New baby orca, other discoveries made by tracking team
Source: Associated Press
11:22 p.m. EST March 5, 2015
SEATTLE – A new baby orca wasn't the only interesting discovery researchers made while tracking endangered killer whales.
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For the first time, researchers also observed groups of whales reuniting offshore, he said. The orcas were also seen farther from the coast than before — about 15 miles from Washington and 10 miles from Oregon.
Researchers were also surprised to find the orcas at one point foraging in relatively shallow waters, with a depth of about 26 feet, near Willapa Bay in southwest Washington.
The scientists were able to get out on a smaller boat to collect fecal samples and fish scales to study what the orcas eat and even which stock of Chinook salmon they prefer.
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Response to inanna (Original post)
I wonder why people take their infants out on the ocean....
That's not right.
