No. They're a publicity stunt put on by the whale watching tours to get people to go on the boats.
I think there should be no commercial whale watching and boaters should stay basically far to well away from them. Most don't though. Accidentally getting close or steering toward them is IMO harassing them.
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Mark are those seals or sea lions?
Not sure if they still do or not but the whale watching boats used to communicate on VHF channel 71. So you might try listening in if you're out and about.
Some of them show up on AIS as well. If you see a cluster on the other side of the island you know something's going on.
Seals in Carquinez Strait?
Orcas are highly over rated. The're just sea cows that think the're fish.
I always thought they knew exactly where we were w our engines running and they almost certainly do but I still ran right into one .. T boned him at 6 knots. Eight tons meets 30tons? Everybody survived but now I stay well away from them. And then I had a policy of not altering course to get closer to them. And I didn't on collision day.
I think there should be no commercial whale watching and boaters should stay basically far to well away from them. Most don't though. Accidentally getting close or steering toward them is IMO harassing them.
Beautiful to watch but Mother Earth probably wouldn't miss them much if they were to become extinct. There would just be lots more seals and fish. Ever watched a cow Orca teaching her young how to kill and eat seals? It's a bloody mess and happens in Thorne Bay at times.
Mark are those seals or sea lions?
Beautiful to watch but Mother Earth probably wouldn't miss them much if they were to become extinct.
What would change if Orca's suddenly disappeared.
So Marin I'm hearing you say the value of Orca's is in the warm and fuzzy feelings of the most worthless animal on earth. Man of course.
You're talking about whales and deer and eagles. Where's the talk about bugs ... and insects. They have a lot more to do with human well being than whales.
You're talking about whales and deer and eagles. Where's the talk about bugs ... and insects.