Riley and “Kaktus”

Riley (3 years old, from the UK) is one of the youngest active whale watchers we know. He was about to go on the boat with his parents in January 2015, when the tour got cancelled due to bad weather conditions. Marie took him and his parents to watch orcas from land, but poor Riley could just so much as hold the binoculars straight, let alone see the orcas through it. He waited patiently for two hours while his parents were watching, and was trying several times to spot the animals without success. Riley was the politest little man, and he never even showed a glimpse of boredom! When Marie asked him on the way back, what name he would give to an orca, he said without hesitation: “Cactus!” – So here we are, young orca male SN167 is now called Kaktus (the Icelandic version of the word).