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The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or dispersal of individuals, and no gene flow with other orca populations. [1]
While there is no record of southern resident orcas eating harbor porpoises, at least 78 incidents have been recorded since 1962 involving orcas harassing harbor porpoises, of which 28 resulted in the porpoise's death; it has never been confirmed whether this is the result of competition for food, rough play, or true aggression. [9]
Southern resident killer whales are critically endangered and most likely on a path toward extinction. A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head earlier this fall near the ...
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These are the salmon that will feed our struggling southern resident orca population. These are the salmon that provide recreational fishing opportunities that boost tourism and our economy ...
An endangered orca vanished from a dwindling whale pod off the Washington coast, a conservation group said. The missing Southern Resident killer whale, K-26, was not seen by researchers during an ...
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Thousands of spring-run Chinook salmon — the favorite food of the endangered southern resident orca in Puget Sound — have died in the heat of recent summers.