<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Brian, thanks.</div><div>Although the Orca can dive to 800ft they usually don't dive beyond 300ft.</div><div>Ingrid is interested in observing them at a couple of sea mounts that they</div><div>frequent to see what they are feeding on. </div><div>Most of the time in NZ they are spotted moving in & out of harbours feeding.</div><div>In NZ & nowhere else they have developed a taste for stingray liver, so are</div><div>heading in to the shallows extracting the livers & throwing the rest away.</div><div>When they are on the move it would be difficult to anticipate where they were</div><div>heading & then put a submersible in their path. I spent some time recently</div><div>with an inflatable in tow trying to intercept a group of 10.</div><div>Our smaller submersibles would certainly be easier & quicker to get into </div><div>position than something like a Triton submersible.</div><div>Alan </div><div><br></div><div><br>On 24/07/2020, at 12:55 AM, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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