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Killer Whales By: Aliya Hall
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Outline What it is Names Where it lives Diet Types Behavior Life Cycle Myths Physical Appearance Keiko Interesting facts
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What is a Killer Whale? Largest species of the dolphin family Appeared about 11 million years ago Predatory black and white toothed whale 3-5 types of killer whales
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Other names for the Killer Whale Blackfish Grampus Orca Killer Whale is from the Spanish asesina ballenas meaning whale killer
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Where they live Found in all oceans Mediterranean and Arabian seas Prefer cooler temperature and polar regions Large populations live off the coast of Iceland and Argentina waters
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Diet Fish and other cold blooded prey (i.e. salmon and sharks) Mammal prey (i.e. grey whales and seals) Bird prey (i.e. penguins) Some even eat the Great White Sharks
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Types Resident: most commonly sighted Transient: vocalize in less complicated dialects Offshore: smallest of the three, eat mammals 3 new killer whale types have been recently documented in Antarctic
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Behavior Frequently active at surface doing acrobatics Very vocal Playful
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Life Cycle Live with their Moms for entire life Mature around age 15 In first 6 months of life 37%-50% of all calves die Female lifespan averages 50-90 years Male lifespan averages 29-60 years
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Myths Genus name Orcinus means “of or belonging to the kingdom of the dead” Gave people idea that it’s the "whale that brings death" or "demon from hell.“ Name is also similar to Orcus, Roman God of the underworld People focus on “Killer” part of the name Now people see that they are friendly the negative stereotype fades
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Physical Appearance marked with a black back, white chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye. Heavy robust body Dorsal fin with grey “saddle patch” at fin’s rear Calves yellow or orange tint
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Keiko Captured in Iceland Developed Skin Lesions Starred as Willy in Free Willy During his time in Oregon he gained a lot of weight Plan of returning him to wild caused controversy They tried to set him free but no orca pod would adopt him He died of pneumonia in Norway on December 12, 2003
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Interesting Facts World’s most powerful predator Mothers give birth every three to ten years, after a 17 month pregnancy 23-32 ft. in size Weight up to 6 tons Each tooth about 7.6 cm
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