A killer whale stranded on rocks in Alaska was saved after a group of people spotted it and kept it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

wet until the tide rose

A killer whale stranded on rugged rocks above the shoreline in Alaska on Thursday was saved after a group of people kept it cool with water until wildlife officials arrived.

The orca was seen ashore on Prince of Wales Island off the coast of British Columbia in the morning by people in a boat, Tara Neilson, who lives in the area, told Insider. Her niece, Aroon Melane, who was in the area visiting family, heard about the stranded whale and decided to go help.

Melane and her friends stepped in to help the whale before wildlife officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could arrive. The group used buckets to splash water onto the whale, which had also been injured on the rock.

Melane posted a video of the experience on her TikTok, where she said the whale started to get more "lively" after being splashed with water.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/killer-whale-stranded-rocks-alaska-045326726.html

[IcyPeas]

1. the whales usually travel in pods.

I hope it finds the pod

This happened a couple of weeks ago in New Zealand, but the orca didn't make it and they couldn't find it's pod either. All of NZ was cheering it on. So sad.

The killer whale - named Toa - washed ashore near the capital Wellington 10 days ago, prompting a desperate search to find his family in nearby waters.

Believed to be two to six months old and about 2.5m (8ft) long, the orphan could not survive alone in the ocean.

His fate gripped the nation, with hundreds of people volunteering to help the nationwide search.

Toa - Maori for "warrior" - was separated from his pod and found by two teenagers in a rockpool in Plimmerton, north of Wellington.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57950919