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Orcas hunt and kill Dall's Porpoise...
Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:06 pm
We have had some almost daily Orca sightings in town over the past 3 months. Someone in Haines (70 miles north of here) captured this footage from a pier. Dall's Porpoise have a similar black/white scheme as Orcas, they love to play in the wakes of vessels.
In the end, porpoise loses. Fun starts at about 30 sec.
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In the end, porpoise loses. Fun starts at about 30 sec.
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This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 4:08 pm
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Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Orcas are assholes.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:43 pm to AlxTgr
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Orcas are a-holes.
eh. it's nature. killing off the competition. humans do it as well.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:44 pm to Loup
That doesn't change anything.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 4:51 pm to AlxTgr
They are. Lots of videos out of them playing with then killing Sea Lions and Harbor Seals.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 5:48 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Orcas hunt and kill Dall's Porpoise
Can we get a couple of Orcas down to Grand Isle to thin out the porpoise/dolphin population around the island?
Posted on 6/10/21 at 5:56 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
I can usually tell if a pod is in the area when I pass by the docks. Sea Lions find shelter on docks, buoys, boats...whatever they can find. They'll take over if Orcas are near.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 6:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Is this your back yard? 
Posted on 6/10/21 at 6:14 pm to RogerTheShrubber
That’s awesome footage
Posted on 6/10/21 at 6:18 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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Can we get a couple of Orcas down to Grand Isle to thin out the porpoise/dolphin population around the island?
If I remember right there is a big pod in the gulf.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 6:27 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Is this your back yard?
Relatively. Theres a fjord between Juneau and Haines, this pod and a couple of others have been running a circuit this spring and early summer. Haines is about 70 miles North of here.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 7:06 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Once they got it surrounded and cornered just a matter of time.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 7:36 pm to Nodust
Yep, thats a decent sized group. They surrounded him and wore him out. Eventually they make mistakes, I guess.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:07 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Nature is just amazing. And very jealous of the views. Alaskan vacation was the greatest trip I’ve ever been on and going to be hard to beat.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:53 pm to headedwest21
Impressive how they eventually all worked together as a group.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:07 pm to TDTOM
They were pretty stealthy. Two had slipped off and were prepared when the porpoise tried to run for it.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:09 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Pretty crazy they have never killed a human in the wild.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:22 pm to highcotton2
I read that they kill prey, but only eat the liver. Is that true?
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:31 pm to highcotton2
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Pretty crazy they have never killed a human in the wild.
Yep. There are cases where they mess with fishermen in boats, but so far no one has been killed.
They are also devastating to the King Salmon population.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:33 pm to TDTOM
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I read that they kill prey, but only eat the liver. Is that true?
That's just when killing sharks. There's some protein in the shark liver, or something.
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