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  2. Orca - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. A30 matriline - Wikipedia

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    The A30 matriline [1] is the name given to the most commonly seen orca matriline in British Columbia. [2] The matriline is currently made of 3 generations, with a total of 12 individuals. It is one of the 3 matrilines in A1 pod, one of the 10 pods of the A-clan.

  4. Orcinus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. ‘Extremely rare’ white killer whale stuns onlookers off ...

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    Frosty, a white killer whale, was spotted off the coast of Newport Beach on April 29, 2024. Fasser quickly snatched her binoculars, taking a closer look, Rodriguez told McClatchy News in a phone ...

  6. Killer whale spotted balancing a salmon on its head ... - AOL

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    A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed doing the same thing in the 1980s.

  7. Rare video catches an orca flipping a dolphin high into the ...

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    In a rare video captured by a whale watching expedition off the coast of San Diego this week, a killer whale teaches its baby how to hunt by headbutting a dolphin, causing it to flip several times ...

  8. Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    On June 13, 2022, an unidentified trainer was washing "paint and food chips" out of the mouth of the two-and-a-half-ton killer whale, Malia. The trainer was said to have broken the three foot rule and moved her right arm across the whale's mouth when the whale bit down and then "immediately" released the trainer.

  9. Why are killer whale attacks on the rise? These scientists ...

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    ABOARD A BOAT IN THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR — From the surface, the azure waters seem calm and inviting in this narrow patch where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea.. Spain’s arid ...