"Northern Resident" Orca-pod (A30's)
best view: LARGE SIZE www.flickr.com/photos/14335455@N00/2611188203/sizes/o/
**Please don't use this image on websites,
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I was so enthusiastic to see these lovely and intelligent fish-eating creatures in their natural habitat - where they belong to - an not in tanks in aquariums where the Aquarium-Industry makes a lot of money with them....
They live in their natural habitat in matriarchies in very close social bonds.
"They are probably the most socially bonded of all mammals on our entire Planet.
Resident Orcas spend their entire lives within their immediate family group."
(quot. Dr.Paul Spong,OrcaLab)
"Whales provide human observers only brief opportunities to view them as they break the water's surface. While the species can be identified from these brief glimpses, only with photographs can enough information be recorded to allow the identification of individual whales. This process of photo-identification was pioneered during studies of killer whales in the 1970s by Dr. Michael Bigg. Prior to Dr. Bigg's work, little was known about the local killer whale populations. Using photographs, scientists noted subtle differences in the natural markings and injuries on the whale's bodies and fins. Characteristic shapes and sizes of dorsal fins, injuries, scars, and body pigmentation create unique combinations as recognizable as the human face. With this method, individuals could be identified, counted and their movements recorded. The key to studying killer whales in the wild had been discovered! Though the technique was developed for the identification and study of killer whales, photo-identification is proving to be a vital tool in our understanding of all whales species."
(Quotation, Biography of Dr. Michael Bigg )
The "ROBSON BIGHT Michael Bigg Eological Reserve" (a whale sanctuary, 20 km south of Telegraph Cove) was named after this great Marine-Biologist.
Here are OrcaLabs latest news on the oil spill in Robson Bight. It happened after I had left Vancouver Island. www.orcalab.org/news-archive/orcalab_general/080610.htm
Fortunately, the arrival of the A 30's was reported some days ago.
Do you want to know more about Northern Resident Orcas?
Please, visit: www.orca-live.net/
('OrcaLab' is an orca research station on Hanson Island, B.C., Canada)
"Northern Resident" Orca-pod (A30's)
best view: LARGE SIZE www.flickr.com/photos/14335455@N00/2611188203/sizes/o/
**Please don't use this image on websites,
blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
© All rights reserved **
I was so enthusiastic to see these lovely and intelligent fish-eating creatures in their natural habitat - where they belong to - an not in tanks in aquariums where the Aquarium-Industry makes a lot of money with them....
They live in their natural habitat in matriarchies in very close social bonds.
"They are probably the most socially bonded of all mammals on our entire Planet.
Resident Orcas spend their entire lives within their immediate family group."
(quot. Dr.Paul Spong,OrcaLab)
"Whales provide human observers only brief opportunities to view them as they break the water's surface. While the species can be identified from these brief glimpses, only with photographs can enough information be recorded to allow the identification of individual whales. This process of photo-identification was pioneered during studies of killer whales in the 1970s by Dr. Michael Bigg. Prior to Dr. Bigg's work, little was known about the local killer whale populations. Using photographs, scientists noted subtle differences in the natural markings and injuries on the whale's bodies and fins. Characteristic shapes and sizes of dorsal fins, injuries, scars, and body pigmentation create unique combinations as recognizable as the human face. With this method, individuals could be identified, counted and their movements recorded. The key to studying killer whales in the wild had been discovered! Though the technique was developed for the identification and study of killer whales, photo-identification is proving to be a vital tool in our understanding of all whales species."
(Quotation, Biography of Dr. Michael Bigg )
The "ROBSON BIGHT Michael Bigg Eological Reserve" (a whale sanctuary, 20 km south of Telegraph Cove) was named after this great Marine-Biologist.
Here are OrcaLabs latest news on the oil spill in Robson Bight. It happened after I had left Vancouver Island. www.orcalab.org/news-archive/orcalab_general/080610.htm
Fortunately, the arrival of the A 30's was reported some days ago.
Do you want to know more about Northern Resident Orcas?
Please, visit: www.orca-live.net/
('OrcaLab' is an orca research station on Hanson Island, B.C., Canada)