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Killer whale rescued
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 1 year ago
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The three-year-old orca was found on Whatipu beach in Huia, near Auckland, on Friday afternoon. The three-year-old orca was found on Whatipu beach in Huia, near Auckland, on Friday afternoon It was cared for overnight by the Department of Conservation...
Tags: Auckland, Royal North Shore Hospital, Takapuna Beach, Huia, killer whale, whatipu beached, Department of Conservation
Humpback washes up on Perth beach
Perth :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Andrea Hayward A dead baby humpback whale, likely savaged by killer whales, has washed up at Safety Bay in Western Australia. The whale was found early this morning in the surf on the western side of Tern Island Nature Reserve. Department of Environment...
2 pygmy killer whales treated at marine hospital
Sarasota :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Two male pygmy killer whales are being treated at a marine hospital in southwest Florida. Chief Veterinarian Dr. Charles Manire says both whales were weak when they were brought Monday to Mote Marine Laboratory's Dolphin and Whale Hospital in Sarasota.
Orca at SeaWorld San Antonio dies unexpectedly
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A killer whale at the SeaWorld in San Antonio has died unexpectedly...Although the life expectancy for killer whales varies widely, Halyn was young, Stephenson said. Taku (tah-KU'), a 14-year-old male killer whale at SeaWorld San Antonio, died in October....
Tags: Sea World San Antonio, killer whale, SeaWorld San Antonio, died unexpectedly, Halyn, Fran Stephenson, life expectancy
Killer whales spotted in Abu Dhabi waters
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | about 1 year ago
Credibility 6 Abu Dhabi: A group of young Emirati men aboard their boat sighted a creature of great magnificence close to Abu Dhabi island: a killer whale. Although the UAE is home to over a third of the 80 known species of cetaceans, few killer whales have been...
Tags: Abu Dhabi, killer whale, dhabi waters
Park ranger feels peace with killer whales
Puerto Madryn :: Argentina | about 1 year ago
Credibility Reuters Killer whales are ferocious predators but park ranger Roberto Bubas feels a profound peace in close encounters with the enormous creatures. The 37-year-old from Puerto Madryn, in southern Argentina, said he watched and photographed orcas from...
Tags: killer whale, Roberto Bubas
Killer whales bring the hunt onto land
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 year ago
Credibility A six-tonne orca, or killer whale, torpedoes toward the beach, its dorsal fin cutting the Patagonian sea. It launches itself onto the sand in an explosion of water and foam. Before the waters die down, the orca is shaking its immense head from side to...
Tags: sea lion, killer whale
White killer whale spotted off Alaskan islands
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The nearly mythic creature was real after all. "I had heard about this whale, but we had never been able to find it," said Holly Fearnbach, a research biologist with the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle who photographed the rarity. "It
Tags: killer whale, white killer
Killer whales seem to be moving farther south
Monterey :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility February 1, 2008 The killer whales, at least three dozen of them, coursed through and even leaped across the wind-swept ocean. Even queasy passengers aboard the Sea Wolf marveled as these magnificent predators preyed beneath diving birds and
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