A deer and a killer whale. Really?

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A couple years ago, whale watchers in British Columbia were treated to a sight for sore eyes. A deer swimming with killer whales of the BC coast was a once in a lifetime sight for the spectators. The whales did not attack the deer and the deer was safely herded out of the water after the whales went out to sea. However, this may not be that unusual a sight if you consider that whales descended from deer like ancestors according to scientists. While it was long known that the ancestors of whales once walked on dry land, the identity of the whale's ancestors was just recently discovered. Scientist believe that a 49 million year old skeleton of a mammal that looks like a small deer is the closest relative found, so far, to the whale. Could it be that the killer whales sensed that the deer was family when they were swimming together? They do make strange bedfellows. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071220220241.htm