Killer whales (Ordines) are most commonly found in highly productive areas of cold-water like the Pacific Northwest, along northern Norway’s coast in the Atlantic, and the higher latitudes of the Southern Ocean. Killer whales are often found in warm areas such as Florida, Hawaii, Australia, the Galapagos Island, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico and more temperate such as New Zealand and South Africa. Although they do show the Killer whales ability to venture into tropical waters such sightings are highly infrequent. Killer Whales are the most widely distributed mammal in the world. Killer Whales seem to be the most abundant in coastal waters, but are also found in Open Ocean. There are five different forms of Antarctic Killer Whales that have different distributions. Type a Killer Whales are circumpolar and live offshore in ice-free water. Type B Killer Whales inhabit inshore waters of Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula; large type B near the pack ice; and …show more content…
Orcas were once called “The Whale Killer” by sailors who often seen them attacking whales. Overtime, the name was reversed. Orcas are also known as Blackfish, sword whale, and assassin whale. Orcas do not have smelling organs or a lobe of the brain dedicated to smelling. They do have good senses of sight and hearing. They hear better than dogs and even bats, using these ability Orcas practice echolocation. Echolocation is when the Orcas produce sound and then listen to the echoes. Echolocation allows them to tell whether animals or objects are around or far, and just exactly how close or far they are. Like dolphins Orcas cannot completely go to sleep, because they have to up to the surface to breathe every once in a while. So they sleep with just half of their brains. If their left eye is open that means the right side of their brain is awake, and the other asleep, and vice
Keeping these huge animals in small pools does not seem right. Big mammals are not meant to be in small pools. When these mammals are born they stay with there mother all of their lives. They never leave their mothers until they are captured and put in small pools which is not right. Killer whales hunt in pods, the oldest female in the pod is usually the group leader. Each pod has its own set of whistles, clicks, and calls that only members of the pod recognize similar to having a unique language. Members of many pods hunt in teams. For example, they may work together to create waves to knock a seal from an ice floe and into the open water. In many pods,...
The whales are usually pregnant for 15 to 17 months; but having young every 2 to 6 years. In captivity about 163 orcas have died. As well as about 30 miscarried or stillborn calves (“10 Things…”). SeaWorld force breeds the orca’s. They do this by having the animal lye on its back while they masturbate it. The people take the sample and put it inside of a female (“The Fate of…”). They do this to make the numbers of orca’s they are capturing to go down. In all actuality they are making things worse. They have inbred these animals. They don’t know what it could do to the baby inside of the mother. It could come out with some type of deformation, and the wiring in their brains could become
Robert L. Pitman. "Whalewatcher: Killer Whale: The top, top Predator ." Journal of the American Cetacean Society (2011): 2. Journal.
For 50 years SeaWorld has entertained park guests with numerous stunts involving the majestic sea creature, the orca, also referred to as the killer whale, and their human trainers. What the on-lookers don’t see at these shows is what goes on behind the scenes: how the whales got there in the first place, and the conditions in which they are housed.
Let me first start of by saying that Orca's don't live up to their killer name in the wild, only in captivity. There has only been one report of Orca aggression in the wild. Only 1. In captivity, specifically Seaworld, there has been over 100 reports of Orcas putting humans in danger. I don't believe that Orcas should've ever been called by this nasty name. It was just
...own to circle its dead for hours until dying itself. It puts its own life on the line when the others in its group is in trouble. The diverse diet also makes it an interesting marine mammal to know about because different types of marine life have a food staple consisting of two or three species. The orcas distinctive white spot above the eye make for good diversion and the conical teeth make for excellent hunting. And although they range in size depending on sex, the fascination with this fair sized marine mammal is immeasurable in size.
The Killer Whale is a part of the toothed whale (odontoceti) suborder. The toothed whale suborder is consisted exclusively of porpoises, whales and dolphins that are born with teeth, instead of baleen plates. The Killer Whale is the largest animal in the dolphin family and is the only known to attack sharks, whales and other marine mammals.
Killer whales communicate by a series of clicks and whistles called vocalization. Each pod, or family, has their own unique language. This gives whales the ability to identify their own pods. Orcas have a brain that is about five ti...
In direct contrast to that, the vast majority of captive killer whales die before they reach their early 20’s, and even today no male killer whale in captivity has ever lived longer than 35 years. For killer whales being able to live in a natural, open space where they are able to swim freely is vital for their health and well-being. In the wild killer whales swim an average of 100 miles per day, a feat that is nearly impossible for a captive killer whale. In order for a captive killer whale to swim that distance it would have to swim more than 1,400 laps in the pool that they are kept in which is virtually impossible. In the US, the minimum enclosure size is set by the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR E 3.104, under the Specifications for the Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Marine Mammals. [41] In 9 CFR 3.104, Table III classifies killer whales as Group 1 Cetaceans with an average length of 24 feet (7.315 meters). Based on the length, Table 1 states up to two killer whales may be held in a pool with a minimum horizontal dimension of twice that length or 48 feet and a minimum depth of 12 feet. The Pacific Ocean, which is the natural habitat of killer whales, is approximately 64 million square miles, and we are unable to measure its depth. There are hundreds of
Despite the orcas being trained in captivity, they are still wild animals and have the potential to be unpredictable in their personal behavior and actions. For example, during February, 2010, one of Sea World Orlando, Florida's most experienced and valued trainers, Dawn Brancheau, was attacked and killed by the park's largest orca that she had a close relationship with. The whale "grabbed her hair pulled her into the pool and brutally killed her." (Court). In addition, there have been records deaths of Sea World trainers in 1999 and 2006, both resulting from the whales' playful and social attitudes and lack of sense the fragile nature of a person and size difference between themselves and the humans.
Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are actually the largest member of the dolphin family. They were given the name “killer whale” by sailors who often observed them attacking and killing seals, sea lions, walruses, penguins, dolphins, polar bears and even other whales (Orcas).
Shirihai, H. and B. Jarrett (2006). Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton, Princeton University Press. p.185-188.
Humpback whales breath voluntarily, unlike humans. Since they have to remember to breath, researchers believe humpbacks sleep by shutting off half of their brain at a time. Like orcas and dolphins, humpback whales have noses at the top of their head called blowholes (Animal Planet). Humpback whale calves do not stop growing until they are ten years old (National Geographic). They breed, give birth and care for their newborn calves in the warm waters of Tonga. Instead of teeth, humpbacks have baleen plates, they are brush-like strands of bristle that trap there food until it is swallowed. They have very odd mouths that curve downwards, like an eternal frown. Humpback whales are amazing marine mammals (Big Animal Expeditions)
What is a dolphin? A dolphin is an aquatic mammal. There are a various amount of species of dolphins,who eat a large variety of food,and can live in several different environments.
One particularly interesting sea creature is the whale shark, formally known as Rhincondon typus it was first discovered in 1828 by Andrew Smith (Rowat 2012). This large fish is found globally in warm tropical oceans and prefers to stay within 200 meters of the ocean’s surface in waters ranging from 4.2 to 28.7 degrees Celsius (Stevens 2006). This creature can be found all across the globe in any warm tropical seas. Aggregations of whale sharks have been seen off the coast of Australia at times, although it is primarily a creature of solitude. Whale sharks are filter feeders that consume plankton as well as small fish and are harmless to humans. The whale shark is a species with a fascinating ecology, life history, behavior, anatomy