Orca Keeps Circling Boat, Then A Passenger Sees What’s On Its Back

An uneasy animal

The orca had stopped just outside the cove entrance. It floated there, the otter still on its back, and for the first time since they had spotted it, it seemed uncertain.

It moved a short distance toward the cove, then pulled back. The noise and the turbulence from the machinery were clearly distressing it.