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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.
English: Woman swims with killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the wild in New Zealand. Additional footage by Steve Hathaway. orcaresearchtrust.org In this video, the audio has been removed from the original material and sections of the original material have been removed.
The southern resident pod is their normal traveling unit. The three southern resident pods form the single clan of this small killer whale community. The clan is possibly a single lineage that split into pods in the past. The clan has a unique stable dialect that shares no calls with other killer whale clans. [14]
The genus Orcinus was published by Leopold Fitzinger in 1860, [4] its type species is the orca named by Linnaeus in 1758 as Delphinus orca.Taxonomic arrangements of delphinids published by workers before and after Fitzinger, such as John Edward Gray as Orca in 1846 and Orca (Gladiator) in 1870, are recognized as synonyms of Orcinus.
Scientists saw a male orca kill a juvenile great white shark within minutes last year. The hunting behavior could be a sign of a wider shift in the marine ecosystem.
The first video record of this type was made in 2014 between the Kerguelen and Crozet Islands, [61] and again in 2017 off the coast of Cape Horn, Chile. [62] It is recognizable by its small white eye patch, narrower and shorter than usual dorsal fin, bulbous head (similar to a pilot whale ), and smaller teeth. [ 63 ]
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 ...
Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine mammals find and eat food. ... depending on their size and habitats. The team ...