Seal Escapes Orca Hunt by Jumping Onto Photographer’s Boat

Seal Escapes Orca Hunt by Jumping Onto Photographer’s Boat
In this photo provided by Charvet Drucker, a seal rests on her boat in the Saratoga passage between Camano and Whidbey Island, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, north of Seattle, Wash. Charvet Drucker via AP
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SEATTLE—A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern of her boat.

Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20-foot (6-meter) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles northwest of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas.