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While co-operative hunting between humans and wild cetaceans in other parts of the world, the relationship between whalers and killer whales in Eden appears to be unique, despite the widespread co-occurrence of whalers and killer whales elsewhere. It seems likely that the origin of this co-operative relationship stems from the beliefs of the Nullica people, who formed a significant part of the whaling workforce[2] and who had formed a strong spiritual relationship with the killers whales before the advent of European whaling.

Above: Killer whales attack a giant humpback whale off the coast of Australia in a scene from Killers in Eden, the story of an extraordinary human-animal relationship. The film recalls a period in the early 20th century when killer whales (also known as orcas) conspired with whalers from the fishing village of Eden to satisfy each other's hunting needs.

killers of eden can be like the lonely, desperate, and claustrophobic nature of space, it can be louder than a tectonic shift, it can be as furious and feral as a mongoose...killers of eden can be as light as eiderdown, as light as zero gravity in space, as light as the white noise that helps a baby sleep.... ..

The hourlong episode, called Killers in Eden, relies on eerie azure tints and shadowy figures, as lenswork often takes place in the dark of night or under the ripples of waves. The distorted, cinematic effect is more menacing than that of standard nature photography, with monkeys idling in canopies or big cats licking their chops. Experts like Danielle Clode, a zoologist, and Greg Mckee, a whale enthusiast, interrupt the re-enactments to puzzle over whale bones and written records, explaining how Eden dwellers and killer whales became so simpatico.