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Open Image Modal"Her family was close by the entire time 'spy hopping' and waiting near the surface." (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalIn the end, the fisherman was able to cut part of his net and free the orca. (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalHer cousin waits for I103 to be set free. (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image Modal"Upon her release I103 went straight over to her family where they grouped up and swam for Malcolm Island." (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalI103 is on the far right side. (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalI103 (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalI103 with her family. (credit:Nicole Mackay/Mackay Whale Watching)
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Open Image ModalA humpback whale named Windy spent almost an hour next to a whale-watching boat on May 9, 2015 in Haro Strait, between Washington state's San Juan Islands and B.C.'s Gulf Islands. (credit:Heather MacIntyre/Maya's Legacy Charters)
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Open Image ModalOrca 'Granny' In B.C. May 2014(51 of85)
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Open Image ModalOrca 'Granny' In B.C. May 2014(53 of85)
Open Image ModalJ2, better known as Granny (not pictured), was spotted in the southern Strait of Georgia by Ocean EcoVentures' Simon Pidcock. This is another member of her pod. (credit:Simon Pidcock/Ocean Ecoventures)
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Open Image ModalJ2, better known as Granny (not pictured), was spotted in the southern Strait of Georgia by Ocean EcoVentures' Simon Pidcock. This is another member of her pod. (credit:Simon Pidcock/Ocean Ecoventures)
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Open Image ModalJ2, better known as Granny (not pictured), was spotted in the southern Strait of Georgia by Ocean EcoVentures' Simon Pidcock. This is another member of her pod. (credit:Simon Pidcock/Ocean Ecoventures)
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Open Image ModalJ2, better known as Granny (not pictured), was spotted in the southern Strait of Georgia by Ocean EcoVentures' Simon Pidcock. This is another member of her pod. (credit:Simon Pidcock/Ocean Ecoventures)
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Open Image ModalA killer whale that was trapped in a remote bay for three weeks along B.C.'s central coast was freed by Vancouver Aquarium staff and federal Fisheries Department researchers. (credit:Vancouver Aquarium)
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Open Image ModalThis gallery shows a series of images of orcas photographed amid research by Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard in the summer of 2013. The Vancouver Aquarium cetacean researcher found that the normally chatty animals had gone quiet. (credit:Vancouver Aquarium)
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