Rescue preparations continue as a two-year-old female orca calf, named kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter, by the Ehattesaht First Nation, is spotted at the Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, B.C., Friday, April 19, 2024.
Jared Towers, executive director of Alert Bay's Bay Cetology, says today he can't be 100 per cent sure video he received confirms it's the female killer whale known as kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter, but it's highly likely given the orca's behaviour and the area where it was seen.A whale researcher says there was a likely sighting of kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter Friday, July 5.
The statement included a reference that "she may be gone," suggesting some killer whales don't survive being alone. "To my shock, I saw an eight-to-12-foot-long orca swimming alongside the boat, as if its pectoral flippers were hugging the side, the dorsal fin pointed away," Halle said in an email. "In other words, swimming sideways so that when I looked over I saw the white patches and made eye contact."
The young killer whale — named kwiisahi?is or Brave Little Hunter by the area's Ehattesaht First Nation — became the subject of international attention in April amid efforts to free her from the lagoon where her mother had become stranded on a rocky beach at low tide and died. Known for its rich sea life and natural resources, Friendly Cove has been part of the traditional territories of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations of the Gold River and Nootka Sound areas for generations.
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