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At that time, it was called “The Six” and was first thought to be part of A pod. When it became clear to researchers that these whales spent a significant amount of time apart from the rest of the group and had just happened to be travelling together when first identified, it was named A4 pod and A pod became A1 pod, A4 pod and A5 pod.
The A5 Pod has suffered many losses and deaths over the years. Besides losing a generation of whales to captivity, one young whale, A57 (Kelkpa) was found dead on December 16, 1996, in a bay in British Columbia. Her death was due to erysipelas; she was the first orca of the Northern Resident population whose cause of death was determined. In ...
A1 pod is a killer whale family in British Columbia. It currently consists of 3 matrilines and 20 members and is the most commonly encountered pod in the Northern resident killer whale community . This community is found in coastal waters ranging from mid- Vancouver Island up through the Queen Charlotte Islands , although A1 pod has yet to be ...
Groups usually consist of mothers and their offspring, and because of their long life span (orcas can live up to ninety years), pods can often consist of four more more generations of whales.
Orcas or killer whales have a cosmopolitan distribution and several distinct populations or types have been documented or suggested. Three to five types of orcas may be distinct enough to be considered different races , [ 1 ] subspecies , or possibly even species [ 2 ] (see species problem ).
The whales rely on fish — preferably Chinook salmon — and live in three pods called J, K and L. The southern residents have been in the spotlight of conservation efforts for decades.
The tour agency said its team counted 33 gray whales, 1,500-plus Risso's dolphins and three northern right whale dolphins as they undertook the 60-mile roundtrip from Monterey to Point Sur. Rare ...
When hunting baleen whales, which range from 15 to 30 metres (49 to 98 ft) in size, [19] the pod would divide into three groups. [7] [9] One group stayed in the open ocean, hindering escape, the second swam underneath the baleen whale to prevent it from diving deep, and the third attacked the whale. Attacks consisted of biting at the lips and ...