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Of Orcas and Men

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by David Neiwert


  pg. 262 The cornerstone of Kwakwaka’waka religious thought: See Irving Goldman, The Mouth of Heaven: An Introduction to Kwakiutl Religious Thought (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1975), p. 177.

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  Beck, Mary L. Heroes and Heroines in Tlingit-Haida Legend. Seattle: Alaska Northwest Books, 1989.

  Berta, Annalisa, Sumich, James L., and Kovacs, Kit M., eds. Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology. New York: Academic Press, 2006.

  Boas, Franz. Indian Myths and Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America (Dietrich Bertz, translator). Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002.

  Bringhurst, Robert. A Story As Sharp As a Knife: The Classical Haida Storytellers and Their World. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.

  Brown, Bruce. Mountain in the Clouds: A Search for the Wild Salmon. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.

  Chadwick, Douglas H. The Grandest of Lives: Eye to Eye With Whales. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2006.

  Ford, John K.B., Ellis, Graeme M., and Balcomb, Kenneth C. Killer Whales. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994.

  Ford, John K.B., and Ellis, Graeme M. Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.

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  Gregg, Justin. Are Dolphins Really Smart? The mammal behind the myth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

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  Hoyt, Erich. Orca: The Whale Called Killer. Ontario: Camden House, 1990.

  Kirby, David. Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity. New York: St. Martins Press, 2012.

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  Mann, Janet, Connor, Richard C., Tyack, Peter L., and Whitehead, Hal. Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

  Matkin, Craig O. The Killer Whales of Prince William Sound. Valdez: Prince William Sound Books, 1994.

  Montgomery, David R. King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon. Boulder: Westview Press, 2003.

  Morton, Alexandra. Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.

  Nollman, Jim. The Charged Border: Where Whales and Humans Meet. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.

  Obee, Bruce, and Ellis, Graeme. Guardians of the Whales: The Quest to Study Whales in the Wild. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 1992.

  Parfit, Michael, and Chisholm, Suzanne. The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna. New York: St. Martins Press, 2013.

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  Visser, Ingrid. Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand’s Killer Whales. Auckland: Penguin NZ, 2005.

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  Index

  Note: Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations.

  A pod

  A13, 95

  A45, 222

  A51, 224

  Springer (A73), 152–153, 221–225

  A73 (Springer), 152–153, 221–225

  Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks (AMMP), 208, 214, 230, 240

  see also marine parks

  Ambulocetus, 70–71

  American Family Association, 126

  ancestors, orcas as, 16

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 237–238

  Antarctic orcas, 90

  Antarctic Type A Killer Whale, 80–81

  apex predator status, 29–30, 154–155, 157, 182–184

  aquariums. see Seattle Aquarium; Vancouver Aquarium

  Are Dolphins Really Smart? (Gregg), 23

  Argentina, 90

  Ariosto, 100

  artiodactyls, 70

  attacks on humans

  Annette Eckis, 114

  and captivity, 231

  Daniel Dukes, 125

  Dawn Brancheau, 125–129

  Hans Krestchmer, 104

  Keltie Byrne, 124

  Ken Peters, 126

  Lucette, 104

  Terra Nova Expedition, 104

  in the wild, 7, 104

  Bain, David, 187–188, 190–191, 193, 197

  Bainbridge Island ferry, 20

  Baird, Colin, 123–124, 217–219

  Balaenidae, 72

  Balcomb, Ken

  on Bigg, 138

  biographical sketch of, 139–140, 139

  on boat-engine noise, 189–191, 203

  on the Elwha restoration, 181

  Free Lolita campaign, 240

  on learning from orcas, 152–153

  on oil spill risks, 201

  photo identification research, 20–21, 73, 217

  plan to rehabilitate Keiko, 208

  on psychic contact, 18–19

  reputation, 229–230

  return of Luna (L98), 58–59

  Springer (A73), 221

  see also Center for Whale Research (CWR)

