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Originally published January 26, 2005 at 12:00 AM | Page modified January 26, 2005 at 12:49 AM

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Orcas seen roaming in Hood Canal past two days

Killer whales have been seen in Hood Canal for the past two days. Six orcas were seen Monday and again yesterday. Witnesses said two of...

By The Associated Press

BREMERTON — Killer whales have been seen in Hood Canal for the past two days.

Six orcas were seen Monday and again yesterday. Witnesses said two of the orcas had tall dorsal fins, suggesting they were males.

Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research said the animals were probably transients, part of a group that roams widely, sometimes between Puget Sound and Southeast Alaska.

Balcomb added they might be fish-eating residents and that J Pod, one of three Puget Sound groups, had been seen recently near the Kitsap Peninsula.

In January 2003, a group of 11 seal-eating orcas stayed in Hood Canal for eight weeks, but orcas are rarely seen in that waterway.

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