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Orcas at Bere Point, Malcolm Island
Bere Point is a rubbing beach, where these massive creatures come right to shore to scratch their bellies on the smooth pebbles of these wave-washed beaches. There must have been more than 50 people "hiding" in the foreshore, waiting for this moment!
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Comment by Jasper & Karen on September 30, 2012 at 12:00am
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That's just me following the rules, Clyde...in order for the whales to keep coming to their rubbing beach, it's essential that they not be disturbed. People are supposed to stay on the viewing platform from which I took my pics, up above the beach. I think it provides an excellent viewscape for photos, but there's an incredible urge people feel to get as close as possible to the whales. Those people were really respectful--quiet as mice and mostly hidden behind that shingle--so I doubt they caused any disturbance. I liked having the relative size of people and whales in the frame! So far as I've heard, there have never been any instances of Orcas trying to sample humans instead of seals. These guys are residents, who eat only fish, in any event. It's only the transient Orca populations that harvest larger critters from beaches, and they don't know about Bere Point (tourists!).
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on September 13, 2012 at 9:56pm
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Karen,
I certainly do like your photos, and appreciate your sharing them with us. Those on the foreshore remind me of some people I saw in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee a few years ago. Five or six black bears were resting on the only road across the mountains and had the road blocked. There were several people out among them feeding them candy out of their hands. Never feed a bear unless you have enough of what they like to fill them twice over. I've watch videos of Orcas coming ashore to catch seals for their supper and they caught their food with great speed and accuracy. Tell me, can an Orca tell the difference between a seal and a man when it's hungry? That's not a place for me; I'm a natural born coward! I see you stayed a safe distance away to take your picture.
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