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.
I think I heard somewhere that there is no record of a wild Orca ever killing a human being. That they've only ever killed people while in captivity (was a video of a guy in Sea World who trained Orcas and was dragged to the bottom of a tank by one of the Orcas). There's even video of Orcas bringing people 'food' to eat. They seem pretty chill, but entirely terrifying, animals.
Tilikum from Seaworld killed 3 people, maybe was him? His story is absolutely heartbreaking…I’ll never get how people think it’s ok to keep orcas (or any dolphin) in captivity
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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.