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Ecobeetle's Endangered Species - Killer Whale - Conservation Information,Pictures,Facts,Links,Books
Transient pods range from one to four individuals. Single individuals, usually males, are occasionally encountered. The ... from two to three generations. Membership in the pod is stable although individuals will switch pods on occasion. Non-breeding females and males care and teach hunting methods to older calves ...
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Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association :: E-Newsletter :: February 2006 :: Killer Whales
Incredibly cunning and crafty, killer ... inhabit Puget Sound as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The three pods that call Puget Sound home are declining. In addition to heavy ship noise (which changes ...
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Orcas of the Salish Sea, Part 1
Until field studies began over 30 ... Salish Sea at any time, but are more commonly seen in the spring and fall. Transient pods are typically comprised of only two to five whales, usually found skulking silently around ...
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Transient Orcas of the Pacific Northwest
They received the name transient because it was first speculated that perhaps these whales were social outcasts in transit to ... bays not visited by residents and they often change directions suddenly even when not foraging. Transient pods eat warm-blooded marine mammals primarily:pinnipeds( seals, sea lions,and walruses) and cetaceans( ...
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visitingorcas
Juan Islands and Puget Sound. They feed primarily on Chinook salmon and live in family groups. Transient killer whales, by comparison, regularly travel from Southeastern Alaska to Southern California in small groups ... to ensure the population’s survival. The Center for Whale Research reports that the Resident pods include only 85 individuals, a number that is far short of the 200 that scientists ...
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Marine Connection - General News
Puget Sound waters with a new calf. Members of the K and L pods were sighted recently at the south end of San Juan Island with the new calf which now makes ... in danger as a result of all the attention the animal has attracted. Click here for further details Transient orcas on the move (Added: 27 March 2008) Each year, around April time, killer whales approach the Oregon ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Others are transient and move over great distances. BEHAVIOR: Orcas are very social. Most pods, or groups, consist of 5-50 individuals. Studies have ... resident orcas eat more bottom-dwelling fish instead of salmon, they accumulate more PCBs. Recently, transient orcas have been classified as the "most polluted" animal on earth with PCB levels nearly ...
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Orca-Facts 6
The Northern Resident Community has three clans, whereas the Southern Resident Community has just a single clan, as do the Transient orca of this coast. There is variability within call types, even for different maternal groups within pods and clans. This is a useful tool for identifying groups in the absence of visual ...
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OrcaInfo
Families can be distinguished from one another by their dialects. Transient orcas. Transient orcas generally form smaller and more ... is not so predictable. They feed primarily on sea mammals such as seals and sea lions. The name "killer whale" probably stems from observations of transient orcas hunting. 9/ 31 Contents ...
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Orca Network - Transient orcas
Transient killer whale pods are generally comprised of an adult female and two or three of her ... no known cases of orcas eating or even harming a human. About 200 individually identified transient orcas are commonly seen along the coastline of Washington and British Columbia ranges from Southeast ...
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