this week, flopping onto a whale-watching boat for safety as the killer whales circled below. The young seal had been dodging thrusts and tail-kicks from the whales, said Templeman, head of Campbell River Whale & Bear Excursions. Templeman dropped his waterproofed GoPro camera below the water’s surface, capturing the calls and squeaks of the killer whales. The marine mammal is also “the number-one preferred prey” of the transient killer whales. Transient killer whales keep on the move in search of marine mammal prey, while resident killer whales eat mainly fish.

Source: thestar August 24, 2016 16:03 UTC