Ecotypes of Killer Whales (orcas)? | WHALEZONE.TV S3E3
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of WHALEZONE.TV, which is now available on our blog! In this episode, our MSc in Marine Biology Anais explains what are the ecotypes of Killer Whales. Watch, learn and enjoy!
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References:
1) Southern Resident Orcas - Source: www.endangered.org
2) “Why are there so many different types of killer whales?” - Source: www.eaglewingtours.com
3)Orca ecotypes its not all black and white? Source: www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk
4) Enciclopedia Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition. Edts. Bernd Würsig, I. G. M. Thewissen & KIT M. Kovacs
Footage:
1) Type B Killer Whales on the Hunt | Antarctica - Source: Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic
2) Killer Whales Working Together to Hunt Seals on Ice - Source: BBC Earth
3) Killer Whales Attack Minke - Source: Frozen Planet and BBC Earth
4) Eyes on Orcas | Continent 7: Antarctica - Source: National Geographic
5) What Are Southern Resident Orcas? - Source: Oceana
6) Drone footage: Southern resident killer whales - Source: Vancouver Sun
7) Searching for Type D: A New Species of Killer Whale? - Source: NOAA Fisheries
8) Orcas (killer whales) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica - Source: Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)
9) Killer whales hunting a Humpback whale calf and eating its tongue - Source: Whale Watch Cabo
10) Incredible footage of orcas eating a minke whale - Source: Best Documentary
11) Spectacular close ups of herring feeding orcas -Source: Jonas Folleso
12) Orca feeding on stingray & the aftermath - Source: Clay Tall Stories
13) Killer Whales in Azores - Footage courtesy of Tiago Batista and Milou van Mulken
I'd like to know, what's the evolutionary purpose of orcas having large or small eye patches?
Hi Lucas, yours is an interesting question to which we do not really have an answer at the moment. As mentioned in the video, the classification of orcas' ecotypes is still under debate and it is unclear why different groups have different eye patches. It might be related to recognition withing and between ecotypes. Thank you for watching :)
This type of adaptability and resource specialization within the same species in the same area is amazing. Has that been observed in any animal besides humans?
Hi Mark, the answer is yes. Bottlenose Dolphins for example can hunt in very different ways depending on which population they belong to and yet they are the same species genetically. I am sure there are also other examples under study or yet to be discovered. Thanks for watching :)
Wow, this is so interesting! I love the poster of the whales in the background. Where can I find it?
Fascinating.
wow! I feel like i want to know more about Orcas and their ecotypes.
Thank you for watching and for your interest :)
Don’t their name killer whale come from killers of whales, they do be the apex predator in the ocean
Yeah Im sure the original name was Whale Killers
I love orcas 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fook yeeeeah! Mai boi! Whaeeeeeeele zone 4life!
Ecatype? I wish ppl would study the small eye patch ones
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piscivor is a funny word
She’s gorgeous ❤
Orcas 😀😀😀😀😀🪦
Chinook is pronounced like shinook
arent all cetaceans whales since dolphins are "toothed whales" ?
Yes
Praise the LORD for creating orca’s!
Fear is keeping us safe 🧥🧥🧥🧥🧥🧥🧥🧥🧥
I love sperm whales because they are mammals not fish
All whales and porpoises are mammals and not fish.
Ft 🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