T101s

August 16
The Ocean Magic out of Victoria on Sunday morning Aug 16th encountered the T 101's in Haro Strait near Kelp Reef . 4 animals in total. The sea conditions were exceptional, with no wind, no waves and lots of sunshine. All four members of this group were traveling into Active Pass with the BC Ferry boats and other marine traffic. There are other ways to get to Georgia Strait so why do these intelligent Orca as well as the Southern Resident Orca chose to use an extremely boat-busy passage to get from A to B? They were seen to swim right along side the Ferry vessels. Now if they were afraid or distressed by large boats they wouldn't do this. I suspect they like the sensation that these huge boats create below the water, rather like a massage! All conjecture on my part of course.
Marie O'Shaughnessy, Orca-Magic Prince Of Whales, Victoria B.C.