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Old 08-29-2003, 12:32 PM   #1
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Cool Cool Site to Explore!

Check out Orca Live, an information-packed site that brings the world the live voices and images of wild orcas ("killer whales") via six hydrophones and five cameras (four underwater) off Hanson Island near Vancouver Island, Canada -- a prime orca observation locale in North America. The site is owned and operated by the OrcaLab which was founded in 1970 by Dr. Paul Spong to study orcas not in captivity, "...but living unbound in their natural habitat..." Dr. Spong has spent more than 30 years researching wild orcas.

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View the live sound & video feeds (as of 1 PM CST, I'm hearing live orca vocalizations from their "Channel A" cam & hydrophones! ), and marvel at the beauty as well as the deafening noise underwater anytime a boat passes by (it sounds like a jumbo jet airliner, until you remember you're listening to underwater sounds!)

You can even sign up to receive email alerts when orcas are on the live cams or vocalizing within range of the underwater hydrophones. This beats Sea World any day!
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Old 07-06-2004, 12:13 PM   #2
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Re: Cool Site to Explore!

FYI, it is summer again and that means the orcas are returning to their summer feeding grounds where the Orca Live underwater and above-water cameras and microphones are set up to observe them.

Check out the site. It's educational, interesting and fun!
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