The orcas, who were hunting humpback whales, haven’t been spotted in Sydney waters for more than five years.
A rare orca pod has been spotted giving chase to a group of humpback whales off Sydney’s northern beaches.
“I have never seen killer whale off Sydney before,” said whale expert Dr Vanessa Pirotta from Macquarie University. “The humpbacks were closing in together and we assume they may have been protecting a calf, but it’s hard to tell with such a flurry of excitement.” “The fact that we’re seeing that is really interesting because that’s direct evidence that we might start seeing similar behaviour to what killer whales do on the west coast,” she said.
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