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4 unusual facts about killer whale


Eight Below

Max finds his way back to where McClaren fell into the ice earlier and spots a dead Orca.

Erebus Ice Tongue

Video also depicted other Weddell seals that appeared to use the underwater caves as hiding places from predators such as the orca (or killer whale) and the leopard seal.

Hoshi wo Miru Hito

Orcas do not wish to co-exist peacefully with humans and would prefer to have the planet all to themselves; similar to the apes in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.

Shane Schofield

After losing one of her legs to a Killer whale, Mother had it replaced with a titanium prosthetic.


Sauropterygia

The large pliosaurs, like the Jurassic Rhomaleosaurus, Liopleurodon and Pliosaurus, and the Cretaceous Kronosaurus and Brachauchenius, were the superpredators of the Mesozoic seas, around 7 to 12 meters in length, and filled a similar ecological role to that of killer whales today.

Whangarei Harbour

Southern Right Whales used to gather in the harbour historically, but today small cetaceans such as dolphins and Orca, the Killer Whales can be observed in the harbour.


see also

Eden Killer Whale Museum

The Eden Killer Whale Museum is a museum in Eden, New South Wales, Australia.

Killer whale attacks on humans

In August 2005, while swimming in four feet of water in Helm Bay, near Ketchikan, Alaska, a 12-year-old boy named Ellis Miller was "bumped" in the shoulder by a 25-foot transient killer whale.

Marcia Crosby

Her maternal lineage is Tsimshian originating form Maxxtakxatta (Metlakatla) and Gisbutwaada (Killer Whale clan; House of Gitlan).

Namu, the Killer Whale

"The Ballad of Namu, the Killer Whale" written and performed by Tom Glazer.

Shamoo

Shamu, one of the first orcas (killer whale) captured and displayed for the public