10 Orca Encounters That'll Brighten Your Day
10 Orca Encounters That'll Brighten Your Day. "Orca encounters" like never before! Watch a curious orca break free from its pod in the Gulf of California, captivating tourists. In an astonishing display, a female orca snags a bird kicked towards our boat!
Journey with us to Matheson Bay, New Zealand, for an enchanting orca interaction with a diver and a dog. Experience Luna, the playful orca, engaging with people and having a blast with a fire hose.
Norway brings an epic spectacle - the largest gathering of killer whales ever filmed, featuring a jaw-dropping 300 orcas! These awe-inspiring moments, from the Gulf of California to New Zealand and Norway, showcase the incredible beauty of orca encounters.
In the wild, there have been NO RELIABLY VERIFIED FATAL ATTACKS ON HUMANS. In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s. Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world's most powerful predators. They're immediately recognizable by their distinctive black-and-white coloring.
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As someone who lives on Vancouver Island and is graced by seeing these animals somewhat regularly for over a decade now, I can tell you that it never gets old and never ceases to amaze. They are so intelligent and curious about everything and it always blows my mind just how they know to navigate around us without causing harm.
It's beautiful to see them in the ocean where they belong ❤
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Beautifully said
Love the story of Luna. He was a young Orca that got separated from his pod and adopted humans as his friends and family. Completely friendly, playful and gentle. The story goes on but will leave it to this point. ❤
Beautiful creatures. Not sure about 'wanting to meet a new friend' with that dog though.
Haha, exactly my thoughts 😂
This Luna is such a love!!! "Don't you bite me!" says the little girl! Awe!
Sadly, Luna is a was. He died in 2006 after swimming into a propellor blade 8-((...
@@thezanzibarbarian5729 It was absolutely tragic and unnecessary. They should have tried to reunite Luna with his Southern resident pod. The gentle pescatarian subspecies has been declining for decades and is among the most studied in the world.
Seen them off the coast of Cape Town South Africa, I remember my wrist watch band getting snagged on my camera strap as i was leaning over the edge of the boat and it fell into the ocean , the orca saw this and swam down (which I found strange at first) but it returned seconds later with the watch in its mouth. I didnt know what too make of this and was hesistant to reach out and take the watch for fear of getting pulled into the ocean . But the orca put its head closer to the boat as if to say "Here you dropped this " I eventually took my watch back and the orca swam around the boat and took off , I wonder if it was a tame Orca realeased back into the ocean , either way ive never seen such intellegence from any other animal .
So amazing ! Thank you 🤩
Awesome encounter!!
Now i think, God bless, they look better in the ocean, than they do in swimming pools
Ahh, God always, always seems to amaze.
I had to come back and watch this video again. I absolutely fell in love w/ Luna. She's so smart, intelligent & naturally curious. She's a regular visitor who often drops by the docks, & seeks out a dockworker who drops in a fire-hose w/ the water on. She loves to delicately pick up the open end of it & spray the deck, oftentimes, she "accidentally" manages to spray her playful partners who dodge the spray, seeming much to her delight. She seems to meet a curious & playful black Lab, wanting to play their version of Marco Polo! Adorable!
Unfortunately he met a very sad end because of being so close to and comfortable with humans and boats 😞
@@ixizn Uh-oh...For real? What happened?
Government. Government happened. Government banned anyone from interacting, feeding or playing with him "for his own safety" Then didn't even bother to send anyone to keep him company and watch over him while rehabilitating him for survival in the wild. So became so lonely he started hanging around with and getting in trouble with the commercial vessels docked in the area, then he got sucked into one of the big propellers of a tugboat. If the Government had not gotten involved he'd probably still be alive today Once again proving the saying that the 9 scariest words in the english language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
They haven't attacked humans because 1. They haven't trained to hunt humans and 2. They haven't figured out that we have livers.
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They don’t want human livers, all toxic no nutrients 😂😂
And our livers are small like little toxic pill
Orcas know we are also intelligent.
Ours are too small, not the fat they search for, and being fellow apex predators as they are, our livers store toxic "forever" chemicals (PCBs), as theirs do. Great white sharks' livers make up to 1/3rd of their bodies & filled w/ fat for buoyancy.
That was incredible to watch!
They are magnificent just incredible to see them.