  baleen whales, 72

  Barre, Lynne, 237

  Barrett-Lennard, Lance, 53–54, 77–78, 90

  Basilosauridae, 71

  Basilosaurus, 71–72

  Basque whalers, 100–101

  behavior

  aberrant, 231

  breaching, 21, 38–39, 40, 149, 151–152, 225, 228

  breathing, 46–47

  cooperation, 88–92

  hunting, 74–75, 88–90

  logging, 38

  pectoral slaps, 21–22

  sleep, 46–48, 47

  spyhopping, 8, 84

  symbolic interactionism, 158–159

  see also social behavior

  Bell, Phyllis, 215–216

  Berns, Gregory, 249–250

  BIAW (Building Industry Association of Washington), 174

  Bigg, Mike

  behavior of “transient orcas,” 34

  biographical sketch of, 136–139

  census of killer whale populations, 119

  meeting with Morton, 21

  photo identification research, 73, 137

  speciation research, 73–74


  work with Ellis, 145

  work with Ford, 141–142

  Bigg’s killer whales

  (T3), 85–86

  Charlie Chin (T1), 85

  Chimo (T4), 85, 145

  ecotype description, 79

  Florencia (T2), 85–86

  interactions with resident killer whales, 76, 172

  naming of, 76

  Nootka (T5), 85–86

  social organization, 84–87

  subspecies status, 173

  T2a, 86–87

  T2b, 86–87

  T2c, 87

  bitumen, 200, 202

  Bjossa, 142–143, 225–227, 225

  Blackfish

  effect of, 232–233

  Penn Cove capture (1970), 234–235

  SeaWorld’s response to, 127–129

  Boas, Franz, 260–262, 261

  boat-engine noise, 163–164, 186–191

  see also echolocation; whale-watching industry

  bonding, 64–65, 84

  Bonneville Dam, 168

  Borrowman, Jim, 24

  Bossert, Greg, 213

  bottlenose dolphins, 23, 26

  bowhead whales, 72

  Boyd, John, 195

  brain size

  dolphins, 23

  orcas, 26–27, 30

  brain structure, 30–33, 31

  Brancheau, Dawn, 125

  breaching, 21, 38–39, 40, 149, 151–152, 225, 228

  breathing, 46–47

  Brocato, Frank, 106–107

  see also Marineland of the Pacific

  Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW), 174

  Burke Museum, 20

  Byrne, Keltie, 124

  CA188, 182–183

  CA189 (Hope), 182–183

  calls

  bottlenose dolphins, 26

  dialects, 91–92, 142

  dolphins, 26

  humpback whales, 26

  as indications of intelligence, 24

  mimicry, 55, 57–58

  Northern Resident population, 35, 44–46, 48–49

  orcas, 51–52

  S1 calls, 54–55

  Southern Resident population, 35, 54–55

  understanding, 35, 53–55

  variations, 54

  see also communication; echolocation

  candidate for release, as a Corky, 239

  captivity

  arguments against, 230–231

  arguments in support of, 227

  and attacks on humans, 231

  average lifespan, 11, 231

  birth rates, 212

  “Blackfish effect,” 232

  Corky, 146

  Ford on, 143–144

  imitative learning, 23

  Morton on, 146–147

  release from, 211

  “whale laundering,” 230

  see also enclosures; marine parks

  Center for Whale Research (CWR), 140

  see also Balcomb, Ken

  Cetacean Research Technology, 222

  cetaceans, attributing mystical values to, 19

  Cetotehriidae, 72

  Charlie Chin (T1), 85

  childbirth, death during, 212

  Chimo (T4), 85, 145

  Chinook salmon, 175–178

  see also salmon

  Chisholm, Suzanne, 58, 61

  chum salmon. see salmon

  coincidental events, 20

  Columbia River, 176–178

  communication

  barrier, 26, 158

  dolphins, 50–52

  Namu, 110

  with orcas, 17–19

  understanding, 50–55

  see also calls; echolocation

  Cook, Joseph J., 105

  cooperation, 88–92

  Corky

  as a candidate for release, 239

  captivity, 146

  Northern Resident population, 21

  pectoral slaps, 21–22

  Corky II, age, 11

  Corral, Karla, 209–211, 210

  Cousteau, Jacques, 104

  Cowperthwaite, Gabriella, 127, 235

  Cramer, Jim, 232

  Cranmer, Andrea, 16, 248

  creation myths, 67–69

  Crossfire, 128

  Crozet (Subantarctic) Killer Whales, 82

  culture of orcas, 88–93, 153–154

  CWR (Center for Whale Research), 140

  see also Balcomb, Ken

  Dall’s porpoises, 75

  dams, 168–171, 179–182

  DAT (dolphin assisted therapy), 19

  Davy’s Dream (Lewis), 5

  Death at SeaWorld (Kirby), 127

  Delphinidae, evolution, 72–73

  Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), 56, 136–137

  dialects, 91–92, 142

  see also calls

  diet, salmon, 24

  dilbit, 200, 202

  dioxins, 184

  dolphin assisted therapy (DAT), 19

  Dolphin Freedom Foundation, 241

  Dolphin Institute, 26

  dolphins

