“…since 2020, a small pod of orcas in the strait of Gibraltar has been interacting with sailing boats in a new way: ramming vessels, pressing their bodies and heads into the hulls and biting, even snapping off, the rudders. Over three years, more than 500 interactions have been recorded, three boats sunk and dozens of others damaged.” -The Guardian, July 11, 2023

In early June of 1993, just after I started driving across the US on my way to San Juan Island to rejoin Ken and take part in the ongoing photo-identification research, I noticed a movie marquee that said "Sneak Preview - Free Willy!" I sat in a front row, from which the glorious moving images of Southern Resident orcas filled the screen and took my breath away. These were whales I had encountered numerous times ten years previously when I assisted the research. I was deeply touched to see them magnified even larger than real life.