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  • ::phytoplankton → copepod → fish → squid → seal → Orca This "chain" can be described as follows: Killer whales ...
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  • jpg|image|right|240px|thumb|Killer whale (orca), the largest species of dolphin]] ... ***** Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca **** Genus Globicephala ...
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  • (30 feet) and ten metric tons for the orca. They are carnivores, mostly ... * Killer whale, Orcinus orca * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata ...
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  • summer resort development. Sea kayaking and orca watching are two primary attractions ... Garry oaks, wild lilies, kelp beds and Orca whales. The majority of ...
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  • #039;ik beliefs about the animal world. The orca, wolf, raven, spider, and ... In the tales and beliefs of the Yup'ik people, wolf and orca ...
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  • upon by the sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), the orca (Orcinus orca), and the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis). Atlantic halibut are eaten by seals, and ...
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  • attacks sperm whales, besides human beings, is the orca (killer whale). Large, roving pods of orcas frequently target groups of females with young, usually ...
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  • Ivory is the hard, smooth, substance, composed primarily of dentin, that constitutes the tusks, or upper incisors, of elephants (family Elephantidae ...
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  • Manatee is the common name for large, herbivorous, fully aquatic marine mammals comprising the family Trichechidae, characterized by a nearly ...
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  • Walruses have only three natural enemies: humans, orca, and the polar bear. Polar bears hunt walruses by rushing at them, trying to get the herd ...
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  • Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising the family Phocidae, characterized by the absence of a pinna (external part ...
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  • [[Image:Orca mitica nasca.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Killer Whale, Nasca Culture, pottery, Larco Museum, Lima, Perú.]] Nazca subsistence was based ...
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  • The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) that rises up through a narrow ...
    15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
  • Bryde's whale. Seals and Dusky Dolphins or Orca, the Killer Whales may also be seen. The strategic position of the Cape of Good Hope between ...
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  • Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, of the cetacean suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales), characterized by mottled ...
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  • squids, and small fish, and being eaten by orca whales, bears, sharks, and some by walruses. They also offer aesthetic values to humans, who ...
    18 KB (2,671 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
  • A predator looking up from below (such as an orca or a leopard seal) has difficulty distinguishing between a white penguin belly and the reflective ...
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  • such as the salmon, beaver, bear, wolf, raven, orca whale or frog. The early native peoples who lived on this island had an intimate relationship ...
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  • Hudson Bay ( baie d'Hudson ) is an immense inland sea that penetrates deeply into northeastern Canada. This relatively shallow body of water ...
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  • Golden Orca|金の鯱|Kin no Shachihoko on the roof, often used as the symbol of Nagoya. Atsuta Shrine is known as the second-most venerable shrine ...
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