Cloudy, Orcas Possible

Orcas evoke mixed feelings in people — from fanatical love to hatred and fear, but few remain indifferent. Some envision them as "brothers in mind," while for others they are cunning killer whales. However, few know what orcas are truly like. How they live and communicate with each other, what an orca family looks like, what distinguishes fish-eating orcas from flesh-eating ones? Hardly anyone can tell this more authoritatively and engagingly than biologist Olga Filatova, a specialist in the field of acoustic communication of mammals and behavior of cetaceans. Together with her and her colleagues, the reader will embark on a journey to where orca and other cetacean research is conducted, following the progress of difficult and thrilling expeditions. The work of a whale researcher has little romance, which journalists and wildlife filmmakers attribute to this profession. Many hours on the water and the agonizing wait for good weather on shore, bone-chilling cold and blinding sun, lengthy unsuccessful searches and the perpetual feeling that you are missing something important in your observations — this is what comprises the daily labor of a whale researcher. But this routine is brightened by an incomparable joy of discoveries, understanding what no one before you has seen or described.