They all look beautiful.
i was visiting my cousin in seattle,washington, last year fishing for salmon, we caught are limits for the day when a pod of orcas came on our boat, they looked and splashed at us, then i took 3 salmons out of the bait hole in our boat and throw out to the orcas they came right up to the boat watching for move so we threw 2 more in the mouths, . they looked for a little while at us and vs ers ah to them. in a motion they where gone, we continued to catch 5 more salmons and bigger then the one we throw to the orcas, and went home , best day ever?!!!
Woww ! Thank you for this story 👌👌
Never feed an orca!! You are teaching them that they can look to humans for food! That will make them dangerous and get them killed. Look what happens to bears when people feed them!!!,
You absolutely must never, never do that again. There are laws against feeding wildlife for many reasons 1 of which is survival another is they can become aggressive and attack humans if they associate humans with food. Please do not do this again.
Totally I live in Seattle and this would be a dream day.... love that I saw this comment to see this story. @@captaindrake5253
I met one when I was a teenager out fishing in a small row boat In Hardangerfjorden (Norway) He ws curious, poked his head up and circled me a couple of times. I love them
Have a good friend who is kayak enthusiast . Off West Coast of Scotland he heard this sound and looked out to see Orca surfacing close enough for him to touch , lovely experience .
Orcas are magnificent. I always call them "water beings". Their intelligence rivals our own. Just amazing and beautiful!
I think orca translates to gods of the underworld or something in latin
@@Reggies-ii9xk The Latin name for them is Orcinus Orca. Orcinus means "of the kingdom of the dead" and Orca means "large bellied pot".
@@lichtsoldat7697 wow 😮
Note the upright fin, not curled like when they are in captivity and depressed !!🐋
Ooh. Never noticed that. Thank you
When you're Blessed to be able to interact w/ Beautiful, Awesome, Spiritual, Once in a Lifetime Experience. You Humans were Blessed❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Orca with the hose was hysterical. You can tell the fellas on the boat were thoroughly enjoying the show.
Ive seen quite a few Orca when out on solid hull boats but when I was in an inflatable by myself in a remote part of New Zealand, I wasn't as brave. I didn't stop to be in awe, I carried on to get to shore.
They thought the boats upside-down with the rutter that looks like the top fin on an orca !! But cute scratching their backs. Helped people and animals! It's hilarious with the fire hose!!
Sooo intelligent!!! 💥💥💥💥💥
The one with the dog is the only one that made me panic lol they are way too close to seals for me to trust orcas with them
If the orca had wanted the dog, it would have been able to get the dog. I suspect it was merely curious about the dog and humans and came by to say hello. 💗
@@braggarmybrat Oh yeah for sure! I just would have completely panicked as an owner 😅
They are intelligent. They know the difference between a seal and a dog.
@@Msenlightened1 I know that, I’d still just be worried!
@@Msenlightened1I'm sure every species has its dumb ass though... 💀
I'm so blessed to live on the Puget Sound. We've been allowed by our local J-Pod of Orcas to visit and interact with them on so many occasions. They KNOW US! They know our boats and tge the sounds they make. God blesses us with their presence in earth. In the water, We're at THEIR HOUSE!❤
Majestic animals 😀
Orcas are beautiful to watch and very highly intelligent and of how they want to interact with humans not hurt them.
The Border Collie of the Ocean
Or, maybe the Magpie of the oceans. Hahaha! I could carry my Border Collie.
Main God! I love this...😍🥰😘
Oh man that would be so cool to see in person.
thanks for this enjoyable video. You present it with a warm and very pleasant voice, contrary to many others who talk like hurried robots.
Love living in Washington. They swin into the hood canal sometimes & it's adorable seeing the mom & baby.
💜Amazing!
The resident orcas there are suffering mightily.
Marine Mammals are the coolest greatest creatures on Earth. Dolphins & Killer whales desperately want to interact & play with us. I just saw a vid of orcas imitating human speech (pretty well too)
I have to ask...would YOU ever think of slipping into the water for a little swim? I must confess, if there weren't too many, and they seemed playfully curious for a while, I would seriously consider slipping into the water for a few minutes to test them out! That's on my bucket list for sure!!
Best not to. They are wild animals after all no matter how interested in humans they are. Actually illegal in New Zealand and other countries.
I would consider it but keep a respectful distance, if they were to approach I would hope no harm would come but it would have been my choice, I have been around seals whilst diving and as long as your respectful they leave you alone with sometimes they nibble your fins but no harm, if they meant business I wouldn’t have to be writing this message wit my left eyebrow 👍🏻
Good luck if he realises u got a liver ..they are wild animals ,so don’t go being brave .
