The Pacific Whale Watch Association took the time to educate after a deer and orca were spotted swimming near each other in the Salish Sea.
The photo, credited to Sam Murphy and posted online by Island Adventures, showed a Bigg乌鸦传媒檚 whale with a deer paddling away. It was taken near Battleship Island, a U.S. island east of Sidney Island.
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Deer are strong swimmers and known to swim island to island, the association noted, pointing out that orcas around the world enjoy different diets. They乌鸦传媒檒l eat fish, sharks penguins and more, and the Bigg乌鸦传媒檚 in the image feeds on marine mammals such seals, sea lions and porpoises 乌鸦传媒� putting the deer at risk, the association said.
By all accounts 乌鸦传媒� and lucky for the deer 乌鸦传媒� it appears the orca, identified as T124C and called Cooper, wasn乌鸦传媒檛 in the mood for venison.
Spot the deer馃 Bigg乌鸦传媒檚 killer whale T124C 乌鸦传媒淐ooper乌鸦传媒� encountered a black-tailed deer yesterday near Battleship Island!
乌鸦传媒� Island Adventures (@sanjuanwhales)
馃摲 PC: Naturalist Sam Murphy
