"Spekkhogger" - 🔵@maestro320 's Notes: Squeezing a post in today as Im busy packing my bags again for another trip into the twilight zone. In case you were wondering, "Spekkhogger" is the Norwegian word for Orca. This surreal footage was filmed in the Norwegian Fjords with the Team at Whales Underwater @whalesunderwater courtesy of Co-Founder, Professional Underwater Wildlife Photographer and Filmmaker, Good Mate, Jasmine Carey @pxlexplorer - Today I was so lucky to have Little Scratchii swim right up to me. Shot right past to check me out like a bullet train! so I had to slow the clip down. Boy, orcas are fast! Yes and even the little tykes 😄 The really #orcasome thing about Scratchii are the bite marks all over. I would love to know how this happened as Scratchii is definitely too adorable to be a #hooligan or a #troublemaker ...... a #JamesDean maybe but definitely a good calf. 😎 So after Scratchii zips past, a humpback comes along to feed at the bottom. I also thought you would all enjoy seeing what it feels and looks like floating around the #herringscales. It’s literally another #galaxy or like a shaken #snowglobe . Whichever you prefer it’s still a glittery chaos of spectacular beauty. Can’t wait for tomorrow 💙 • The orca behavioural states that are typically observed include travelling, resting, socialising and feeding. When cruising, orcas adopt a speed of 10 to 13 km/h, usually remaining within 20 m of the surface. When necessary, orcas are able to reach brief speed bursts of up to 45 km/h. Because diving is energetically costly, orcas usually stay less than a minute underwater. However when foraging, orcas can perform deep dives of up to 100-200 m and are able to stay underwater for nearly 15 minutes. Orcas are known to display aerial behaviours. These include spy-hopping (lifting the head vertically out of the water), breaching (launching the body out of the water) and tail-lobbing (slapping the water surface with the tail). The reasons for these behaviours remain poorly understood. - #Conservation #Education #Research #OneOceanGlobal #whalesunderwater18 #whalesunderwater #killerwhales #orcas #spekkhogger #wuworcas18 #orcasome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqw2im-l9Ku/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tyoigcbny6a7
