T46B’s
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Biggs Killer Whales Playing with Salmon! – 20/8/19
The afternoon tour began on Smith Bank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with one of our favorite humpback whale MMY0079 “Scratchy”! Scratchy even came over to the boat to say hello! After visiting with him for a bit we moved on to Haro Strait where we encountered the T46B’s (including little gray whale…
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My First Encounter with “Tl’uk” – 28/5/19
What an absolutely incredible encounter I had today with an amazing family known as the T46Bs and one of the newest members in the group, T46B1B “Tl’uk” who has some form of leucistic colouration. The newest White Whale we know of… Not to be completely outshone, we also had T46B6 who may potentially be the…
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A Unique Encounter with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 2/12/16
(This story describes the first known sighting of infanticide in Killer Whales. For more information head here.) We had almost left when we noticed splashing back where we were with the whales. We figured, they might be on a hunt but we never guessed it was T46B5 being killed. The fight that ensued between the…
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Double Header with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales and J Pod – 17/4/16
Pretty sure this is my first time seeing the T011’s. They’re infamous for being part of the minke whale kill that happened in Ganges Harbour back in 2002. (Read more here!) One of my favourites from today! J35 in the lead and J31 just surfacing. This after a cool encounter with the T46B’s, T46C2 and…