@@juliaforsyth8332 Most countries have laws protecting sea wildlife from harassment however I do some sea swimming here in the UK and should the extremely unlikely event arise like New Zealand where there s a chance If they were to approach me in their realm then it wouldn’t leave me much choice. The issue of eaten for my liver as another commented I can only say that there has not been any recorded events of Orca’s attacking humans in the wild (in captivity is another matter) I would not be so foolhardy to swim with leopard seals or many other such large mammals like sea lions etc as they are known to be aggressive. The same with dolphins which can be unpredictable and not the cuddly cute creatures that people think they are.
Ya, no. They aren’t as nice as videos like this make them out to be. Watch a few Killer Whales/Orcas hunting videos then you might reconsider. They like to play with their food before they eat it, and I’m pretty sure that dog would have been lunch if it didn’t get out of the water.
They actually rate and acknowledge humans...wow ❤
And I thought Orca were super to be clever.
When fishing in Alaska several years ago, a pod of orcas swam with the boat for about two miles and one juvenile kept swimming up to the boat to check us out. Of course our fishing wasn’t good until the pod left the area.
Amazing story, thanks 🫡
Looooove Orcas!!!❤❤❤
I love the eye-hopping they do to get a good look.
Spy hopping.
@@cindyj5522 I knew that, my stupid phone is possessed. When I went to change it back, the edit wouldn't work. But thank you for making the correction for me.😁
@@ericbumbles4145 Just logged in only to give this video and your "eye-hopping" a Like. Hahaha. 👁🐬 ❤
I swam with the Norwegian orcas and they are so intelligent and aware of you in the water it’s scary. I will probably never do it again because it was so frighteningly thrilling
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God bless you! Thank you for sharing the truth and nature of these beautiful creatures. You’re videos are healing fear instilled by egos and accidents around the globe 🙏 ❤
Living on Puget Sound then Alaska, these Magnificent creatures are absolutely Stunning to watch!💖
I wouldn't swim with a captive orca. I would swim with a wild one, though.
first ones are different colours and it is fascinating!!
It's so unbelievable. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful! How can you not believe in God when you watch or experience something like these people.
I would be tempted to swim with them. I recall seeing a youngling that separated from his pod to inspect our whale watching boat in Seattle. I was avoiding the crowd that was observing the pod on the starboard side and he came right up to me and gave me a brief greeting before rejoining his pod.
A friend of mine was in the SF group stationed around puget sound. When orcas were spotted they exited the water ,taking no chances
Orcas are sentient beings meaning they're extremely intelligent. All they're doing is that they're sussing out if you are a prey or something to relate to.
The blood bath of the ocean. So precious.
Ive been fortunate and scuba dived with killer whales. They are smart and curious and beautiful.
Amazing, where ?
@@captaindrake5253 west coast of Canada off Vancouver Island
Thank You x
TY4 all yr new & fantastic & soothing video's & I'm so it's all sea creatures especially dolphins & Orca's🥰
Thank you, I'll lake a video on dolphins soon🐬
Thanks so much I shared your video👍🏼Orca's don't look like dolphins but they are I know you know that💞
Их там так много! 👍
Amazing creatures, beautiful!❤
That did make me smile, thank you
Wow! I cant wait to swim with the orcas! Someday
Incredible.
Beautiful
Superb
Bless them!!!😂
That first video while innocent. Way too many people in each of those boats.
Around Spain and Portugal, orcas have been attacking yachts and fishing boats for some years now. Nobody knows why. In some cases these attacks were fatal... for the boats...
I would never reach out and touch a wild Orca from a boat , yes, they are intelligent animals , but We really don't know what they are thinking or how they view humans in their environment, people always say Orcas never attack people ,like we have some kind of contract the Orcas must abide by to never attack a human but what is stopping one from just snatching a person whenever it wanted to? Just saying these are massive powerful predators that are still wild animals and dangerous,
I WISH that I could say that I’ve had an encounter with an orca!.
Set it as a goal and you'll achieve it 💫
Awesome😊
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RIP Luna 😢
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О, е! Вот ты где! Большие рыбки! ❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗🤗
I womder if the orcas like the positive response they get from is. You know, the “oooh and awwws!” The high pitched baby talk. I think they even respond in some Way when we name them.
Imagine if the orcas suddenly decided, humans were on the menu
This a Mammal that has been swimming around well before the human species without a huge forehead started to walk out of Africa. They are a Learning Species.
