DANA POINT, Calif. — A boatload of watchers got their money’s worth when they witnessed a rare encounter of eight killer whales killing and feasting on a sea lion off the Southern California coast.
Video taken Tuesday by Capt. Dave’s Dolphin &Whale Safari shows the the orcas playing and eating in front of passengers on a charter cruise near Dana Point.
Capt. Dave Anderson said it was the first time in two years he has seen a killer whale off the Orange County coast.
Anderson said one of the whales swam up to the whale-watching boat and stared into the window of the underwater viewing pod. He said another put its mouth on the engine of the backup boat that he was using to photograph the whales.
He said it appeared the adult whales were teaching a calf to feed.
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