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dono
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We had a giant Sperm whale wash up on one of our breakwaters here in north Barriles about 12 yrs. ago. Tried to pull it off with a boat but it was
just too big about 36', finally got a D-8 Cat dug a giant hole and pushed it in, that area of the arroyo is really green.
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dono
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Through the years we have seen lot of orcas as well as many other types that i couldn't identify.
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i think
i think they might just be Dahl's orcas, or killer porpoises !
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
Ken - i have been told that the SOC can be host to all the whale species that exist - all have been spotted at one time or another. true? if so.....i
want to see a blue sometime!! and a sperm. |
mike I've never seen a sperm whale in the SOC but here's a blue off of Loreto:
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Ken Bondy
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False Killer Whale
This is a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) I photographed at Cocos Island in Costa Rica. The resemblance is internal, sure isn't external:
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elgatoloco
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The Orca is found in every ocean on the planet.
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mulege marv
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one thing
the one thing i have got out of this thred , is i now know how to spell Porpoise, which these were not.
[Edited on 8-15-2006 by mulege marv]
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Orcas
Great pictures Marv...thanks for starting this thread....very interesting.
But I must agree with you. My "educated" guess would be that they are Orcas.
The first picture looks like a female by the size of that dorsal fin.
In the second picture (a male) it shows the bluntness in the scull in front of the blowhole. Dall's Porpoise have a very slopping scull at this point.
In the fourth picture the grey saddles are clearly visible behind the dorsal fin, an Orca feature for sure. In this picture the outside whale's dorsal
fin does, as Ken says, look weird..actually I think that may be the sunlight reflecting off it somehow. Great pics again from you Ken..Awesome
Tail!!
Your last picture looks to me like two females. And if they were Dall's porpoise they would have a rooster tail shooting off their backs ... that is
a common identifying feature for a Dall's porpoise.
Dall's porpoise grow to a maximum of seven feet and are a cold water small whale. We have lots of them here in my neighbourhood but I doubt that they
would be in the Sea of Cortez...I have never seen them there. I would think especially not in the summer when the water is warm. But HEY!! ya never
know, stranger things have happened I'm sure.
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AmoPescar
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
The Orca is found in every ocean on the planet. |
BUT...aren't we talking about the SEA of Cortez...?    
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulege marv
i think they might just be Dahl's orcas, or killer porpoises !
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks frizkie - your message reminded me that with all the discussion of species I forgot to say to marv that, regardless of what they are, your
photos are terrific and I really enjoyed them. I should have said that first before I started wondering what the animals were. frizkie, to the best
of my knowledge I have seen Dahl's porpoises in the Sea of Cortez in the winter in the Punta San Francisquito area (when the water is pretty cold). I
have also seen orcas there at various times of the year.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
The Orca is found in every ocean on the planet. |
BUT...aren't we talking about the SEA of Cortez...?
Amo |
Hey smarty where you bean?
The Orca is found in every ocean and most seas including the Sea of Cortez, Arabian Sea and the Med, not to mention a Marine park or three. 
Did you know that in Norway it's not Orca, it's Spekkhogger?
True story. :moon:
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Ken, In June of 2005, Marilyn and I were 30-35 miles N. E. of Loreto and encountered a pod of sperm whales. A local panguerro said that this was not
uncommon in summer.
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Ken
To my knowledge they never go much further South than California so that is very unusual that they would be anywhere in the Sea of Cortez. Just a few
little wayward Dahl's (??sp) I guess...Hey! Maybe we are talking about two different critters here, Hmmmm?? I am referring to Dall's porpoise named
after William H. Dall an American zoologist who originally captured two off the coast of Alaska in 1873. Maybe a Dahl's porpoise is a different
species..Do ya think???
By the way Ken your pictures of your Anacapa Island dive are far beyond AWESOME!!! Thanks for those and please don't ever quit sending in your
photos.
Barbara
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I think that they are porpoise. On our sailing trip we ran into a pod of about 50 of them and with reference books and field guides in hand we
determined that they were porpoise. Is it a pod or a school? ?Quien Sabe?
Marv do you have any pix with the nose in them. That would let us know for sure..
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I don't want to sound like a dork here...but I worked at Sea Wolrd at the Shamu Stadium for like three years. I sold Coke and popcorn there. Those are
orcas. No doubt. After that, I worked in Antarctica for a few years and I saw tons of orcas. Those photos are of orcas! Come on.
Last but not least, the first time I went to Punta Chivato when I was 14...I saw orcas. Give me some orca love!
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mulege marv
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uh huh
thats what im talking about ! chicken soup i give you an avitar !
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mulege marv
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i love it
a few pictures are now going on 3 pages of debate. to orca or not to orca. i just might make senior nomad before its over.
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Theres been a lot of squid, one of the orca's favorite foods, plus those cute gray whale babies that they go after in the early spring all up and down
the Pacific Coast.
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Love the pic's Ken!
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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