The orcas would drive the whales into the river’s mouth, alerting the humans to the presence of prey by extraordinary displays of tail-lobbing and wait for the humans to harpoon and kill them. Then the Davidsons simply tied a rope and buoy around the whale’s flukes and left the first spoils to their cetacean partners, who would feed on the carcass for a couple of days, mostly taking just the lips and tongue (just as they usually did when humans were uninvolved). The whalers then would row out and bring the remains in to shore for
