"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...
Note that in the US, protected species are actually protected, and you won't
get within petting distance of an Orca.

I could be wrong but I think the law says you can't approach marine
mammals. We never approached any whales in Mexico. They swim up to you
and rub their backs on the boat. They obviously understand what is
going on because they could tip over these little bitty boats without
any effort. The fact that they don't seems to indicate that they don't
want to. (The boats you take out to the bay would not even qualify as
life boats).