Exciting Spotting of Orcas
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80812)
Daytona Beach, Florida
June 15, 2024 4:17pm CST
Since it doesn’t happen often a family fishing at the Point on Cape Hatters was excited to see two orcas leaping out of the water. The killer whales were jumping and seemed to be chasing something. After the orcas arrived the people fishing started to catch bluefish.
Orcas are the largest dolphin family members and infrequently visit the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The last pod seen was near Oregon Inlet in March 2011. Orcas can be found in oceans worldwide but are a rare sighting in the North Atlantic.
So those of you who like to fish and live nearby grab a rod and see if you can spot some orcas.
Photo from online of an orca
https://www.yahoo.com/news/orcas-outer-banks-killer-whales-180000747.html
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12 responses
@snowy22315 (182257)
• United States
15 Jun
I have been to the outer Banks several times and never saw any. It would have been a big thrill to do so I once saw a marlin or tuna some giant fish someone caught though .hanging in the sun.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun
@snowy22315 it was lucky for the people fishing since after the orca appeared they got bluefish,
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
@JudyEv 
that orca would drag you down into the depths of the ocean
that orca would drag you down into the depths of the ocean2 people like this
@vandana7 (100606)
• India
17 Jun
@RasmaSandra Are they as bad with humans as sharks? I thought Orcas would not interfere with humans unless we interfered with them.
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@allknowing (137840)
• India
16 Jun
You took me to a memory where we could feed the dolphins while on a tour of the US
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
@allknowing that is a nice memory. I have only seen dolphins in an aquarium,
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
16 Jun
How exciting. We didn't see anything like that at the Outer Banks. Have a good day.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
@LindaOHio I hope you had a good day,
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
17 Jun
@RasmaSandra Thanks. It's boring without my husband.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
@Kandae11 yep, that is what the Internet says
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Jun
I bet those fishing were thrilled to see them.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Jun
Wherever the dolphins are swimming, sharks high-tail it out of that area!
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
15 Jun
That's exciting. I have seen dolphins but not Orcas. I don't know what would I feel if I've seen one but yeah, sounds exciting .
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