The Blackfish

I'm Taylor, supporting the anti-captivity project from Australia. Believing in the intelligence and incredible beauty of these creatures.

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San Juan Orca | Archangel

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photography: Jacques de Vos

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Orcas, British Columbia, Canada

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Orca Dive by LarsMIK

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T123C “Lucky” during a harbour seal hunt last spring. We were watching this with our good friends from New Zealand @catherinelea_ and @wildranger_nz … all I wanted them to see was a seal getting pulverized by killer whales and the T123s made dreams come true ☄🌈 #orca #killerwhale #salishseaà http://ift.tt/2j1l2C1

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Did you know?

Evidence from multiple studies demonstrates that early life stress significantly contributes to the development of excessive and impulsive aggression. Many trauma survivors, especially those who went through trauma at a young age, never learn any other way of handling threat. They tend to become stuck in their ways of reacting when they feel threatened. They may be impulsive, acting before they think.

“Given similarities in brain structures responsible for stress responses, animals exhibit symptoms which resemble those of PTSD in humans,” said Stacy Lopresti-Goodman, an associate professor of psychology at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. She has studied the topic for much of the past decade.

Orkid is most likely to have developed PTSD due to her mother’s tragic death. She’s not psychotic, she’s a traumatized individual that should not be judged by her actions.

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CA140 with her son, CA140C.

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“When I was on the USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) we went down to Antarctica on Operation Deep Freeze. Our mission was to break the ice and create a shipping lane for the fuel and cargo ship to resupply the base in McMurdo. While we were breaking ice these killer whales were following us looking for food. If you look at the top of the photo you can see some penguins on the sheet ice, that’s who they were looking for. I hope you enjoyed!” -  Bryan Goff on Unsplash

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T123 “Sydney” peeking

#killerwhale #biggskillerwhale #vanisle #explorebc #naturephotography #orca #blackfish #oh_canada_ #ocean_captures #animal_captures http://ift.tt/2xdKNkt

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J Pod in Active Pass! To read this story (and more!), follow the link in our bio.⠀ Photo: @celine_dl_m⠀ #whaletales #whales #killerwhale #orca #SRKW #JPod #exploreBC #salishsea #activepass #whalewatching #getonaboat #storytelling #2016

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CA49B

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CA140D looking at us!

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(via Killer by Yves Adams / 500px)

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AP3’s beautiful saddle patch. She’s the only whale in AP pod to have an open saddle like this.

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8/21/17 - Solitary male CA165 Lonesome George seen in Monterey Bay.

Photos by Slater Moore with Discovery Whale Watch.

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But I thought all killer whales around the globe had identical ways of life and that all of them stayed with their mothers and siblings and extended family and couldn’t live a second without blood relatives around?

(No but for real: What happened to his flipper?)

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Lonesome George is believed to be an orphan, and it’s not entirely known if he has any current living relatives. Male CA transients typically travel with their mothers/sisters/kin otherwise.

George often travels alone or with another orphaned male CA171B Fatfin. He will sometimes meet up with other family groups as well.

The injury on his left pec is believed to be from hunting - possibly an elephant seal that fought back!

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whale cuddles! T37As

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The moment I swear my heart stopped beating.

We were watching AP pod when this female launched herself out of the water about a 50 yards from the boat. She swam off into the distance and then continued her popcorn breaching routine. A truly amazing sight.