  Are Dolphins Really Smart? (Gregg), 23

  behavior, 251

  bottlenose dolphins, 23, 26

  brain size, 23

  calls, 26

  communication, 50–52

  dolphin assisted therapy (DAT), 19

  echolocation, 251–252

  entertainment shows, 106

  evolution, 72

  Flipper (Tors 1963), 109

  intelligence, 22–23, 25

  Malia, 251

  mythological representations, 99

  dorsal fins, 45

  The Dorsals, 108

  Doyle, Laurance, 25

  Dukes, Daniel, 125

  Dyes Inlet, 171–172

  Earth Island Institute, 208–209

  Eastern North Atlantic Killer Whale, Type 1, 80

  Eastern North Atlantic Killer Whale, Type 2, 80

  echolocation

  and boat engine noise, 164

  dolphins, 251–252

  evolution, 72

  examination of signals, 26

  as indications of intelligence, 29

  sharing, 53–55

  as a sixth sense, 31, 41–44

  see also boat-engine noise; calls; communication; hearing

  Eckis, Annette, 114

  ecotypes

  Antarctic Type A Killer Whale, 80–81

  Bigg’s Killer Whale, 79

  Crozet (Subantarctic) Killer Whales, 82

  Eastern North Atlantic Killer Whale, Type 1, 80

  Eastern North Atlantic Killer Whale, Type 2, 80

  Gerlache Killer Whale, 81

  Offshore Killer Whale, 79–80

  Pack Ice Killer Whale, 81

  Resident Killer Whale, 78–79

  Ross Sea Killer Whale, 81

  Subantarctic (Crozet) Killer Whales, 82

  ecotypes study, 77–78

  Eden, whaling, 101–103

  elephant seals, 90

  Ellis, Graeme

  biographical sketch of, 144–145

  photo identification research, 73

  Springer (A73), 222–225

  Vancouver Aquarium’s support of, 229

  work with Bigg, 145

  Elwha River, 179–182

  emotions, 249–250

  empathy, 48, 61–62

  enclosures

  Lolita (Tokitae), 12, 233–238, 241–242

  Sea World, 121–122

  Endangered Species Act, 157, 164, 169

  entertainment shows

  dolphins, 106

  revenue, 229

  environmental movement, 134

  Essex, 104–105

  evolution of whales, 69–73

  Exxon Valdez oil spill, 164, 201

  Felleman, Fred, 157–158, 199–203, 223

  Finna, 142–143, 225–227, 225

  Fischer, Bryan, 126

  Fisher, Dean, 142

  Flipper (Tors 1963), 109

  Florencia (T2), 85–86


  Foote, Andrew, 57–58

  Ford, John K.B.

  biographical sketch of, 140–144

  on diet of orcas, 24

  on dolphin communication, 50–52

  early orca encounters, 103–104

  on learning from orcas, 154–156

  “Linking Prey and Population Dynamics: Did Food Limitation Cause Recent Declines of ‘Resident’ Killer Whales in British Columbia?” study, 175

  Morgan, 239

  on orca calls, 53–54

  on orca dialects, 91

  photo identification research, 73

  Springer (A73), 224–225

  Vancouver Aquarium’s support of, 229

  work with Bigg, 141–142

  Forsman, Leonard, 20

  Fraser River, 90

  Free Lolita campaign, 240–242

  Free Willy, 117, 206

  Free Willy/Keiko Foundation, 208–209, 216

  Frontline, 215

  furans, 184

  Garrett, Howard

  culture of orcas, 90–93

  diet of orcas, 177, 182

  Free Lolita campaign, 240

  on the Keiko Project, 216

  on lifespans in captivity, 242

  symbolic interactionism, 158–159

  see also Orca Network

  gene pool, 23, 172

  general intelligence factor, 30

  General Jackson, 62

  Georgia (K11), 87

  Gerlache Killer Whale, 81

  Geronimo, 106–107

  Gingrich, Newt, 128

  Glenn, Mike, 210

  Glines Canyon Dam, 179–181

  Gold River, 60

  Goldman, Irving, 262

  Goldsberry, Don, 112–113, 118, 119, 123

  Gorton, Slade, 119, 170

  Grand Coulee Dam, 168

  Granny (J2)

  age, 11

  communication with, 18–19

  Greenpeace, 134–135

  Gregg, Justin, 22–23, 26, 50, 92

  Griffin, Jim, 108–110

  Griffin, Ted, 108–113, 118, 122

  Gudrun, 212

  gyrification, 31

  Haida, 122, 144–145

  Haida 2, 123

  Hall, John, 211, 227, 229

  Hankins, Shirley, 170

  Hanson, Brad, 156–157, 172, 181–182, 258–260

  harbor seals, overpopulation in Hood Canal, 74–75

  Hardy, Campbell, 166

  Haro Strait, boat-engine noise, 195–197

  Harris, Michael, 223

  Hastings, Doc, 170

  hearing, sense of, 28, 40–41. see also echolocation; senses

  herring, 89

  Hertz, Arthur, 219, 237, 240–242

  Herzing, Denise, 26, 251

  Hood Canal, overpopulation of harbor seals, 74–75

  Hope (CA189), 182–183

  Hugo, 236

  Human/Dolphin Society, 146

  human pregnancy, detection of, 42

  Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), 209

 

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