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The northern resident population consists of three clans (A, G, R) that consists of several pods with one or more matrilines within each pod. The northern residents are genetically distinct from the southern resident orcas and their calls are also quite distinct.
Boaters watching northern resident orca in Johnstone Strait. The plight of the orcas has attracted attention throughout the Pacific Northwest and the United states since the 1980s. The Salish Sea orcas have become an iconic natural treasure of the region and a symbol of the area's ecological productivity.
Southern resident orcas. In terms of cetaceans, both toothed and baleen whales inhabit the coastal waters of the Salish Sea and the offshore waters of Washington and British Columbia. Of these, the orca is the most famous, with humpback whales and gray whales also well known in the area. Most cetaceans, however, are usually seen in the area ...
Tracking the Humboldt Current orcas and knowing what the killer whales are hunting and eating will help conservation groups protect the orcas, which are described as “data deficient” by the ...
Orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have gained special skills to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish, according to a new study.. Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to ...
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A4 pod is a killer whale family in British Columbia.As of March 2013, it consists of three matrilines and 15 members and is the family of Springer, the first orca to be successfully reintroduced to the wild after being handled by humans.
Orcas live in three different ecotypes, or classifications. Resident orcas stay close to the shore and feed primarily on salmon along the west coast of Canada and into the Pacific Northwest of the ...