3:37 "don't you bite me"😡 *Proceeds to accidentally almost devour the lil girl*
Orcas scare me more than sharks
we Jump into the Water when we was on a Fishing trip :P
I would love to witness something so beautiful but for I'm so afraid of large body of water 💧
The orca at the end also missed the fish because he was too close to the human..awww....
See why they're my favorite sea creature?
😲 300 Orca in 1 place in Norway!?!?.
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I think they dont attack because of 4 specific reasons. We are not their natural prey. We are foreign to them, our smell, noise, and movement patterns are alien to them. They have more curiosity when around us than anything else. Lastly, I believe that on top of being curious about us, they recognize that we are highly intelligent and social creatures.
We were coming back from the Bahamas on our sail boat and came all of a sudden a bunch of Orcas hunting a whale we were write in their line and their was a good sea the waves were a nice size ans the wind was good but we had somehow gotten between the hunted and the hunters . It scared me because we were in their way
amazing 🤩
The gulf of California ? Coast of California 👍
fiberglas ...
"Sounding" by Steers/Seers/Stears????? written years ago. Once you start to read it, you will not put the book down until you finish it. Hard to find. Maybe A.mazon.❤❤
I think they are smart enough to understand we can wreck them if we want. They have language and culture. They see what we do to the ocean life and want no part of it.
No doubt to me, Orcas are the smartest mammals on this planet.Despite being the ocean apex predator, in their pods they live a peaceful group centered, caring, totally symbiotic existence. Man can learn much from this genius species and live a better life in this "madhouse" we call civilized society! I've concluded the reason UFO/ UAP enter oceans is to contact the orca species.
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this is so cool, but stop calling them "killer whales"
Orca Luna
One of these days a person will get attacked
The dog was lunch
Humans in wetsuits generally resemble seals WAY too much for me to be chilling while an orca swims by......
Vancouver and Washington State Orcas are called Resident Orcas and don't eat other mammals, they eat fish.
In regards to Orcas attacking boats, I offer another opinion, it's nothing about revenge, or personal orca issues. As it appears only the rudder's are broken off. Why is this? And are all vessels attacked? My theory is this, that is most sailboat rudder shafts, the tube that goes up into the boat to which the rudder is connected to, is loose in the shaft log housing. This allows a vibration or resonance to occur due to loose rudder shaft, and or out-of-balance rudder with fairing issues setting up a vibration in the water. It is this vibration the Orcas take exception too. Why else would they only break off the rudder and not attack the keel, or the hull itself? It's the vibration of the rudder passing though the water which is annoying them. Note, most sailboats do not have bulkheads to prevent water from getting into the vessel interior once the shaft log is breached, cracked or broken in the case of oraces bumping, smashing and crashing into the rudder itself. Additionally, most sailboats do not have adequate bilge pumps to handle high water flow other that an small leak, hence they sink in deep water.
Very interesting, thank you 🍻
In Spain the fishing boats have been harassing them badjy. trying to ram them and shooting at them. Even if they sink the boats they don't go after the men in the water. Noise has a massive effect on whales especially sonar, so probably Orca too.
Thank you for calling them orcas rather than "killer whales" seeing as they are members of the dolphin family.
Some of this narration was naive. That dog looked like whale meat to me.
Just a hypothesis. The Orcas think the rudder is another Orca on it's back so they try to wright it.
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Really interesting. They may be aware it's not another orca but they may think they're still supposed to react this way. Like when a dog plays with toys.
Cook Strait New Zealand Baby Orca playing with a rope trailing from a fishing boat.
They don't eat divers because the air bottles make them fart
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Orcas will stalk, follow and wear out its prey and then attack. They find pleasure in playing with the prey before full on killing and eating it. So…that dog was smart to turn around because the orca was probably inspecting it to see if it wanted to eat it. These animals are beautiful and so smart yet also terrifying. They will go after giant Blue Whales, basically eating it alive, they’re terrifying yet will bond so deeply with their pod members. They deserve respect, just like any other wild animal.
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In New Zealand, we have laws to protect sea life believe it or not interaction is illegal
Like sharks the Orca has been demonized by a hollywood movie called Orca killer whale , trouble is all people see is teeth and not the curious nature of a gentle mammal
They are the probably the 2nd smartest animal on earth or at max 3rd after sperms whale. Orca have most empathy, communication skills & consciousness of any animal excluding humans ofc.
so if orca used rudder to scratch its back.... maybe those other orcas are not attacking rudders maybe these are trying to floss their teeth....
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