A whale watching tour off the coast of Washington state got a rare and gory treat this weekend when it stumbled upon a group of killer whales feeding on a small grey whale. The Puget Sound Express tour was south of Whidbey Island on Saturday when the crew spotted the transient orcas circling their prey. "It only took a couple seconds and I could see some of the intact skin of the grey whale, and I was like, 'wow that's a grey whale,'" naturalist and photographer Bart Rulon told CHEK News. The group of four killer whales included a matriarch and her four large adult sons, according to the whale-watching company. This season has seen an unusually large number of grey whales washing up dead along the shores of western North America.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2019 19:41 UTC