On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:10 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > Apparently a pack of non-resident Orcas > (eats things besides salmon--kayakers with good taste beware) Oare in the > sound now. ................... <snip>...................... I'll put my > money on those > residents of Canada that came down here looking for some tongue. > There has been considerable speculation that the non-resident Orcas (and they aren't Canadian...but live in the cold Pacific Ocean waters) are a different species. Orca researchers say that there is little social interaction and no cross breeding between the resident Orcas (both Canadian and US) and these outer-water whales. The outer-waters whales are much meaner and more violent than the ones we generally get to see. I think Matt is right about the Gray Whale deaths. Since no one has ever accused me of having good taste I'm not so worried. Between that and my general paddling areas 170 miles east (and 1000 feet higher) than where they generally swim I'm pretty sure I'll be ok. 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 15 2010 - 23:02:23 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:40 PDT