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What do orcas eat? Transient orcas usually stick to a diet of sea mammals and squid, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making this bird-hunting behavior a rare sight.
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 inhabits a wide range of marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.
Bigg was the first to identify transient orcas as significantly different in eating habits, behavior, and distribution from resident orcas; hence they bear his name. His recommendation in the late 1970s that orcas be placed on the endangered list in Canada fueled interest in protecting the animals throughout the region.
The transient orcas, in comparison, eat abundant seals and harbor porpoises, and don't rely on sound, or echolocation, to hunt them. — Reporter Kimberly Cauvel: 360-416-2199, ...
The sympatric transient (Bigg's) orcas travel in small, family groups, with individuals cooperating to kill and eat marine mammals together. [30] By contrast, the large, multi-family, multi-generation southern resident pods behave in a way that may increase their success in hunting the salmon that forms the southern resident orca diet .
A pair of orca whales were spotted sharing a meal along the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California, video uploaded on June 27 shows.Drone footage captured by Evan Brodsky shows the ...
Northern resident orcas, also known as northern resident killer whales (NRKW), are one of four separate, non-interbreeding communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast portion of the North Pacific Ocean.
BY PHUONG LE SEATTLE (AP) -- Scientists studying Puget Sound orcas for the past decade now know they are among the most contaminated marine mammals, with pollutants particularly high in young ...