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The fight lasted for three hours and ended with the whales giving up and swimming away into the fog. Video shows a rare brawl between a pod of orcas and 2 humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean Skip ...
Attacks on large whales in the region are relatively rare and no incidents of successful predation have occurred, although isolated incidents of transients harassing gray whales and humpback whales, including predation, have been observed outside the Salish Sea. However, interactions do sometimes become spectacular; in October 2022, a rare ...
An orca breaching in Hood Canal. The marine mammals of the Salish Sea are numerous and diverse, both in taxonomy and morphology. A total of six species of pinnipeds, eight species of baleen whales, seventeen species of toothed whales, and one mustelid (the sea otter) inhabiting the local waters of the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters over the continental shelf off Washington and British ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a pilot program to alert ships to whale sightings in Washington state's Salish Sea. ... humpback whales and sea mammal-hunting orcas increase as their populations ...
Humpback whales can be observed near the western end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, mostly from June to November, especially in areas near Neah Bay and La Push. There is a resident (non-nomadic) population of killer whale in the Strait and surrounding waters, where they feed on spawning Chinook salmon.
The Salish Sea is home to 253 fish species representing 78 families and 31 orders. These species encompass one myxinid, two petromyzontids, 18 chondrichthyans, two chondrosteans, and 230 teleosts. [35] In addition, the sea hosts 37 marine mammal species, most notably Steller sea lions, humpback whales, and killer whales (orcas).
A research flight south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket spotted seven different types of whales in unusually high numbers last month. Humpbacks, orcas, right whales: Unusual whale sightings ...
In this photo provided by Kersti Muul, a pod of Bigg’s orcas, swim in Elliott Bay as a state ferry sails behind them in May 2022. The U.S. Coast Guard is launching a whale alert program in ...