Killer meeting.Regarding your article "Culture of the sea" (SN: 10/28/00, p. 284), our family had an interesting experience some years ago. Being a sailor in the Pacific Northwest, I have had many encounters with killer whales killer whale or grampus, a large, rapacious marine mammal, Orcinus orca, of the dolphin family. Male killer whales may reach a length of 30 ft (9 m) and females half that length. , but the most interesting occurred early one morning outside Silva Bay in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography . As we left the harbor, we encountered a pod pod, in botany pod or legume, dehiscent fruit of a member of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). At maturity the pod splits along its two seams and releases the enclosed seeds. of killer whales. A female left the pod and came alongside our boat. Within several feet of the hull, she turned on her side, revealing a newborn clasped to her back. We have never known whether she was proudly showing off her baby or, more likely, showing us to her newborn. Whichever it was, it was a moment none of us will ever forget. Fred Bieker Sun Valley, Idaho <includeonly></includeonly> Sun Valley is a city and affluent resort community in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in Blaine County. |
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