Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
640.
Gillmore ORCINUS RECTIPINNA (2)
1931 to shore.
Sept. 15. Unalaska, Unalaska Is., Alaska,
Aleutian Is. Killer whales seem to
be common around these islands
and have even been seen alongside
the wharf here. No one seems to have
very much respect for them and Mr.
Nicklasson, an old whaler states
that he has never seen them attack
whales. A 15' specimen was caught
in a salmon net the other day in
the harbor, but only the tail was
saved & that was stacked up on the
front of a barn in Dutch Harbor.
Oct. 7 Akutan Pass, E. Aleutian Is.
While crossing the pass this aft.
we saw on bunch of 5-6 "Killers".
The black sinister appearing fins
were cutting the water close &
geeker directly for the boat when
of a sudden they disappeared, and
we did not see them any more.
Evidently they had heard the
noise of the propeller & motor.