Pacific white-sided dolphins love to buzz Northern Resident killer whales. Yesterday A61 Surge got mobbed in Johnstone Strait, and here's a video of how he reacted! It might have been play, but if we can anthropomorphize for a moment, he looked like a whale equivalent of swatting flies!
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A bull Northern Resident killer whale, A61 Surge, lunging, throwing his tail, and pec slapping in response to a mob of Pacific white-sided dolphins buzzing him