Deer swims past killer whale in photo captured off coast of Washington. ... Probably not enough meat/fat on a deer's bones to tempt these whales, who are used to eating seals and sea lions, ...

Most killer whales eat a wider diet, but this particular group of about 75 resident orcas eats just salmon, which have been overfished in the area for commercial consumption.

Naturalist Sam Murphy of Island Adventures Whale Watching snapped rare and unlikely pictures of a deer swimming next to a Bigg's killer whale near the B.C.-U.S. border on Sun. June 4, 2023.

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — Photos snapped near San Juan Island show a swimming black-tail deer crossing paths with a Bigg's orca. A naturalist, Sam Murphy with Island Adventures Whale Watching and ...

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — Photos snapped near San Juan Island show a swimming black-tail deer crossing paths with a Bigg's orca. A naturalist, Sam Murphy with Island Adventures Whale Watching and ...

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — Photos snapped near San Juan Island show a swimming black-tail deer crossing paths with a Bigg's orca. A naturalist, Sam Murphy with Island Adventures Whale Watching and ...

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — Photos snapped near San Juan Island show a swimming black-tail deer crossing paths with a Bigg's orca. A naturalist, Sam Murphy with Island Adventures Whale Watching and ...