Killer Whales Essay

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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

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