Killer Whales in a sentence

According to the tribe’s oral tradition, Moshup turned the Wampanoag into whales, maybe even killer whales, but he also ate broiled whales, and threw them at the cliffs on the coast for the Wampanoag to eat.

Bigg's killer whales feed on marine mammals like seals, sea lions and porpoises, and have been thriving on the West Coast, unlike endangered southern resident killer whales, which depend on dwindling Chinook salmon stocks.

Preliminary research indicates offshore killer whales have group-specific dialects unlike those of residents and transients.sfn The vocalizations of killer whales in other parts of the world have also been studied.

Retrieved January 26, 2010 citation In the tales and beliefs of the Siberian Yupik people, killer whales are said to appear as wolves in winter, and wolves as killer whales in summer.

The Haida regarded killer whales as the most powerful animals in the ocean, and their mythology tells of killer whales living in houses and towns under the sea.

They may have been hunted by killer whales and sharks, but their buoyancy may have made it difficult for killer whales to drown them, and the rocky kelp forests may have protected them from sharks.

A tremendous documentary which takes a look at killer whales being kept in captivity in theme parks like Sea World, and the violent impact that has on both the whales and their trainers.

During this exclusive encounter, guests are just feet away from killer whales, while animal behaviorists guide them through an experience, which may include providing enrichment for the whales or giving them cues for trained behaviors.

Wild killer whales are known to live in groups with different “dialects,” which are learned sounds used for communication and are kept within a population and passed on to future generations of whales.

In the Antarctic, killer whales range up to the edge of the pack ice and are believed to venture into the denser pack ice, finding open leads much like beluga whales in the Arctic.

Four others then learned to copy the behaviour. citation Behaviour Association of killer whales and Black-browed albatrosses Day-to-day killer whale behaviour generally consists of foraging, travelling, resting and socializing.

And now the pendulum is swinging in the other direction, where they’re becoming the killer whales again,” Wieland-Shields said.

Aquarius, one of the west coast community of killer whales, making his way past Noss Head.

Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator, author and University of Victoria historian Jason Colby says killer whales were considered "not just as vermin species but potentially dangerous" creatures to be hunted and eliminated.

The scientist said: "Killer whales are predators, but they are not at all aggressive towards humans or anything other than their food.

Three orcas, the large black-and-white dolphins also known as killer whales, worked in tandem; a large orca rammed the boat from the side while two smaller ones gnawed at the rudder until it was destroyed and the yacht was taking on water.

A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday.

Killer whales attack Cuvier's beaked whale in Bremer Canyon bloodbath off Western Australia.

The situation is similar to a 2005 incident where a group of killer whales were also trapped in drift ice off the coast of the town and later died, Rausu town officials told the outlet.

The washed up carcass suggests the animals remain a favorite food source of killer whales.