watson@ze*.co*.uk*] > >> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 4:16 AM > >> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > >> Subject: Orcas > >> > >> > >> A pod of Orcas seems to have made its current home in Breiwick, > >> Shetland, inconveniently this is just where we've planned to dive >tomorrow. > >> Whilst watching them catching seals for lunch yesterday from the > >> safety of Safeways car park, I contemplated the possibilities of > >> ending up as whale-munchies, and the idea that we've got just under > >> an hour where we're going to be 'exposed' whilst on stops. > >> As a confirmed wimp, are they likely to just leave us alone or should > >> we re-consider if they're still there by the morning? > >> > >> cheers > >> Fi > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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