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The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, it is found in diverse marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.
Orca: the whale called killer (eBook ed.). Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd. ISBN 9781770880672. Hubbard-Morton, Alexandra (2002). Listening To Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us. Toronto: Random House. ISBN 9780307487544
Each additional killer whale requires a pool with an additional 10,900 cubic feet (308 m 3) of volume. 9 CFR 3.104 also requires a minimum of 680 square feet (63 m 2) surface area per killer whale in Table IV (the example with a cylindrical tank 48 feet (15 m) in diametre for two whales provides 905 square feet (84.1 m 2) of surface area per ...
For 50 minutes, multiple pods of orcas worked together, hunting off the California coast. Two orcas, the matriarchs among the group of about 30 whales, on April 2 circled a 20-foot-long minke ...
She shared her tank with common dolphins, pilot whales, and Pacific white-sided dolphins throughout her time at Seaquarium. The refusal to release Lolita, as well as her overall living standards before her passing, have become a symbol for the movement opposing orca captivity for reasons other than medical need.
Type A or Antarctic orcas look like a "typical" orca, a large, black-and-white form with a medium-sized white eye patch, living in open water and feeding mostly on minke whales. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Type B1 or pack ice orcas are smaller than type A. [ 4 ] It has a large white eye patch.
Drone videos of gray whales off Oregon have revealed new details about how the marine mammals find food. The findings were described in studies this summer. Drone video of gray whales offers new ...
Whale watchers in northern California were treated with a sighting of a very pale orca nicknamed Frosty. A video taken by Evan Brodsky of the Monterrey Bay Whale Watch shows the white orca ...