The flotilla of private sailors and kayakers who sometimes surround whales in the narrow straits commit many more. Few other sea creatures in recent history have come into such close contact with so many people. By all accounts, the region's killer whales, once the epitome of wild, have become urban dwellers. In the Pacific Northwest, they are divided into transients and residents that do not interact and have different lifestyles. About 200 pounds of meat a day.
Residents eat fish.
Transients eat marine mammals, mostly seals.