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Lurking beneath the surface of Washington’s Puget Sound are some of nature’s most magnificent and endangered species: orca whales. Unique to these waters and once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 left in the pod. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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The whale watching industry is a major contributor to decline of the southern resident population. They can’t go anywhere without hoards of human paparazzi following.