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Update on the killer whales who stopped in the South Bay
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By Sandy Mazzaon February 4, 2011 5:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | ShareThis
Remember the pod of orcas that swam past South Bay's beach cities last weekend and lunched on a common dolphin? Here's a link to the previous blog about their unusual visit: Orca off shore.
We have more information about the members of that pod, thanks to Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a local biologist and director of the annual whale census for American Cetacean Society - Los Angeles.
Schulman-Janiger said the pod was made up of four whales -- a mother, her 12-year-old son, her newborn calf, and another of her offspring born in 2005. The mother, dubbed CA49, was first spotted off of Monterey in May 1992, she said. She was also seen here in May.
A group of whale watchers and other boaters saw the oldest male kill and eat a common dolphin. The orcas left behind the dolphin's heart and lungs, which were photographed by Phil Garner and his fiancee, Merry Passage. Here is a link to their photos.
Onlookers saw the young calf nibble on the dolphin's vital organs after the pod finished eating (and it sounds like it was pretty cute -- in a predatory, carnivorous kind of way).
Here's a link to a video of the sighting.
Update on the killer whales who stopped in the South Bay
Previous Entry
By Sandy Mazzaon February 4, 2011 5:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | ShareThis
Remember the pod of orcas that swam past South Bay's beach cities last weekend and lunched on a common dolphin? Here's a link to the previous blog about their unusual visit: Orca off shore.
We have more information about the members of that pod, thanks to Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a local biologist and director of the annual whale census for American Cetacean Society - Los Angeles.
Schulman-Janiger said the pod was made up of four whales -- a mother, her 12-year-old son, her newborn calf, and another of her offspring born in 2005. The mother, dubbed CA49, was first spotted off of Monterey in May 1992, she said. She was also seen here in May.
A group of whale watchers and other boaters saw the oldest male kill and eat a common dolphin. The orcas left behind the dolphin's heart and lungs, which were photographed by Phil Garner and his fiancee, Merry Passage. Here is a link to their photos.
Onlookers saw the young calf nibble on the dolphin's vital organs after the pod finished eating (and it sounds like it was pretty cute -- in a predatory, carnivorous kind of way).
Here's a link to a video of the sighting.
