Transcript: Interview: Volker Deecke discusses study exploring the way seals distinguish between dangerous killer whales and those whose diets only include fish

Article: Killer whales like to party in 'social clubs'!
The Hindustan Times;  August 13, 2009 ;     638 words ... ... human beings. Up to 100 fish-eating killer whales come together in the Avacha ... groups act as clubs in which the killer whales form and maintain social ties. Fish-eating killer whales in the Avacha Gulf live in ...

Article: Acoustic Behavior of Antarctic Killer Whales ...
Aquatic Mammals;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... predation by marine-mammal-eating killer whales have hearing sensitivities ... silence of marine-mammal-eating killer whales in the Northeast Pacific ... and cetacean prey. Fish-eating killer whales do not have the same constraints ...

Article: Killer whales in Hawaiian waters: information on ...
Pacific Science;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... seems more likely that Hawaiian killer whales may not exhibit foraging specializations ... narrower than those seen in killer whales from the temperate coastal North ... haplotypes found for mammal-eating killer whales in coastal Alaskan waters ...

Article: Killer whales leave porpoises for dead.
UPI Energy Resources;  October 10, 2009 ;     497 words ... ... experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead ... federal fisheries department. One theory is that the killer whales see the porpoises as an opportunity for play ...

Encyclopedia entry: Killer Whales
Canadian Encyclopedia;      700+ words ... ... TRITES Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Killer Whales Author: A.W. TRITES Killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) are found in all the oceans ... reliable visitors along the Pacific coast. Killer whales in BC can be individually identified from ...

Article: Ecotypic variation and predatory behavior among killer ...
Fishery Bulletin;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, killer whales (Orcinus orca) were encountered ... acoustically and genetically. Resident killer whales were found 12 times more frequently than transient killer whales, and offshore killer whales were ...

Transcript: Analysis: Recent scientific study suggests that killer ...
NPR All Things Considered;  September 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... scientific study suggests that killer whales may be to blame for the disappearances ... proposed a new explanation: killer whales. NPR's Christopher Joyce has ... CHRISTOPHER JOYCE reporting: Killer whales are top predators. They hunt ...