I hate to be a downer but its highly unlikely that he would leave his Mother for any other reason than to die. They also knew his health was failing this past summer...its very sad :(. He will be missed by so many!....I enjoyed your video.
It could be that Ruffles has lost her orientation.wWth all the pollution in the sea it's easy that even a killer whale lost the way to go home. I hope that she come back
Ruffles was for me when I was little w the J pod signature whale I remember seeing him first in free willy sequences assumed it was willys mom. One time when we went whale watching I saw him and I shouted J POD!!! Thats willy`s mom! Oh god i love ruffles I miss him.
I was just in the San Juans yesterday and didnt see him, he now watches over his pod, I miss him though, even if I never saw him.
OrcaOrlando 5 months ago
I hate to be a downer but its highly unlikely that he would leave his Mother for any other reason than to die. They also knew his health was failing this past summer...its very sad :(. He will be missed by so many!....I enjoyed your video.
aspiemom42 10 months ago
It could be that Ruffles has lost her orientation.wWth all the pollution in the sea it's easy that even a killer whale lost the way to go home. I hope that she come back
nuvolabianca49 10 months ago
I don't believe dear Ruffles is dead either.
Maybe there is a reason, like a salmon shortage, for him to feed elsewhere.
Invite him into your dreams, our whale master of unconditional love.
marilynnblock 10 months ago
Ruffles was for me when I was little w the J pod signature whale I remember seeing him first in free willy sequences assumed it was willys mom. One time when we went whale watching I saw him and I shouted J POD!!! Thats willy`s mom! Oh god i love ruffles I miss him.
TheSolaceDream 11 months ago
Beautiful video....i really hope that he is okay and shows up soon...
Sealovez 11 months ago
i couldnt believe this when i found out either:( i hope hes alright :(
TheOceanLuver 11 months ago
I really hope he's just "playing hide and seek" and will come back soon...
Corkian 11 months ago
It is precious and so special because it won't last,the universe is precious because it's ephemeral,and all the creatures are passing thought...
nice pictures
OrcaAgainstCaptivity 11 months ago
I hope Ruffles comes home such a beautiful male orca lovely video great work..
KillerWhaleResearch 11 months ago
I really hope he shows up somewhere alive... maybe he just went far away to some females making Ruffles juniors... ;)
Nice work! So beautiful.
RavenOrca 11 months ago
@RavenOrca Thank you! I hope you're right. I've known him so long, I can't imagine him being gone....
PacificOrcas 11 months ago