The big black and white killer whale -- his four-foot sail-like dorsal fin erect and rising from a long sleek black and white body -- came slicing rapidly through the water, seemiingly on a collision course with our vessel.Sort of a black and white torpedo with eyes, fin, flippers, and fluke!The Kansas lady to my right gave a little gasp. Might it hit us? she asked plaintively.No time for her husband to answer. Seconds later, and only a scant four yards from our starboard rail, the orca sudde...

The big black and white killer whale -- his four-foot sail-like dorsal fin erect and rising from a long sleek black and white body -- came slicing rapidly through the water, seemiingly on a collision course with our vessel.Sort of a black and white torpedo with eyes, fin, flippers, and fluke!The Kansas lady to my right gave a little gasp. Might it hit us? she asked plaintively.No time for her husband to answer. Seconds later, and only a scant four yards from our starboard rail, the orca sudde...