{"id":74111,"date":"2026-04-06T11:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mysterious-pod-of-killer-whales-never-seen-before-visits-seattle\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:14:09","slug":"mysterious-pod-of-killer-whales-never-seen-before-visits-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mysterious-pod-of-killer-whales-never-seen-before-visits-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious pod of killer whales never seen before visits Seattle"},"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>When tourists travel to Seattle, it&#8217;s common to take in the Space Needle and the downtown skyline from Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an itinerary that a newly arrived pod of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/orca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killer whales<\/a> appears to be following too.<\/p>\n<p>Three orcas that had not previously been recorded in the Seattle area have delighted whale watchers with several visits just off downtown this past month. They&#8217;ve also cruised by other shorelines in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People &#8230; are all very happy to see this,&#8221; said Hongming Zheng, who photographs whales in his spare time. It took him 10 hours of driving to find the mysterious pod. &#8220;It was epic.&#8221;<\/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:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/06\/f7aacb00-90dc-4a93-847f-91492d14b782\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f196195760708f45d0ebccd0b6836de3\/ap26093649248722.jpg#\" alt=\"Seattle-New Whales \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/06\/f7aacb00-90dc-4a93-847f-91492d14b782\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f196195760708f45d0ebccd0b6836de3\/ap26093649248722.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/06\/f7aacb00-90dc-4a93-847f-91492d14b782\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/4b8894decb6865a03a0dd383c9e63cee\/ap26093649248722.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This photo provided by Hongming Zheng shows two killer whales, part of a pod of orcas that had not been seen in the Seattle region before, swimming near Dash Point, Wash., on March 26, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Hongming Zheng \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Researchers keep detailed records of killer whales that frequent the Salish Sea, the waters between Washington state and Canada, by identifying their fins and saddle patches &#8211; the grayish markings on their sides.<\/p>\n<p>So it was a surprise when this pod of three orcas showed up in Vancouver, British Columbia, in March. The three weren&#8217;t in any catalogs of local whales.<\/p>\n<p>After some digging, researchers located photos of the pod in Alaska waters last year, said Shari Tarantino of the Washington-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orcaconservancy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orca Conservancy.<\/a> The pod includes an adult female and what are believed to be her two offspring, including a large young adult male.<\/p>\n<p>They have now been designated as T419, T420 and T421 &#8211; the T standing for &#8220;transient,&#8221; not &#8220;tourist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The visiting orcas have something that local whales don&#8217;t: circular scars left by cookie-cutter sharks, which latch on to larger animals and slice a chunk off them. It was evidence they&#8217;ve spent time in the open ocean, because that&#8217;s where the sharks live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know their exact origin with 100% certainty yet, but the leading hypothesis is that they&#8217;re from Alaska, possibly the Aleutian region, given their appearance and the fact that some Alaskan populations range widely across the North Pacific,&#8221; Tarantino wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>As for why these three are thousands of miles from their home range? Tarantino said it&#8217;s possible they&#8217;re on a culinary field trip. This pod feeds on sea mammals &#8211; unlike the endangered salmon-eating resident orcas &#8211; and there are plenty of harbor seals, sea lions and porpoises in the Salish Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have quickly become a crowd favorite,&#8221; Tarantino wrote. &#8220;People spend a lifetime hoping to see a killer whale from shore, and these three have more than delivered.&#8221;<\/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\/2026\/04\/06\/52d3aae7-9c5f-413e-9825-f3e2865d63bf\/thumbnail\/620x413\/80bfde750483abafff47efab7520dcec\/ap26091840705397.jpg#\" alt=\"Washington Daily Life \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/06\/52d3aae7-9c5f-413e-9825-f3e2865d63bf\/thumbnail\/620x413\/80bfde750483abafff47efab7520dcec\/ap26091840705397.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/04\/06\/52d3aae7-9c5f-413e-9825-f3e2865d63bf\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/b4432c75167dc25328c4610950fb4257\/ap26091840705397.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A killer whale swims in Elliott Bay in front of the downtown Seattle skyline on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The orca is a part of a pod that had not been recorded by researchers in this region until this past month when three whales appeared in waters off British Columbia and Washington state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Manuel Valdes \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Orcas have been captured on camera in Seattle in recent months.\u00a0 In November, a wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off the city captured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/seal-seeks-refuge-on-photographers-boat-while-fleeing-orcas-5c81368d821b4e1cb58bc520396ccf63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dramatic video<\/a>\u00a0and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/seal-escapes-orca-hunt-jumps-onto-photographers-boat-video\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">clambering onto the stern of her boat<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/killer-whales-video-bird-hunt-seattle\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">video captured a pod of orcas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0swimming close to shore in Seattle and hunting a bird.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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