Article: KILLER WHALES DECIMATING SEA OTTERS

Article: USGS Finds Sea Otters at Risk from Killer ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... unusual behavior of killer whales toward sea otters ultimately raises questions ... began to investigate killer whales attacks on sea otters. Such attacks were ... the killer whales. Killer whales and sea otters have existed ...

Article: Who's been eating all those sea ...
Science News;  October 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... in the case of the missing sea otters. Killer whales have shared the Aleutian Islands ... propose that the relatively rare killer whales, perhaps only 150 in the ... could be from as few as four killer whales' switching to an all-otter ...

Article: Killer whales slaughter sea otters
The Independent - London;  October 16, 1998 ;     392 words ... ... Scientists say killer whales off Alaska ... begun hunting sea otters because their ... decline. Killer whales had not been known to attack sea otters until marine ... that four killer whales, feeding exclusively on sea otters, could have ...

Article: Study: Killer whales feeding on sea ...
AP Online;  October 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON (AP) _ Killer whales that normally ... feeding on sea otters and creating ... fish and the killer whales preying on ... beds while sea otters feed on the ... just four killer whales feeding only on sea otters to cause a ...

Article: Collapse of Seals, Sea Lions, Sea Otters in North ...
AScribe Science News Service;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and finally sea otters ('90s - today), the killer whales targeted populations ... rare, some killer whales expanded their ... mammals - the sea otters - with rippling ... estimated 3,888 killer whales across the ... inability of sea otters, seals ...

Article: Sea otters are in trouble. (Science News).
Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin);  February 22, 2002 ;     508 words ... ... are trying to find out why sea otters are dying. Some scientists ... waters might be killing the sea otters. Other scientists say killer whales are to blame. Those whales don't usually eat sea otters. But the whales are now hungry ...

Article: Scientists: Did industrial whaling cause decline in sea ...
AP Worldstream;  November 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... would be for only a few killer whales in the most affected areas ... prey species. As few as 27 killer whales preying just on sea lions ... scientists estimated. Six killer whales feeding exclusively on sea otters would account for their ...