SPECIAL EVENTS

ORCA EYE-IN-THE-SEA™
The world’s first deep sea webcam is back on line!

On August 14th, ORCA, and its scientific partner MBARI, redeployed the ORCA Eye-in-the-Sea, along with an exciting new addition – a carcass. Animal carcasses such as whales, elephant seals and sea lions are frequent sources of food in the deep sea and highly attractive to scavengers and predators. Although animal behaviors around dead falls - as such food sources are called - have been observed in the past, it has always been done using white light that can disrupt normal behaviors and may frighten shy species. ORCA Eye-in-the-Sea observations of this carcass (a young sea lion that died and has been kept in a freezer in anticipation of this deployment) will be the first such observations made using far red light that is invisible to the animals. “There is tremendous excitement about what we might see that no one has ever seen before.” said Dr. Edie Widder, ORCA President & Sr. Scientist.

To share in the excitement go to www.teamorca.org and click on “live streaming video”. If you see something amazing, be sure to e-mail us at inquiries@teamorca.org with a description, as well as the time you saw it (don’t forget your time zone). We’re recording everything, so we can post your hi-lites to the web. Prizes will be awarded for the coolest discoveries!