A new Orca calf has been identified in Queen’s family and we are very excited to welcome to the pod and introduce to you new calf Arrymarinus! It has certainly been a baby boom for Queen and her pod over the last few years and this season a new member of the family has been happily travelling alongside mum Shredder who you might recognise as she is the mother of youngster Samurai. The little one is doing extremely well and keeping up with the rest of the family and meeting new friends as the Orca community has been socialising over the last week. Proudly named after Whale Watch Western Australia’s Pod Member Arry, we are thrilled to welcome this new baby apex predator to our catalogue and Orca family. Our team cannot wait to watch little Arrymarinus grow and thrive in the waters off our south coastline in the years ahead.
It was a very social day with the Orca as multiple family pods mingled and travelled together. A few stray squid scraps were spotted at the surface as Shearwaters desperately squabbled over them and an oil slick appeared a little later on in the day. All good signs the Orca were targeting some smaller prey, enough to keep the energies up for the travel and social time they were having. Calves mingled and got the opportunity to start building on their friendships with other youngsters who they will spend many decades into the future working with which will be vital for the success rate of future large mammal hunts. Adults enjoyed time to spend with others outside their family pod as a few of the teenage boys hung out together while elder females discussed the last weeks hunts, or so it appeared! A special day out with our wonderful Orca and an exciting moment to name the newest member, welcome to the pod Arrymarinus.
