Killer Whale By Kaitlyn Fleming Killer Whale names

Killer Whale By: Kaitlyn Fleming

Killer Whale names �Common name: Killer Whale �Specific name: Orcinus Orca �Other name: Wolves of the Ocean

When were Orca’s discovered? �Orca’s were discovered in 1558 in Bay of Greifswald. �Konrad Gessner wrote the first scientific description of a Killer Whale in “Fish Book”. �The book was based on an examination of a dead stranded animal in the Bay of Greifswald. �Killer Whales originated from all the oceans there is not a specific place. �Killer Whales are part of the dolphin family which was first appeared 11 million years ago.

Killer Whale and Plants �Killer whales are carnivores which means they do not eat plants. �Killer Whales eat sea lions ( seals) , fish, squid, small marine animals, seabirds, and sometimes other whales. �Using a food chain I came to algae being closest to the plants Killer Whales eat.

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Algae is it dangerous? �Algae can be toxic when it is blue-green. �Algae is also known as seaweed. �Algae uses asexual and sexual to reproduce. �Algae is poisonous when there is an algae bloom. �We use algae for food, medicine, and combat global warming.

Plankton �Plankton is dangerous and toxic to humans. �Plankton is an organism that lives in a water column and can not swim against a current. �Plankton reproduces asexual by splitting into two identical parts.

Antarctic Krill �Krill feed on plankton �They reproduce sexual �Food source to humans �Some are toxic/ poisonous but not all are

Where are Killer Whales found? �They often frequent cold, coastal waters, polar regions to the equator.

Facts about Killer Whales �They are the largest of the Dolphins! �One of the world’s most powerful predators of the seas. �Life span in the wild is 50 t 0 80 years. � 23 to 32 feet long and weight up to 6 ton! �Travels in pods. �Killer Whales teeth are 4 inches long

Killer whales reproduce facts �Mothers give birth every 3 to 10 years. �Mother carries calf for 17 months. �Mature around 15 years of age. � only non human spices to go through menopause and still live decades after.

Cited sources �en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Killer_whale �marinebio. org/species. asp? id=84 �animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/k iller-whale/