{"id":56310,"date":"2025-11-14T12:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/photographer-captures-dramatic-video-of-orcas-hunting-a-seal-that-escaped-by-jumping-onto-her-boat\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:13:55","slug":"photographer-captures-dramatic-video-of-orcas-hunting-a-seal-that-escaped-by-jumping-onto-her-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/photographer-captures-dramatic-video-of-orcas-hunting-a-seal-that-escaped-by-jumping-onto-her-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer captures dramatic video of orcas hunting a seal that escaped by jumping onto her boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/seal-seeks-refuge-on-photographers-boat-while-fleeing-orcas-5c81368d821b4e1cb58bc520396ccf63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dramatic video<\/a> and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern of her boat.<\/p>\n<p>Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20-foot boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles northwest of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas.<\/p>\n<p>The orcas&#8217; coordinated movements and tail slaps suggested they were hunting. Drucker used the zoom lens on her camera to spot a harbor seal that was trying to flee from the pod. One of her shots showed the seal flying through the air above the scrum of orcas frothing the water, and she assumed she was witnessing the seal&#8217;s last moments alive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/a59a4bf3-9638-4524-84a7-54852c765445\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/070b28c7a7b25c5b958f3ed8c9183eb7\/ap25317818681885.jpg#\" alt=\"Seal Escapes Orca Hunt \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/a59a4bf3-9638-4524-84a7-54852c765445\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/070b28c7a7b25c5b958f3ed8c9183eb7\/ap25317818681885.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/a59a4bf3-9638-4524-84a7-54852c765445\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/b4462558ce4049c639497b89b0536f0b\/ap25317818681885.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this photo provided by Charvet Drucker, a seal leaps in the air to evade Orca whales Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in the Saratoga passage between Camano and Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Charvet Drucker \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But as the orcas got closer to the boat, Drucker and her group realized the pod was still chasing the seal. In line with wildlife boating regulations, they had cut the engine to prevent any injury to the whales. The seal clambered out of the water and onto a swimming platform at the stern of the boat near the motor \u2014 claiming it as a life raft of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Wildlife regulations also prohibit touching or interfering with the seal, but Drucker began filming video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You poor thing,&#8221; Drucker can be heard saying, as the seal looks up at her. &#8220;You&#8217;re good, just stay, buddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The orcas did not give up immediately, but instead appeared to team up to rock the boat and make the seal fall off. Drucker&#8217;s cellphone video shows the orcas lining up and moving in on the boat with staggered dives to create waves. The &#8220;wave-washing&#8221; technique has been documented since by scientists since at least the 1980s, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The seal on Drucker&#8217;s boat slid off at least once, but managed to climb back on, and the orcas swam away after about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once the orcas left, we turned on the boat and slowly made our way closer to shore, with the seal aboard, to get it to a safer location. Once we got closer to shore, the seal decided it felt safe enough to leave the boat and jumped off on its own accord,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/seattle-refined\/boaters-witness-epic-orca-hunt-and-rescue-a-seal-in-puget-sound-pnw-seattle-saratoga-passage-camano-island-wildlife-footage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drucker told KOMO-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/f7c6a682-9d31-4991-b196-533378d502e1\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/d77b6e02e761e0bd84077542c4434722\/ap25317821660727.jpg#\" alt=\"Seal Escapes Orca Hunt \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/f7c6a682-9d31-4991-b196-533378d502e1\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/d77b6e02e761e0bd84077542c4434722\/ap25317821660727.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/14\/f7c6a682-9d31-4991-b196-533378d502e1\/thumbnail\/1240x826g6\/0228daa95107d7dd98d8ba5f7536e64f\/ap25317821660727.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this photo provided by Charvet Drucker, a seal rests on her boat in the Saratoga passage between Camano and Whidbey Island, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, north of Seattle, Wash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Charvet Drucker \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drucker has photographed dead seals in the mouths of orcas before, and she says she&#8217;s generally happy when the whales get to eat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m definitely Team Orca, all day, every day. But once that seal was on the boat, I kind of turned (into) Team Seal,&#8221; she said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The killer whales that hunt seals and a diverse set of marine animals in the area are known as Bigg&#8217;s or &#8220;transient&#8221; orcas. They are better fed then other more specialized species like the salmon-focused &#8220;resident&#8221; orcas who are on the endangered species list, according to NOAA.<\/p>\n<p>Seals are frequently hunted by killer whales, but the apex predators have a variety of prey.<\/p>\n<p>Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico were recently <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/videos-orcas-flipping-great-white-sharks-eating-livers\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">captured on video<\/a><\/span> hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their livers.<\/p>\n<p>In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/killer-whales-video-bird-hunt-seattle\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">video captured a pod of orcas<\/a>\u00a0swimming close to shore in Seattle and hunting a bird.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a <span class=\"link\"><a 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