{"id":11622,"date":"2021-02-05T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.com.au\/?p=11622"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T06:51:11","slug":"last-orders-the-killer-whales-were-serving-up-a-grade-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"daily_blogs","link":"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/blogs\/daily\/last-orders-the-killer-whales-were-serving-up-a-grade-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Last orders! The killer whales were serving up &#8220;A&#8221; grade entertainment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Hey everyone, I\u2019m Ella and I\u2019ve been interning on the Naturaliste Charters Bremer Bay killer whale expeditions this week. Every day has been epic and we\u2019ve witnessed predations\u00a0\u00a04\/5 days and today was no exception!<\/p>\n<p>Charging south towards the Canyon, it was only minutes before our first wildlife encounter of the day. The clouds parted with divine timing, creating a rainbow from the sea spray, and beneath it porpoised three oceanic bottlenose dolphins riding our wake. Better than any pot of gold. We took it as a good omen for the day, and we weren\u2019t wrong. Steaming 24 nautical miles to the hotspot we were greeted on arrival by Nibbles\u2019 and Digby\u2019s inseparable pods. We spent the morning being led East and West, patrolling along the hotspot in search of prey. Cruising along in an orca sandwich (a port side pod and starboard pod), we watched the falcate dorsals of the females and juveniles cutting through the Southern Ocean waters and the sprouted male dorsals towering above. Dundee put on a show throwing her whole body out of the water with each breath, in respiratory synchronicity with her mum, loving every inch of her 11500 km2\u00a0sub-basin playground.<\/p>\n<p>The orcas were kind enough to give us a short break from twisting our necks every which way, overwhelmed by the number of them surrounding us, to quickly digest our lunch as they went quiet for their midday siesta. But not for long. Soon after we were heading north again as they lead us back towards the continental shelf to the 300m mark before u-turning and displaying their incredible speeds and breath-holding abilities. They didn\u2019t elude us for too long, and once again we found them in their favourite hunting hotspot back on the 1000m mark.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving to witness splashing and surging orcas, in the swiftest predation this season, two pods took down their prey in a matter of minutes. Displaying their superior hunting techniques, attributed to their complex, matriarchal social structure (in other words, taking lessons in predation and pursuit orders from Grandma) the pods quickly divided their meal, bringing their shares back to their matriarchs for distribution. The swirl of shearwaters on Nibbles\u2019 fluke tipped us off that the bull had the \u201ctrophy\u201d in his mouth, which he made sure to parade off to us humans, with numerous close passes. Celebratory fluke slaps, peduncle throws, and airborne calves were in order, sending water flying into the air all around us.<\/p>\n<p>Beaming from another day spent killer whale watching, in complete reverence of the Southern Ocean and its apex inhabitant, the orca\u2019s farewelled us until tomorrow by surfing our wake as we turned towards home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11623\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11624\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-044-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11625\" 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style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Hey everyone, I\u2019m Ella and I\u2019ve been interning on the Naturaliste Charters Bremer Bay killer whale expeditions this week. Every day has been epic and we\u2019ve witnessed predations\u00a0\u00a04\/5 days and today was no exception!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; line-height: 11.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Charging south towards the Canyon, it was only minutes before our first wildlife encounter of the day. The clouds parted with divine timing, creating a rainbow from the sea spray, and beneath it porpoised three oceanic bottlenose dolphins riding our wake. Better than any pot of gold. We took it as a good omen for the day, and we weren\u2019t wrong. Steaming 24 nautical miles to the hotspot we were greeted on arrival by Nibbles\u2019 and Digby\u2019s inseparable pods. We spent the morning being led East and West, patrolling along the hotspot in search of prey. Cruising along in an orca sandwich (a port side pod and starboard pod), we watched the falcate dorsals of the females and juveniles cutting through the Southern Ocean waters and the sprouted male dorsals towering above. Dundee put on a show throwing her whole body out of the water with each breath, in respiratory synchronicity with her mum, loving every inch of her 11500 km<sup>2<\/sup><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>sub-basin playground.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; line-height: 11.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The orcas were kind enough to give us a short break from twisting our necks every which way, overwhelmed by the number of them surrounding us, to quickly digest our lunch as they went quiet for their midday siesta. But not for long. Soon after we were heading north again as they lead us back towards the continental shelf to the 300m mark before u-turning and displaying their incredible speeds and breath-holding abilities. They didn\u2019t elude us for too long, and once again we found them in their favourite hunting hotspot back on the 1000m mark.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; line-height: 11.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Arriving to witness splashing and surging orcas, in the swiftest predation this season, two pods took down their prey in a matter of minutes. Displaying their superior hunting techniques, attributed to their complex, matriarchal social structure (in other words, taking lessons in predation and pursuit orders from Grandma) the pods quickly divided their meal, bringing their shares back to their matriarchs for distribution. The swirl of shearwaters on Nibbles\u2019 fluke tipped us off that the bull had the \u201ctrophy\u201d in his mouth, which he made sure to parade off to us humans, with numerous close passes. Celebratory fluke slaps, peduncle throws, and airborne calves were in order, sending water flying into the air all around us.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; line-height: 11.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Beaming from another day spent in complete reverence of the Southern Ocean and its apex inhabitant, the orca\u2019s farewelled us until tomorrow by surfing our wake as we turned towards home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11623\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11624\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-044-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11625\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-072-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11626\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-123-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11627\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-169-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11628\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-176-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11629\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-182-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11630\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-203-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11631\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-214-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11632\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-217-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11633\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-222-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11634\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-239-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11635\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-242-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11636\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-264-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11637\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-292-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11638\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-297-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11639\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-313-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11640\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-05_Nic-Duncan-366-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; 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