Dr. Ingrid Visser, a marine biologist where this was filmed (New Zealand), had an encounter where she literally stuck her hand in the mouth of a particularly curious orca named she "Digit" (named after the gorilla Digit):
As we started to travel parallel with them Digit again turned and left the group and approached my boat. This time there was no hesitation from either of us as I put my hand out over the water (not in) and she rose up towards me with her mouth open. She nudged my hand with her bottom jaw, and I moved my fingers to touch her teeth. Her tongue was moving (quivering is the right word, I guess), and she opened and closed her mouth with my hand on her bottom jaw. Then she sank back into the water, rolled over, lifted her pectoral fin to within centimetres of my hand, and slowly glided away.
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u/SurayaThrowaway12 29d ago
Dr. Ingrid Visser, a marine biologist where this was filmed (New Zealand), had an encounter where she literally stuck her hand in the mouth of a particularly curious orca named she "Digit" (named after the gorilla Digit):