{"id":125727,"date":"2020-12-04T00:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-magical-photo-shows-where-orcas-go-beach-rubbing\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T00:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:20:39","slug":"this-magical-photo-shows-where-orcas-go-beach-rubbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-magical-photo-shows-where-orcas-go-beach-rubbing\/","title":{"rendered":"#This magical photo shows where orcas go ‘beach rubbing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#This magical photo shows where orcas go ‘beach rubbing’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n There\u2019s a duality to killer whales that belies their name. They\u2019re calculating predators known to feast on great white sharks (they love the livers, news<\/a> stories recently revealed). But there\u2019s a playful, gentle side to orcas that inspires wonder\u2014especially when the creatures visit a recess of northeast Vancouver Island they can\u2019t seem to resist. In the summer and fall, northern resident orcas are drawn to Robson Bight, an ecological reserve on the west side of Johnstone Strait, just south of Port McNeill. The reserve, consisting of more than 1,700 hectares of land and water, was established to protect critical habitat for orcas. It\u2019s also one of the few known places where the northern residents indulge in a quirk unique to their kind: they head for dangerously shallow waters near the shore, then brush against smooth pebbles below\u2014a behaviour known as \u201cbeach rubbing.\u201d In August 2016, photographer Stephen Wilkes shot photos of the bight from a fixed vantage point for over 26 hours, combining hundreds of moments and collapsing dozens of hours into a single image. Science<\/a> has yet to explain beach rubbing, but maybe that makes it\u2014and the bight\u2014just a little more magical.
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