WHALE TALE
Orca, in Glacier Bay, Seward Alaska
Carla DeDominicis

Media: Giclee on Archival Fine Art Paper
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Price: $250

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Orcas, like elephants, are known to be sentient beings, feeling, and responding to sensations and emotions. We encountered some 50 Orcas in Seward, Alaska’s Resurrection Bay—a “super pod” of inter-mingling groups of Orcas--that had come together to mate. This fellow seemed to be celebrating by vocalizing, breaching and tail splashing. Meanwhile, Bear Glacier in the background evidences an unrelenting melt.
Orca’s live for 100 years, and they pass down their memories through offspring, resulting in generational memory. Recent boat ramming’s by Orcas have caused some scientists to question whether they Orcas know that we’ve massively degraded the state of their seas and are revolting against our behavior.