A handful of whale watchers in BC, Canada quickly went from “Oh, wow!” to “Oh, shit!” recently when a pod of orcas began bumping and tossing their boats while in hot pursuit of a sea lion. “It’s amazing how much they pushed your boat toward us,” says the man behind the camera to another skipper across the way. Well, yeah. Adult male orcas weigh anywhere from 8,000 to 12,000 lbs. That’s a lot of push power.
The cameraman put the experience this way:
“I was boating out near Bowyer Island in Howe Sound,” he told Viral Hog. “I saw some whale watching boats, and so I went over to see what was happening. I then from a distance saw some Killer Whales! We watched from a distance for about 30-45min. It wasn’t quite clear what was going on, but then suddenly a sea lion clung onto the boat next to us and the killer whales were in the midst of all the boats! We didn’t dare move our boat for fear that we might hit the whales with the propeller!The guide from the whale watching boat suggested that the other boat, which the sea lion was hanging onto, to move closer to Bowyer Island so that the sea lion could get safely to shore. The other boat followed the guide’s advice and slowly motored to shore. The sea lion was safe in the end, though clearly a little injured.”
