타우랑가는 범고래, 돌고래 천국!

 뉴질랜드 타우랑가에서 살면서 이렇게 범고래(orca), 돌고래 보실 기회도 있는데요. 

저희 타우랑가 가족회원들과 함께 매년 여름철 한차례씩 돌고래 탐사 보트 투어를 함께 다니는 돌핀 시파리(Dolphin Seafaris)의 선장님 스튜어트가 어제 한떼의 범고래를 타우랑가 하버 안에서 만났다고 합니다.

 

 사진 설명엔 '혓바닥을 쏙 내밀고 있는 새끼 고래가 엄마를 졸졸 따라다닌다'고 되었네요.

 

이 범고래떼가 우랑가 앞바다에서 여름 휴가를 즐길 계획이라니 앞으로 2-3주동안 많은 사람들에게 기쁨과 탄성을 선물해주겠네요..  기대기대!!

 

 

 An orca calf pokes its tongue out as it swims with an adult in Tauranga's harbour on Wednesday. Photo / Stuart Arnold

 

 

    A pod of Orca with a young pup inside Tauranga Harbour. Photo / Brandon Stone.

 

 

 Bottlenose and pilot whales seen with Whales and Dolphin Watch NZ Ltd in Whakatane. Photo / Supplied

 

 

 A pod of dolphins in the Tauranga Harbour kept kayakers and rowers amused.

Photo / John Borren

 

 

 Ferry commuters from Mount Maunganui take a close look at one of the whales.

 First appeared in The Bay of Plenty Times November 5, 1984.

 

 

 DoC workers and Project Jonah volunteers work to keep a stranded Orca, nicknamed Nobby, wet on Papamoa Beach (2008). Photo / Vision Media

 

 

 Surfers gets a close-up look as a pod of orca whales swam close to shore as they cruised along Mt Maunganui main beach. Photo / Alan Gibson

 

 

      A pod of dolphins cruise around the harbour. Photo / Claire De Barr.

 

 

                                마운트 망가누이 

 

 

David Taylor sails out of the Tauranga harbour heading for Antarctica to protest whale hunting (2007). Photo / John Borren

 

 

Orca family cruise Tauranga harbour

A pod of orca has returned to Tauranga waters this week, delighting those who enjoyed their company last year.

Stuart Arnold, the owner and skipper of Dolphin Seafaris, said he first spotted the pod of six orca on Monday, saw them playing in the waves off Papamoa Domain on Tuesday and finally managed to capture the photo he had been waiting for yesterday - an adult orca with a calf.

Mr Arnold, who has been taking photographs of orca for the past seven years, said it was a "real privilege" to get the picture he did.

"To get a baby with its head out of the water and especially a baby with its tongue poking out is quite unusual," he said.

He said there were three pods of orca in Tauranga Harbour last year, between the last week of November and the Christmas-New Year period.

He said the pods were attracted to the harbour by the stingray population, which was like "jellybeans" to orca.

"That's what the orca are coming for, to chase stingray in the shallow waters."

Mr Arnold was convinced the pod of three female orca, one male and two juveniles visited Tauranga waters in the same week last year.

He recognised them by the distinctive colour, shape, kinks and nicks in their dorsal fins.

Mr Arnold spotted the pod of orca between Mauao and Sulphur Point about 9.15am yesterday.

By about 2.30pm they had moved to Pilot Bay, moving out towards Mayor Island about 3.15pm.

Mr Arnold predicted this orca pod would be holidaying in the Bay for the next two to three weeks.

"They spend probably 60 to 70 per cent of their time in and around the harbour and the rest of the time cruising around.

"There's no danger with them (to humans) even though they're probably the most lethal predator in the ocean," he said.

Meanwhile Brandon Stone, who owns on the Wild Side tours, spotted a pod of about 12 orca, including a calf with a badly damaged dorsal fin, at Omokoroa on Sunday and saw them in the harbour again yesterday afternoon, following them out the Tauranga Harbour entrance.

He said several boaties, jet skiers and kayakers were enjoying the spectacle.

 

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