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WATCH: Pod of orca whales rubbing along West Sechelt beach. Video courtesy Bruce Robinson via Youtube.
Some beachgoers on the Sunshine Coast got a thrill during a close encounter with a pod of whales over the weekend.
Bruce Robinson posted this video on youtube of a pod of orcas rubbing along a pebbly beach near West Sechelt Saturday.
The whales were as close as an estimated 15 feet away while the video was being taken.
Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard of the Vancouver Aquarium says the behaviour is common but unique to northern resident killer whales.
The whales’ cultural tradition is called beach rubbing.
With files from CBC.
Andy Neal
