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Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca go home

Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca go home. Mark Sears. NOAA. Global Research and Rescue. Lesson 5. Journey to Health. Journey to Health What will you learn?. Review orca behaviors Taking care of Springer Natural behavior Keeping her healthy and wild.

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Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca go home

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  1. Saving SpringerHow NOAA helped an orca go home Mark Sears NOAA Global Research and Rescue Lesson 5. Journey to Health

  2. Journey to HealthWhat will you learn? • Review orca behaviors • Taking care of Springer • Natural behavior • Keeping her healthy and wild

  3. Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA Breaching

  4. Spyhopping Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  5. Traveling Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  6. Resting Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  7. Kelping Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  8. Tail lob Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  9. Pectoral (pec) slap Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors NOAA

  10. Journey to HealthOrca Behaviors • Hunting and Foraging • Resident orcas mostly eat salmon • Transient orcas eat seals and other marine mammals • Offshore orcas eat fish, including sharks • Work together to hunt their prey NOAA

  11. Journey to HealthProject challenges • While Springer was in Manchester,the team had to • Make sure she didn’t forget how to hunt • Make sure she didn’t get too used to people • Keep her healthy • Why was this important?

  12. Journey to HealthKeeping her wild How would you keep Springer healthy? How would you keep Springer hunting and acting like a wild whale? Mark Sears

  13. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild… • Reduced contact with people • No direct feeding • High borders around pen • Observed through camera NOAA

  14. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild -Feeding • Salmon put in pen through tube • Variable feeding schedule • Number and size of fish • Time of day NOAA • Community connection • Salmon were provided by • Cypress Island, Inc. NOAA

  15. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild - remote video monitoring • 1 overhead camera • 4 underwater cameras Community connection • Cameras loaned by Woods HoleOceanographic Inst. and Ocean Systems, Inc. NOAA NOAA

  16. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild - natural “toys” • Logs NOAA

  17. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild - only natural “toys” NOAA • Kelp NOAA

  18. Journey to HealthHow the team kept her wild - only natural “toys” • Streams of water NOAA NOAA

  19. Journey to HealthNOAA’s role • Scientists • Conducted testing • Gave medicine and other treatments • Monitored Springer • Helped make decisions • Managers • Managed team • Got supplies • Helped make decisions • Worked with community

  20. Journey to HealthCommunity role • Got supplies for team • Food • Ferry passes • Scuba tanks • Got supplies for Springer • Food • Medical supplies • Kept raising money

  21. Journey to HealthActivities • Killer whale behaviors • Food chain game: Let’s Eat!

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