Whale watching is one of those pleasures off our California
coast
That along with our weather and beaches gives us a right to
boast
Sometimes its hours in a bobbing boat rolling in the waves
With watchers hoping they had taken enough Dramamine for
their lunch to save
Hours and hours looking for a tell tale spout
At the end of the trip only a few dolphins to be seen playing
about
But for the watchers on Captain Dan Southern’s whale
watching ship
They had a most memorable whale watching trip
A pod of false killer whales, large dolphins but in killer
whale disguise
Were swimming toward him to reward his viewers with a
pleasant surprise
Not a replay of the rage of Moby Dick
Seeking to pound the fiberglass sides that were not very
thick
But to in the open ocean a variation of Orca La Maze perform
Pushing up against
the sides until in a spurt of bloody foam a 2 ½ pound baby was born
Humans may be at
the top of the intellect and emotional food chain
But false killer
whales when it comes to caring for fellow false killer whales do not refrain
Surrounding the
young babe and pushing it back to the surface to keep it alive
After 10 minutes of
struggle and female adult aid the babe was swimming and taking its first dive
Maybe the predictors
of climate change are right and the ocean temperatures are beginning to rise
For false killer whales
are rarely this far north found
They dwell in waters
further south where warmer temperatures abound
© March 22, 2016,
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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