I don't know owt about killer whales, but is there not some suitable substance (non-toxic, non-polluting) that could be dumped in the oggin as a deterrent? What sense receptors do they have other than sonar that can be suitably aggravated to make them go away. You hear reports of other echo location-dependent animals being sent packing by sound devices.
Actually they were going to do that until they saw a keyboard.
To the same extent that men are apes.Dolphins are in fact whales, or part of the whale family. Scientifically, all whales, dolphins and porpoises are classified as Cetacea. And within Cetacea are two suborders: baleen whales and toothed whales. Baleen whales include the really big ones, such as blue whales and humpbacks. Toothed whales include dolphins and orcas, or killer whales, as they’re often known. In fact, orcas are the largest dolphins, growing to be about 32 feet (10 meters) long. Many dolphins only average eight to nine feet (2-3 meters) in length.
So yes, orcas are dolphins, and dolphins are whales!
Hope that finally clears that up
- W
Apparently orcas are Alfa mammals so probably not easily scared off.
I'm not sure that you are getting this classification of the species thing. There's plenty of help now on Google. ?
I f you remember my post at the time, it was a suggestion that a controlled cull of the 3 Gladys's by the competent authorities should be the course of action taken. That would probably have to be undertaken from a naval or research type vessel, not a "do it yourself " or "free for all" situation from a small yacht although you may have had to use a volunteer boat to draw them in . Of course, it's too late now as the behaviour has spread amongst the orca community it would seem and isolating the culprits would be nigh on impossible any more.
Catchy that, I,m going to be humming it for the rest of the week !
Considering an offshore route in September this year, 2022. Any ideas on how far offshore one should go to avoid Orca issues?
Considering an offshore route in September this year, 2022. Any ideas on how far offshore one should go to avoid Orca issues?
