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Old Thom is a male North Atlantic killer whale (orca) known for being the only killer whale to regularly be sighted in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. Often referred to as a loner, the whale has never been seen with other orcas, but is often accompanied by Atlantic white-sided dolphins , who seem to feed alongside the orca. [ 1 ]
Old Tom (c. 1860s/1895 – September 1930) was a male orca (killer whale) who cooperated with and assisted whalers in the port of Eden, New South Wales, on the southeast coast of Australia. Old Tom was believed to be the leader of a pod of orcas which helped the whalers by herding baleen whales into Twofold Bay . [ 1 ]
Also known as "killer whales," orcas — the largest members of the dolphin or "toothed ... etc — or fish. This particular whale (Old Thom) has been observed eating fish in the past and, to my ...
Namu, featured in the film Namu, the Killer Whale; Neptune from the film Moon Warriors; Ocean Sun (L25) [citation needed] Old Thom; Old Tom; Port and Starboard; Ramu III; Samoa; Scarlet Scarlet and her mother, J-16; Shamu; Springer; Tahlequah; Takara; The orca from the 1977 film Orca; Tico from the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
Orcas, or “killer whales,” can grow up to 27 feet long and weigh as much as six tons. Known as the ocean’s top predator, they’re extremely intelligent, with their own languages of clicks ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...
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.
Man is fined for trying to 'body slam' killer whale. ... the 50-year-old Auckland man, whom authorities did not name, jumped off the boat into waters off the coast of the Auckland suburb of ...