Orca+Whales

Type in the content of your new page here. Orca Whales Introduction: You are sitting in the front row of the Sea World Auditorium when all of a sudden SPLASH! Freezing cold water hits your face. Is it a dolphin? Is it an otter? No! It’s an Orca Whale; one of Sea World’s most famous underwater creatures! What they eat: What do you think Orca Whales eat? Well the answer is… PRACTICLY EVERYTHING! Orca Whales are violent hunters. One of the things Orcas love to eat is salmon. They seem to like Chinook salmon the most because Chinooks make up sixty-five percent of the salmon observed eating. Next, Orcas around the world have dined on large whales. In fact, it is this pray that gave the nickname Killer Whale! There are many types of whales that Orcas kill and eat. They attack Blue whales, Fin whales, Humpback whales, Bowhead whales, Sei whales, and Right whales. Also, one of the Orcas favorite foods are Great White Sharks. Orcas are top predator in the ocean, and their reach even extends to the few deer they pluck off when the deer swim from island to island. Most scientists presumed sharks and orcas, as top predators, ignore each other but suddenly, one orca charged at a shark, then surfaced with the dead creature and parading around with it for fifteen minutes! From salmon to sharks, Orca Whales can probably eat anything they felt like eating and they can prove it too! Where they live: Orcas live world-wide. They even venture up the oceans, but not too far. Believe it or not, Orcas migrate, but not for long. One of the world- wide oceans that Orcas live in is the cold waters of the Northern Pacific and the Atlantic oceans near the Arctic. In the winter they migrate to warmer waters and usually have their babies. Orca Whales live for about thirteen years. The ones that lived their lives in the wild can actually live to about forty to sixty years! Many Orca Whales live in the ocean and there seem to be many, but scientists have not counted all of the Orca Whales yet, but they are sure that the population is plentiful. Fast facts: -Orca whales use squeals, squawks, and screams to communicate with other whales -They have good vision and hearing in and out of the water -Orcas can live to an amazing eighty years! -They are very good staying protected from any hunters -Orcas stay in groups or pods -Before attacking prey, Orca whales circle around it  Do you want to know more about Orcas? Then you can check out these web sites: http://www.whale-images.com/killer-whale-facts.jsp http://ca.geociteies.com/orcasforever3/orcafood.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/orca.shtml http://www.whale-images.com/killer_whale_facts.jsp For many Orca pictures look at this website: http://www.hickerphoto.com/killer-whale-pictures-cat.htm