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Orca Strandings and Rare Events Transient Orca Stranding and Rescue Dungeness Spit, Jan. 2-4, 2002 01•02•03•04•05•06•07•08•09•10•11•12•13•14•15•16•17•18•19•20•21•22•23•24•25•26•27•28
Using his body weight as leverage, Jeff Foster torques the dorsal fin of the male transient killer whale CA188 in an attempt to straighten the animal up so that Jenn Schorr (right) may place a line under the male's fully submerged, but partially beached pectoral fins. [Note the Time-Depth recorder (TDR) attached by suction cup to the side of the whale.] Photographs © The Center for Whale Research. All Rights Reserved. Photo (above) by David Ellifrit. |