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Orca’s(Killer Whales)By: Tiffany Pike

Mammal

~Breath Air~Born with hair~Live births~Produce Milk~Warm Blooded

Characteristics~ An Orca is a toothed whale belonging to the Oceanic

Dolphin family.~ Killer whales distinctively bear a black back, white

chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye.

~ Killer whales have a heavy and robust body.~Adults reach up to 20-26 feet and can weigh up to 10

tons (20,000 pounds)

Characteristics

~Baby Orca’s weigh about 400 pounds at birth and are about 8 feet long.~They are very fast and can swim up to 56 km/h.~Males have long and narrow dorsal fins and females have short rounded dorsal fins.~They have excellent eyesight in and out of the water.

Characteristics

~ Orca’s have above average hearing and a great sense of touch.~They use their hearing for feeding and communicating.~They produce a variety of sounds to communicate and find food. ~They use sonar to bounce “pings” off of their prey to determine what the prey is.

Family

~Orca’s travel in families called pods. ~A female leads the pod.~Most of her children stay with the family for life.~The average pod consists of 5 to 6 Orca’s.

Intelligence

~2nd heaviest brains among marine mammals.~Very good at imitation and teaching their young life skills.~They are very curious and playful.~They are very good at learning new techniques through trial and error to catch prey.

Orca’s

Orca’s are very intelligent mammals. They travel in families called pods. They have a very close family

bond. They work together to raise their young and to catch prey. Orca’s have been studied and recorded

since the early 1800’s. They are a very complex animal and fun to watch!

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