It’s size, power, speed, agility and disposition have made this black monster feared wherever it is known.” Nothing that lives or moves in the water is safe from its assaults. “How different the orca, which seems to be filled with a burning hatred.“The killer whale is well designed for a career of destruction and mayhem”.They are afraid of nothing, not even boats or ships.”
capable of attacking anything that swims, no matter how large. the fiercest, most terrifying animal in all the world. From “ Killer Whale!“, the 1963 book by Joseph J.Here’s some sample text from around 1969 that gives a sense of who we were at the time: We also sure didn’t have knowledge of their intelligence, long-lived family bonds, and limited numbers (all Orca populations in BC are at risk). Knowledge about the A23 matriline goes back to at least 1969 when we did not even know that there are different populations of Orca with distinct culture. This is the story of the A23s, and what one Orca family’s history reveals about us. So many human eyes have been cast upon them, but so few of us are aware of what this family has endured. – See this link for more on the kinds of Orca populations in BC. Residents have the culture of rubbing on smooth, stone beaches. – In BC there are also Southern Resident Killer Whales (endangered) and mammal-eating and offshore fish-eating populations (both threatened). Residents (and a few families of resident type Orca in Alaska) have the culture of rubbing on smooth, stone beaches. – Each matriline sounds different aiding in determining degree of relatedness and avoiding inbreeding. Resident matrilines come together but, ultimately, males leave with their family and females leave with theirs. – They stay with mother, siblings and offspring their whole lives. – “Residents” do not stay in one area they are inshore fish-eating Killer Whales / Orca. – Members of the Northern Resident population ~310 whales (2019) threatened population.
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