less visible from below. This facilitates hunting. When hunting baleen whales, which range from 15 to 30 meters in size, the pod would divide into three groups. One group stayed in the open ocean, hindering escape, the second swam underneath the baleen whale to prevent it from diving deep, and the third attacked the whale. Attacks consisted of biting at the lips and fins, in addition to leaping on to the blowhole to drown the whale. After the whale was trapped in the bay, Old Tom would usually swim in front of the Davidson whaling station and perform “flop-tailing” to get the attention of the onshore whalers. Flop tailing describes the act of a whale slapping its tail on the water's surface. The sound of flop-tailing was followed by yells of "Rusho" on land, calling whalers to go out to sea. The whalers would then row out and harpoon the baleen whale. In the open ocean, killer whales would distinguish the green row boats of the Davidson family, from the other white boats of competitors, and herd the baleen whales towards them. Death and the end of whaling Whaling in Eden has declined since the death of Typee in 1901, who was killed by a local after stranding close to shore. This led the Indigenous Australian whalers to abandon Davidson's crew and Kiah Inlet. The shortage in workforce was matched by alternatives to whale oil and by a decline in killer whales and baleen whales due to increased modern ship-based whaling. No baleen whales were spotted in Eden after 1926, while Old Tom was still returning yearly until his death without his pod. Killer whales are sociable creatures, meaning they are rarely seen alone. The return of Old Tom alone to Twofold Bay has been interpreted as him returning to familiarity after losing the rest of his pod: Locals believe, the rest of Old Tom's pod was killed further north in Jervis bay by Norwegian whalers, unaware of the relationship between killer whales and whalers. Fishermen and whalers often regarded killer whales as competitors for their catch and retaliated with bullets and harpoons. Death of Old Tom Old Tom was found dead on 17 September 1930, by George Davidson in the southern part of Twofold Bay. The cause of death is unknown, however experts believe that Old Tom died of his age and/or starvation due to worn down teeth. Killer