While paddling on the water, the Orca are
aware of ones presence. However, when standing on land, we are removed
from their world, and, seemingly, their perception.
Here a pod of whales skirt the shoreline, perhaps searching
for fish, or to rub on the smooth stones along the bottom. Paddling in the
Johnstone Straight can bring close encounters at any time. As this whale
passed I could have jumped into the water and grabbed a hold.

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