1. Saving Springer How NOAA helped an orca go home Lesson 5. Journey to Health NOAA Mark Sears Global Research and Rescue

2. Journey to Health What will you learn? Review orca behaviors Taking care of Springer Natural behavior Keeping her healthy and wild

3. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Breaching NOAA

4. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Spyhopping NOAA

5. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Traveling NOAA

6. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Resting NOAA

7. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Kelping NOAA

8. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Tail lob NOAA

9. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Pectoral (pec) slap NOAA

10. Journey to Health Orca Behaviors Hunting and Foraging Resident orcas mostly eat salmon Transient orcas eat seals and other marine mammals Offshore orcas eat fish, including sharks Work together to hunt their prey NOAA

11. Journey to Health Project challenges While Springer was in Manchester, the team had to Make sure she didn’t forget how to hunt Make sure she didn’t get too used to people Keep her healthy Why was this important?

12. Journey to Health Keeping her wild How would you keep Springer healthy? How would you keep Springer hunting and acting like a wild whale? Mark Sears

13. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild… Reduced contact with people No direct feeding High borders around pen Observed through camera NOAA

14. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild -Feeding Salmon put in pen through tube Variable feeding schedule Number and size of fish Time of day NOAA Community connection Salmon were provided by Cypress Island, Inc.

15. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild - remote video monitoring 1 overhead camera 4 underwater cameras Community connection Cameras loaned by Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. and Ocean Systems, Inc. NOAA

16. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild - natural “toys” Logs NOAA

17. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild - only natural “toys” Kelp NOAA

18. Journey to Health How the team kept her wild - only natural “toys” Streams of water NOAA

19. Journey to Health NOAA’s role Scientists Conducted testing Gave medicine and other treatments Monitored Springer Helped make decisions Managers Managed team Got supplies Helped make decisions Worked with community

20. Journey to Health Community role Got supplies for team Food Ferry passes Scuba tanks Got supplies for Springer Food Medical supplies Kept raising money

21. Journey to Health Activities Killer whale behaviors Food chain game: Let’s Eat!