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Our Puget Sound is the home of several pods of Orcas, aka Killer Whales. They do a fine job of keeping that kind of riff raff out. Even an unusually large Great White, say 2,000 - 2,500 pounds, is no match for a 12,000 pound bull.
Interestingly, reports are coming in from the Mediterranean and North Seas of Orcas attacking both pleasure and commercial vessels. Seems rather contrived and sensationalized to me. Ours have been perfectly safe to intermingle with, even in sea kayaks with, as far as I can remember, no real problems ever reported. I dunno, maybe I missed it. I do know that I would rather have them around than Great Whites. They are intelligent and curious animals. Great Whites strike me as no more than unintelligent instinctive killing machines.
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