This story starring an orca is moving the web and wowing users. Thanks to outside help, the danger was averted.
Orca stuck in the rocks (screenshot from YouTube) – Ecoo.it
The story plays in British Columbia, the westernmost of the Canadian provinces. The protagonist is an orca, a truly amazing marine mammal found in all the seas and oceans of the world. It is able to live in both precipices than near the coast. Sometimes it defies danger and even comes close to the mouths of some rivers. It is not very common in the Mediterranean. This aquatic mammal prefers to live in it Cold waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, hunting for fish among the ice floes. Some subspecies migrate toward the equator in summer, as do gray whales.
The interesting thing about killer whales is that yes form in matriarchal family groups. The whole family travels together and communicates about possible dangers, hunts or obstacles. Communication takes place via a organ on the foreheadIt involves sound waves hitting nearby objects, which send an echo back, warning of threats or obstacles. It is precisely for this reason that the story that we are about to tell is all the more surprising.
The orca stuck in the rock: the rescue
Probably due to the immediate ebbor a malfunction of the sonar, the device the orca needs to intercept obstacles, she stayed trapped between rocksand thereby endangering his own life. This story happened in British Columbia. And it’s unusual. Basically the noise emitted bykiller whale These are ultrasonic waves that cannot be heard by the human ear. It was different this time.
Orcas (photo by Canva) – Ecoo.it
The shock when the killer whale stuck out of the water between the rocks was so great that the aquatic mammal made it make such a loud noise can also be seen by passers-by. And this gesture is meant to save her life.
The mammal returns to the sea
Orca (photo by Canva) – Ecoo.it
After hearing a truly unique sound, some passers-by noticed the killer whale stuck in the rocks. This huge beast is difficult to move, even with the cooperation of several people. The first thing to do was to calm down the orca, which instead continued to be restless. At this point theThey covered her with wet towels to refresh it. After that, other willing people joined the first responders to rescue the orca stuck in the rocks. All in all, they are equipped with hoses and buckets of water to keep the large aquatic mammal constantly moist. I’m waiting for the tide to come back and finally manage to free her. It was necessary wait several hoursbut finally there The tide has come and the orca was able to free itself and swim into the sea. This time human intervention was salutary.