Whale watchers get rare view of 8 orcas killing, eating sea lion off Southern Califor

[greenturtle]

By: The Associated Press

DANA POINT, Calif. - A boatload of watchers got their money's worth when they witnessed a rare encounter of eight killer whales killing and feasting on a sea lion off the Southern California coast.

Video taken Tuesday by Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Safari shows the the orcas playing and eating in front of passengers on a charter cruise near Dana Point.

Capt. Dave Anderson says it was the first time in two years he has seen a killer whale off the Orange County coast.

Anderson says one of the whales swam up to the whale-watching boat and stared into the window of the underwater viewing pod. He says another put its mouth on the engine of the backup boat that he was using to photograph the whales.

He says it appeared the adult whales were teaching a calf to feed.

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Online:

http://www.whalewatchingtv.com/Orca-LIVE.html

[The Publisher]

Imagine getting underwater footage of that!