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What IS a killer whale? It kills people or mammals? I mean, all fish kill other fish, so in that description they’d all be killers. Not being sarcastic, really what IS a killer whale?


5 posted on 02/25/2010 11:30:13 AM PST by Beowulf9
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Me thinks the fish is a democrat, and is now garnering special treatment in line with the Alabama Harvard professor


8 posted on 02/25/2010 11:32:57 AM PST by SanFranDan
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To: Beowulf9
What is a killer whale?

A giant dolphin.

9 posted on 02/25/2010 11:33:11 AM PST by Tao Yin
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Not being sarcastic, really what IS a killer whale?

A whale that cannot explain it's whereabouts on Oct 4, 2009 at about 10:30PM.

14 posted on 02/25/2010 11:34:37 AM PST by Lazamataz ([ Tagline #1 Removed by Moderator ])
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To: Beowulf9

It’s a very large predator.


15 posted on 02/25/2010 11:34:52 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Beowulf9

Killer whales are actually dolphins, which, like whales are mammals and not fish. Some whales (baleen) actually don’t have teeth and filter the water for small creatures. Whales and dolphins evolved from land animals that were likely vegetarians...


16 posted on 02/25/2010 11:35:02 AM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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Ranking behind sperm whales, they are the world’s second largest carnivorous animal.


19 posted on 02/25/2010 11:38:20 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Beowulf9
"What IS a killer whale? It kills people or mammals? I mean, all fish kill other fish, so in that description they’d all be killers. Not being sarcastic, really what IS a killer whale"

Because of their ferocity, and the fact they are strictly meat eaters. They can kill anything they chose to, even whales that are much larger than themselves. They often hunt in groups and there is no other sea creature that doesn't fear them. They're also known to kill and then not eat their kill.

From an internet Orca site:
"To the native Haida tribes of coastal British Columbia the animal is called skana, which translates to "killer demon; supernatural power." To the Aleut of Kodiak Island, Alaska it is polossatik, "the feared one."

24 posted on 02/25/2010 11:41:33 AM PST by jiminycricket000
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Watch what orcas do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42mg0FnRicA


57 posted on 02/25/2010 12:21:23 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Beowulf9
What IS a killer whale? It kills people or mammals?

People are mammals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42mg0FnRicA&NR=1&feature=fvwp

67 posted on 02/25/2010 12:58:03 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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