Simon’s City Boat Firm documented killer whales’ looking in False Bay between 2009 and 2015. Watching them prey on widespread dolphins turned an (virtually) annual occasion for the corporate, up till ‘they have been knocked off their perch by the notorious shark killers Port and Starboard.’
On Saturday, 28 Might, seasoned land-based spotter, Peter Morgan known as the corporate to report a killer whale sighting, eight years for the reason that final time orcas have been noticed in that space.
They discovered the pod simply over 3 km off Simon’s City and noticed them till they ‘observed the 300 robust pod of dolphins within the distance, heading straight in the direction of [them] and the lethal killer whales.’
Anticipating pandemonium, the members of the corporate have been stunned by ‘the absence of a typical widespread dolphin flight response.’ One speculation is that ‘the killer whales had been shadowing and feeding on this pod of dolphins for a very long time, probably various days, and possibly even corralled them into False Bay.’ It seemed as if the dolphins had given in to the inevitable and have been counting on their massive numbers for his or her particular person survival.
The boat firm did get to see one assault, as a dolphin was despatched flying into the air. The feminine who initiated the assault handed the dolphin over to the male who swam across the dolphin for about 10 minutes earlier than one other feminine confirmed up and killed it.
Simon’s City Boat Firm spent one other hour with the killer whales earlier than the pod moved in the direction of Cape Hangklip.
Footage: Simon’s City Boat Firm
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