Orcas Hunting Sting Ray's at Whangarei Heads

Orcas and Dolphins doing their thing in Whangarei Harbour. Sorry about quality, taken on a cheap camera.

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Pets & Animals

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• Orca
• dolphin
• seal
• Whangarei
• Ingrid
• Visser

[parrfactor1]

Where else in the world can you see this happen from your back yard. Makes me miss home. Great filming.

[jorgecaze]

Hi guys, the person in the water is one of the top Orca experts in the world. She is doing research. No fooling around there. I don't know the laws of NZ but I'm sure that if it is forbidden to swim close to marine mammals, she has a special permit to do so.

thanks for sharing the video.

[tasman763]

Dr Ingrid Visser PhD ( and a few more ) . Yes......leading Orca researcher. Yes, the Orca do know her. Yes, she knows them....individually ! No , a permit is NOT necessary . According to Nat Geo ( and me ) , there has never been a recorded Orca attack in the wild.....so....no deaths......in fact....they are very social , curious, and like to play ! Yes , I have seen them while surfing ! And the dolphins will surf the same wave with us ( Motunau )

Huge respect for Orca.

[1991tropicalbeauty]

wow killer whales r starting to use their name!!!killing a lot of animals

[hannylee24]

thats awsome and my friend just moved to new zealand

[gingernutbumchin]

It is legal to for anyone to swim that close. Ive been surfing when a Humpback has been cruising in real shallow and whale watchers were there etc. but was allowed to swim that close. Trippy story, when I was in Bali a Stringray leaped out of water about 10 meters from me so I dove under the water and could hear Orca chasing it. Then I gapped it back into shore as fast as possible!

[soccerdogg007]

This is like what you see in British Columbia- however, you can see three different types of killer whales there. You wouldn't want to be in the water with transient killer whales. They are too unpredictable.

[LadyRoggue]

For real .... really though I dont know how many times I was swimming in NZ during the 7 years I lived there when there were pods going by and cant remember anyone ever telling us we couldnt be out in the water .. I know alot of people got the hell out of there in fear ... lol but then again the same crowd swam their hearts out when there were hammer heads cruising Long Bay so go figure

[rubyamm]

Oh and this is a great video of them interacting in the wild. All living creatures deserve live where they belong. Us being able to observe it is alway an awesome experience. Much better than watching them do tricks at Sea World. I do not agree with captivity.

[rubyamm]

The reason why there are no recorded cases of orcas attacking humans in their natural environment is because they are social creatures and learn from other pod members. They have never learned that we are on the menu, therefore do not eat is. This is why not all pods eat stingrays. They attack humans in captivity because they are stressed (at least this is what I think)... try being trapped inside a box that isn't even as deep as you are long. I would be mad, too.

[acivilcampaign]

Agreed. I've seen her (Ingrid Visser) in National Geographic films. The NZ orca group she studies seemed to actually recognize her and her team when they motored up in their inflatable. She was also in the water when they were hunting sharks, and left her alone. LOL she even managed to get a chunk of shark.