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Orca Behaviour Pt2

As mentioned yesterday the behaviour of the orca varies day to day and is highly advanced.  This whale is “spy hopping”.  What the whale is basically doing is having a look at what is happening above the water line.  Orca have advanced echolocation “sonar” abilities, which allows them to detect objects and animals underwater with pinpoint accuracy.  They also like to check out what is happing above them as this orca is demonstrating.