Imagine a creature of black and white. It's skin shiny with a rubber like texture. It dives through the water and comes back up again breaking the surface of the water. Then when you see one of those, you see another one, and then another! Multiple of these creatures emerge from the ocean. They then dart back into the deep blue leaving you wondering what colossal creature was that? That animal was not a creature of mythology but instead a type of whale called an orca. Orcas have amazing physical attributes, way of living, and myths based on them. Orcas, also known as the killer whale, got their names because they are at the top of the food chain. Thus giving them their natural predator instinct. “Orcas weigh from 3,000-12,000 pounds”
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Like dolphins, orcas use echolocation - bouncing sound off of objects to determine their location and to hunt and use a series of high-pitched clicks to stun prey.“Found in all oceans of the world, orcas are most common in the Arctic and Antarctic and are often spotted off the west coast of the United States and Canada. Orcas are found in both coastal waters and open ocean.” according to Defenders of Wildlife. Orcas are highly social animals that travel in groups called pods. Pods usually consist of 5 - 30 whales, although some pods may combine to form a group of 100 or more. Orcas establish social hierarchies, and pods are led by …show more content…
He sang his most powerful spirit song and commanded the fish to leap into the water. They did so and soon grew into great orca whales. They obeyed his orders. He asked them to swim out and see to it that his brother-in-law was drowned. They did as he requested, after which he called them out of the water. They formed a line on the shore. "I made you to get revenge," he told them. "That was a bad thing to do. From now on, you must never again harm any human being." This supposedly explains the fact that orcas rarely attacks humans and never try to come in contacts with
Like dolphins, orcas use echolocation - bouncing sound off of objects to determine their location and to hunt and use a series of high-pitched clicks to stun prey.“Found in all oceans of the world, orcas are most common in the Arctic and Antarctic and are often spotted off the west coast of the United States and Canada. Orcas are found in both coastal waters and open ocean.” according to Defenders of Wildlife. Orcas are highly social animals that travel in groups called pods. Pods usually consist of 5 - 30 whales, although some pods may combine to form a group of 100 or more. Orcas establish social hierarchies, and pods are led by …show more content…
He sang his most powerful spirit song and commanded the fish to leap into the water. They did so and soon grew into great orca whales. They obeyed his orders. He asked them to swim out and see to it that his brother-in-law was drowned. They did as he requested, after which he called them out of the water. They formed a line on the shore. "I made you to get revenge," he told them. "That was a bad thing to do. From now on, you must never again harm any human being." This supposedly explains the fact that orcas rarely attacks humans and never try to come in contacts with