Many paddlers travel waters occupied by Orcas (Killer Whales) and some of us paddle in waters shared by both Great White Sharks and Orcas. There has been some speculation about the ultimate ocean predator and which would win in a battle. Well, it turns out that there are quite a few first-hand stories about Orcas and White Sharks and the whale always wins. In fact, there is supposed to be a female Orca that lives near the Farallon Islands just off the San Francisco area that specializes in killing Great Whites and eating their livers. This link is to a heavily commercialized video from NatGeo (including a Geico commercial featuring that stupid gecko) but which, nevertheless, documents an encounter between an Orca and a White off the same islands. There is underwater video showing the Orca swimming around with the shark in its mouth and video of the boat skipper claiming that the Orca actually brought the dead shark over to his boat and held it up like a cat showing off a mouse. There is also another story of a shark killing a baby Orca and then, some time later, an Orca spending hours toying with, allegedly, the same shark as revenge for the killing. The story claims that the whale tracked the shark down. Interesting stuff for kayakers in Orca country, I think. Try not to look like a shark. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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