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southern resident orcas,
which swim in
British Columbia and
Washington waters, were
placed on the U.S.
Endangered Species list.
Orcas are not
usually a...
- The
Seattle Orcas are an
American professional Twenty20
cricket team that
competes in
Major League Cricket (MLC). The team
plans to be
based in Seattle...
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Dozens of
orcas (killer whales) are held in
captivity for
breeding or
performance purposes. The
practice of
capturing and
displaying orcas in exhibitions...
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United States such as
SeaWorld have not
collected wild
orcas in over 35 years. 25 of the 33
orcas on
display in the US, Argentina, Spain, and
France were...
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Orcas Island (/ˈɔːrkəs/) is the
largest of the San Juan
Islands of the
Pacific Northwest, in
northwestern Washington,
United States. The name "
Orcas" is...
- few
recorded cases of wild
orcas threatening humans. In the
early 1910s, Scott's
Terra Nova
Expedition recorded that
orcas had
attempted to tip ice floes...
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which claims that
orcas in
captivity suffer psychological damage and
become unnaturally aggressive. Of the four
fatal attacks by
orcas in captivity, Tilikum...
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orca lifespans are
equivalent to that of humans, with male
orcas living up to 75
years and
female orcas living up to 80 years.[citation needed]
Orcas...
- "sal****er people", saw
orcas as
their reincarnated ancestors,
whalers in particular, due to the
similarity in
coloration of the
orcas and the traditional...
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transient orcas have been
observed to
interbreed with one another,
though occasional brief interactions do occur.
Widely studied since the 1960s, the
orcas of...