Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-19
DAILY ShOE'f Story
The Real Sea Wolf
By ANTHONY RUD

lie IS 80 ter, long when FUN
IL grown. His igVs are 'r2.
mendouS enough 90 close upon
200 pound man AND leave NOT a-
much as a toe outside lis c's-
position IS unanimously cons
pounded OF mtanncss. anger 9na
insatlahlc huncCr l-c i Sz,lg-
what Ike a dolphin thoI-f ma'l
larger. a b.t Ike an otrr>Itrd
grampuS. and De really IS The
killer whale or orCa GLADIATOR
He is always numbering and
SlavcrnC 20 murder more lie U.s.
10 wild things o. Tho ocean what
the Canadian clutto0 or wolverine
would be 70 creatures oi the for
est the hilc killer of The north
woods were the SIZE and weight
OF a Bengal tiger
The orca hunts a, largest prov
In packs Then between whites hs.
whctS appetite on smaller sea
denizcnS such as dolphinS. sharks
and sea bass a ron of red tnCes
the foam in wake OF his powerful
fukes
This day. cruising the cold wa
tiers of Labrador ll-ycar-old
Blackfin was feeling the full power
OF young maturity.
So far he had not Joined the
pack for their daily foray, but was
amusing himself cruising along
about 20 feet below the Sunlt sur
face. and then upSurglng with
great violence When Tho shade"
of any swimming creature larG"
enough 70 make mouthiul Tor
him. fell across his greedy vision
Now OF a sudden a form sllSten-
inc and wet galvanized INTO fran
{ tic action at the surface. A cigar
shaped porpolse lolloped up and
out into the air, SplaShcd lollopcd
again. and then dived
Close behind. his high, vertical
black fin knitting the waves, came
the orca. tremendous Jaws agapc,
ready for the clamping bite. II
came. There was furry, small
'maelstrom of white foam which
suddenly turned crimson
The porpoise. hauled back incon-
|tinuently from its attempt at a
dive for safety. wrlggled no more
| II had been bitten IN two.
Feeding in swift gulps, the sea-
wolf devoured its victim.
But the orca was swimming
along and watching upward again
within 20 minutes, ready for more
|lethal sport of the same nature.
Nothing offered for a long time, /
Though. and the big mammal came
Ito the surface. Swimming in lazily
howard the distant barren cliffs,
he showed a startling color scheme. +
He was dark brownish black
lover all the dorSal surface-but \
|only Just 10 the waterline. Below
this he was paper white, a hue
ATTAINED in nature very rarely eN-
|cept on the Ventral sides OF flSh
and sea mammalia.
There was rocky inlet in the
cliffs. and playing about IN the
water were some creatures Black
lin could see. Most of these were
|common seals. like the ones doing
lin the sun on the wet rocks OF the
shore.
But there was one huge, be-
|whiskeFed fellow who was not of
the same species. bobbing like a
bottle with his muzzle pointing up
ward. He was as large as three
|ordinary seals-large enough to
Interest Blackfin tremendously.
The orca quietly sank from
sight, then switched his mighty
tail and sped forward az incredible
speed. just 10 feet below the sur
face.
The seals had been warned
somehow, and had departed. The
old walrus had been little less
|hasty about it, yet he too had gone.
Some three hours later BlaCkfin
had joined the orca pack. Seven
killers beside himself swan on the
hunt. This time a herd OF seals
was the first objective, sighted
at mile or so.
But the seals right then were
not playing peacefully. In fact
they were fleeing and lodging a
pair of white-nosed creatures in
the water with them. There were
two full grown polar bears, gaunt
and hungry for seal blubber
Solid ice lined the rocks here
The seals-all but two-made
hasty escape in the sea. Two I'M
fortunateS were caught by the
hungry bears. and were being
hauled with some difficulty toward
the icy shore. One bear scrambled
up dragged his prey inland 80 feet
and killed 1t there.
The second bear was a trifle
smaller, and slower. But all OF a
sudden its actions speeded up ter
rifically. Behind il had appeared
the huge SHOUTS of the swimming
orcas! They were coming for the
polar bear and his helpless victim
at speed Of something like 80
knots
The bear dropped the seal who
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