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Old Thom is a large bull orca, and is estimated to be 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) long, with an estimated weight of 8 short tons (7.3 t). [3] The whale is identified by a distinct notch a third of the way down the posterior side of the dorsal fin.
Killer whale seen off Chatham likely Old Thom. What scientists said. Gannett. Heather McCarron, Cape Cod Times. June 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM. ... Orca sightings in New England are still a novelty.
In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has observers wondering if the trend has returned.
Other sightings were reported in 1976, 1996, 1997, 2021 and 2023, Hugh Harrop, founder of Shetland Wildlife, wrote in the Shetland Orca Sightings Facebook group.
Bingo was a 31-year-old male orca who lived at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium. He was captured in Iceland in 1984 and is the father of Lovey, Lara, Sarah, Ran II and Lynn and the grandfather of Earth and Luna. [24] He died on August 2, 2014, of a respiratory illness. [66]
Old Tom (c. 1860s/1895 – September 1930) was a male orca (killer whale) who cooperated with and assisted whalers in the port of Eden, New South Wales, on the southeast coast of Australia. Old Tom was believed to be the leader of a pod of orcas which helped the whalers by herding baleen whales into Twofold Bay . [ 1 ]
An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely ...
After several sightings in late May, the collectors had only two more before the day when they harpooned an orca, which was July 16. The small orca was swimming about 20 meters from the rocks. [10] The large harpoon struck the orca just behind the head, fatefully just missing the cervical cord and the brain on either side of the spot. [11]