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For some reason I have always
loved the Killer Whale.
Orca is their real name.Some
people think that they are very dangerous animals to humans,but they
are
wrong about that.The Orca is a gentle animal.And one of God's wonderful
and beautiful animals...
Sailors have spun tales around
the orca whale's reputation
for killing,yet this mammal
has never been known to attack
a human being.Its
notoriously
huge appetite is normal in
proportion to its
great size..
Gen.1:21
And God created
great whales,and
every living thing that
moveth,which the
waters brought
forth abundantly,after
their kind,and every
winged
fowl after his kind:and God
saw that it was
good..
Sizes
Length:Male,26-30
ft,Female,23-26
ft.
Weight:9,000-14,000
pounds..
Lifestyle
Habit:Lives and
hunts in a pod(group).
Call:clicking sounds
Diet:Fish,Squid,seals
and other
whales
Lifespan:Up to a 100
years
Related
Species
Related to the dophins..
Features of the Orca
Dorsal Fin:Male's
fin can be
as tall as seven feet..
Females fin is short
and curves
toward the back..
White
markings:Flashes above
eyes.Belly and undersides
of tail flukes and
head are
all white..
Flippers:Rounded,paddle-shaped..
Tail Flukes:Very
powerful.They
propel the orca to a top
speed of 30 miles
per hour..
Did You Know?
*When an orca
breaches the splash
can be heard several miles away..
*There are two types
of whale:toothed
whales and baleen whales..
*The orca is a
toothed whale
and catches prey with its teeth...
*Baleen whales have
no teeth,Instead
thet strain food from
the water through
their cornblike
baleen plates..
 
I hope you
enjoyed your visit,and
learned
something of Orca's
that you
never knew before..
God bless,Deb
Created
and maintained by: Debbie
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