Lauren Zylyk recorded several videos of orcas swimming in the Burrard Inlet Saturday morning. <\/p>\n
Lauren Zylyk has celebrated half a dozen birthdays since moving to North Vancouver, but she\u2019s never received a present like the one she got Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, the whales came out for my birthday,\u2019\u201d she told CTV News with a laugh, recalling the delight of spying orcas in the Burrard Inlet for the first time.<\/p>\n
Video Zylyk recorded shows a group of the cetaceans, also known as killer whales, surfacing in the heavily trafficked waterway. <\/p>\n
In one shot, the animals are seen frolicking in the water in front of the iconic sails of Vancouver\u2019s Canada Place. In another, their antics disappear behind a passing SeaBus.<\/p>\n
She said the whales stayed in the same general area of the harbour for more than 40 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were kind of just, like, playing around,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was very cool to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zylyk said she saw a post about the orca sightings in a local Facebook group around 8:15 a.m. and decided to walk down to the shore to see if they were still there. <\/p>\n
She ended up watching the animals, with her husband and dog, from 8:30 a.m. until 9 a.m., saying the experience left her thankful to live in this part of the world.<\/p>\n
B.C.\u2019s southern resident killer whales, which eat only fish, are endangered. There are fewer than 80 living in the wild, in three matriarchal pods: J, K and L. <\/p>\n
Transient orcas, also known as Bigg\u2019s killer whales, are more common, and eat almost exclusively marine mammals. This is the type more likely to be spotted in Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n
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