The killer whale (scientifically known as orcinus orca) is a large marine mammal that is part of the toothed whale (odontoceti) suborder.Killer whales are one of the most well-recognized animals in the world and are easily spotted by their large size and distinct black and white color pattern.Killer whales are at the top of the of the food chain even above Great White Sharks and they have no known predator.At full maturity the male killer whale will usually grow to an average length of 20 – 26 ft
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Blue Whales: Smarter Than You If you were to step past a worm on the sidewalk would the worm even know what you are or even that you stepped right past it? The idea is to first: prepare your mind to understand what I’m about to share; and second to show that it is very possible for a more intelligent species to be hidden right beneath our noses. If the blue whale has the ability to feel more‚ love more and understand one another better than humans can; one could only wonder what else they can do
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Compare and Contrast: Whales and Rats I love animals from the big to the small and everything in between but they’re all different in some way and others are completely different like reptiles and amphibians and mammals and the like but they’re also all the same in some way‚ what if someone compared them someway?... Whales are the largest animal to ever live‚ and possibly that ever will live. They are bigger than any dinosaurs. They survive from the coldest waters in the arctic and sometimes
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Phenomenon of Killer Whales in Captivity To what extent has placing orcas in captivity influenced their aggressive behavior in comparison to those in the wild? Session: May 2014 Session Number: 0006 Word Count: 3‚749 Subject: Environmental Systems and Societies Since the release of Gabriella Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish‚ there has been much controversy about the issue of placing killer whales in captivity. Through
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The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus
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orca‚ the Killer Whale‚ can grow up to thirty-two feet long and weighing in at over twenty thousand pounds. They have been feared for hundreds of years by North American Natives and even mentioned in Greek maritime records. Their name when translated from Greek means "killer from hell" ( n.p. ). Unfortunately the freedom of these mighty sea kings is growing more limited as humans wish to capture them for aquatic mammal parks. The history of captured orcas is a sad one‚ the first whale captured was by
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Whale Rider: Inner Strength and Determination The film Whale Rider opens with a man‚ Porourangi‚ standing next to his wife as she gives birth to twins. Unfortunately‚ the mother and the son do not survive leaving only the girl who is named Paikea. This greatly upsets Koro‚ Porourangi’s father. As the reigning chief of the Maori people‚ he would have taught Porourangi’s first born son in the ways of their ancestors to become the next chief (Wald 2006). After experiencing such a devastating loss
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The Blue Whale Game‚ some may be confused of what the game exactly is. Well‚ this online game is supposedly the reason why over 130 teenagers committed suicide. The name Blue whale is believed to be a reference to the sea creatures‚ Blue Whales who are speculated to swim shallow towards the shores themselves on purpose‚ causing them to die. As the game ‘The Blue Whale’ seems to have a similar effect‚ not on whales though‚ rather on teenagers around the Globe. The idea of the Blue Whale game is
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The Loved Little Whale: What Should Have Happened “Life had been transformed by our affection for this little whale‚ [because...] what we shared mattered” -Mike Parfit. Luna the orca has been separated from his pod ever since he was two. Through the years‚ this little orca has learned to cope not by joining another pod or learning to live in solitude‚ but by forming a miraculous bond with the citizens of Nootka Sound‚ British Columbia. As Luna gets older‚ he seems to be getting in more and more
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Full Name Dr. Lisa Ampleman English 101-13 10 October 2013 Killer Whales: Rhetorical Analysis of a Blog Throughout the history of cetacean captivity‚ two orcas have been labeled as murderers. In the winter of 2009‚ at the park known as Loro Parque‚ an orca named Keto killed his trainer‚ Alexis Martinez. Exactly two months later‚ in Sea World Orlando‚ an orca known as Tilikum killed his trainer as well. Tilikum had previously been involved in the deaths of both another trainer and a park
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