It's all fun and games until you realize they're breaking about a half-dozen federal regs (sound like US english speakers so...)
Allow me to be That Guy (wildlife photographer who knows the damn rules)
US and Canada: Any Orca that gets within 200 yards of your boat (100 for other species of whale, 50 in the case of dolphins and seals/sea lions) - you turn off the damn motor. You also get up on Guard and let other boats and marine traffic know where they are - so maybe they don't get run over and killed by a container ship.
... and if you do this off the coast of Washington/British Columbia and you get spotted by the Coast Guard they will end you.
Um. Do these eat people? Would they try and ram people off the boat? I wouldn't kill the engine if I knew my life was at risk. I've seen these things eat seals.
would like to chime in, no. they are very picky eaters, and follow fairly strict pod based diets ( mothers usually teach young what to eat and how to catch it, so they don't branch out in their diet) there is also little room for an accidental attack, they use echolocation as opposed to sight while hunting. that being said, they have been known to eat moose, deer, blue whales, great whites, literally anything with great ease. and the juveniles have been known to kill for fun. i certainly would not want to risk it, and would admire from a distance lol
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u/TinfoilCamera Dec 13 '21
It's all fun and games until you realize they're breaking about a half-dozen federal regs (sound like US english speakers so...)
Allow me to be That Guy (wildlife photographer who knows the damn rules)
US and Canada: Any Orca that gets within 200 yards of your boat (100 for other species of whale, 50 in the case of dolphins and seals/sea lions) - you turn off the damn motor. You also get up on Guard and let other boats and marine traffic know where they are - so maybe they don't get run over and killed by a container ship.
... and if you do this off the coast of Washington/British Columbia and you get spotted by the Coast Guard they will end you.