'Very dramatic photographs': Orca punts harbour porpoise into the air

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A mother orca started punting her prey into the air and a B.C. photographer captured the 'unique' action.

He spends seven days a week, 10 hours a day on the water. In August 2023, he captured a handful of powerful images showing a Bigg’s killer whale hunting harbour porpoises off Sangster Island.

Pidcock tells Glacier Media it's common for the females to do a fair amount of work while the males come for scraps. When harbour porpoises are being pursued, the animal goes through what's known as "capture myopathy."

 

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