And a group of tourists on April 12 have a place in the front row for a spectacular show hosted by a pod of transient killer whales. “No exaggeration. I have never seen this. “I’ve been doing this for 22 years,” said Brian Goodtremont of the San Juan Safaris Whale Watching. Suddenly there is another player on the scene. Naturalist Olivia Esqueda boarding, trying to describe what everyone sees, recorded on camera for the first time. “The humpback whale was somehow running behind them,” Esqueda said. A five-year-old humpback whale, known as the Valiant, swims behind and around killer whales. Esqueda said they could not believe what they saw next. “We all suddenly saw the next surface with the hump right in the middle of all the killer whales.” They watch for twenty minutes, shocked as Valiant confronts the killer whales who alternatively chase and harass them. This is not a new behavior for Valiant, according to those familiar with the humpback, taking over the ocean’s top predators. Prince of Whales Governor Mark Malleson says there is a reason this particular whale is so daring. “It is obvious when he was a calf, when he was in his first year he had a close call. Because you can see in this picture here, the marks from the rake, the marks of the killer whale rake. It would happen when he was with his mom. “ For those on board, everyone knows that what they are watching is something special, including the Esqueda. “There is something happening in front of us that we have never seen before,” Esqueda said. “It’s hard not to be a kid at Disneyworld.” WATCH: Whale watching in the Salish Sea as humps, Bigg killer whales return
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title: “Humpback Whale Takes On A Pod Of Transient Killer Whales " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Sylvia Clark”
And a group of tourists on April 12 have a place in the front row for a spectacular show hosted by a pod of transient killer whales. “No exaggeration. I have never seen this. “I’ve been doing this for 22 years,” said Brian Goodtremont of the San Juan Safaris Whale Watching. Suddenly there is another player on the scene. Naturalist Olivia Esqueda boarding, trying to describe what everyone sees, recorded on camera for the first time. “The humpback whale was somehow running behind them,” Esqueda said. A five-year-old humpback whale, known as the Valiant, swims behind and around killer whales. Esqueda said they could not believe what they saw next. “We all suddenly saw the next surface with the hump right in the middle of all the killer whales.” They watch for twenty minutes, shocked as Valiant confronts the killer whales who alternatively chase and harass them. This is not a new behavior for Valiant, according to those familiar with the humpback, taking over the ocean’s top predators. Prince of Whales Governor Mark Malleson says there is a reason this particular whale is so daring. “It is obvious when he was a calf, when he was in his first year he had a close call. Because you can see in this picture here, the marks from the rake, the marks of the killer whale rake. It would happen when he was with his mom. “ For those on board, everyone knows that what they are watching is something special, including the Esqueda. “There is something happening in front of us that we have never seen before,” Esqueda said. “It’s hard not to be a kid at Disneyworld.” WATCH: Whale watching in the Salish Sea as humps, Bigg killer whales return
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