Swimming with Orcas video
JSwim
western Maryland, USSenior Member
An OW swimmer in New Zealand had 3 orcas swim with her, and someone on shore grabbed their drone and got amazing video of it. This link has an article, edited video with an interview with the swimmer and the unedited video.
She saw them under her, got out of the water, changed her mind, got back in and finished her swim... don’t think I would have had the nerve to do that.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. --Neale Donald Walsch
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This could have ended differently. cf. videos of orcas and seals.
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Impressed she got back in the water. While humans tend not to be targeted by orcas, she herself noted that because she was wearing a wetsuit, she could have been mistaken for a seal. I wonder if that's what drew them to her, and then on closer inspection, they realized she wasn't a seal, but they could still have been curious about this strange non-seal creature.
Just speculation by yours truly, a non-seal, non-expert.
Got a chuckle out of the comment by the expert that orcas are "very large dolphins."
I can’t help but be wary (okay, downright scared) of getting up close and personal with big, carnivorous, wild animals. But I would prefer to see an orca swim under me than a great white shark. Orcas are intelligent enough to check out potential prey without their teeth. And only captive orcas have attacked and killed people. But, still, no. Too much risk.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. --Neale Donald Walsch
This story popped up in a news feed this morning: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/12/orca-blows-bubbles-at-surprised-kneeboarder-in-rare-encounter
In this article https://www.vozpopuli.com/altavoz/next/peligroso-nadar-orcas_0_1199880857.html (in Spanish) a few experts point out interesting things:
I wouldn't dare being close to an animal which could, out of curiosity, tear off my leg or head butt me with a hammer of 3000 kg.
dieciseisgrados.com/