Sentences with phrase «like killer whales»

With huge metabolic demands — and large populations before humans started hunting them — great whales are the ocean's ecosystem engineers: they eat many fish and invertebrates, are themselves prey to other predators like killer whales, and distribute nutrients through the water.

The calm, warm waters of the lagoon are a safe place for young whales, free from predators like killer whales.

They depend on sea ice to hide them from predators like killer whales.

«It almost sounds like killer whales are being blamed for the decline of every marine mammal out there,» he says.

I've been eating like a killer whale for the past few weeks, so it's time to get more veggies at home.

He painted one ship to look like a killer whale, to scare away the gray whales.

(Globicephala macrorhynchus) The pilot whale, like the killer whale, is a member of the dolphin family, and is second only to the killer whale in size.The pilot whale feeds primarily on squid, although it's known to eat octopus, cuttlefish, herring and other small fish when squid is unavailable.

Ships going airborne — occasionally you will see a player's ship launch into the sky like a killer whale and soar through the air before landing in the water once again.

Not exact matches

Like people, killer whales are very social, residing with their mothers and maternal relatives their whole lives.

But in contrast to the pointy molars of dolphins or killer whales, however, its equivalent nchompers are squarish like those of hippos, possibly for grinding plant matter, the group suggests.

The microphones record data at a sample rate of 8kHz, so the group listens up to 4kHz — for scale, the highest note on a normally tuned, standard piano is 4.186 kHz — to include signals produced by large whales like fins, humpbacks, bowheads and killer whales, as well as pinnipeds such as bearded seals and walrus.

«Killer whales have been thought of by some as something like the poster child» for the process, «because there are multiple genetically distinct populations [which have not yet been formally described as separate species] with different prey preferences in the North Pacific and Antarctic,» says Phillip Morin, a cetacean biologist at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in San Diego, California, who was not involved in the new study.

Their ancient cousins» dining habits were more like those of killer whales: they ate other whales.

Captive killer whales that live with dolphins end up talking like them, a new study says.

Although human families are not structured exactly like those of the killer whales, ours (like theirs) are built around the provisioning and sharing of food, Croft notes.

The reputation of the original 1975 flick may have been somewhat tarnished by the various bad sequels (none of them involving director Spielberg) and a horde of lousy imitators (such as Piranha, Orca - the Killer Whale and the like), but this is mostly in the minds of people who haven't seen the original in quite a while or at all.

A nineteenth - century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thriller.

They lack the common «beak» most dolphins exhibit and instead have a blunt - shaped head much like pilot whales or false killer whales.

From Dana Point Harbor, gray whales can be seen just seconds away by boat, and nearby are gigantic and gentle blue whales, fearsome killer whales, and more glorious marine life in their natural habitat.As the whale capital of the world, Dana Point showcases exclusive experiences like the annual Festival of Whales, the world's only eye - to - eye viewing pod to «swim» with dolphin megapods and whales, andwhales can be seen just seconds away by boat, and nearby are gigantic and gentle blue whales, fearsome killer whales, and more glorious marine life in their natural habitat.As the whale capital of the world, Dana Point showcases exclusive experiences like the annual Festival of Whales, the world's only eye - to - eye viewing pod to «swim» with dolphin megapods and whales, andwhales, fearsome killer whales, and more glorious marine life in their natural habitat.As the whale capital of the world, Dana Point showcases exclusive experiences like the annual Festival of Whales, the world's only eye - to - eye viewing pod to «swim» with dolphin megapods and whales, andwhales, and more glorious marine life in their natural habitat.As the whale capital of the world, Dana Point showcases exclusive experiences like the annual Festival of Whales, the world's only eye - to - eye viewing pod to «swim» with dolphin megapods and whales, andWhales, the world's only eye - to - eye viewing pod to «swim» with dolphin megapods and whales, andwhales, and more.

Chinook - aholics Northern Resident killer whales, like their southern counterparts, have unique diets compared to other orcas.

Although they may get lucky and see them a couple of times over the entire summer, they certainly won't be seeing them on a near - daily basis like we do along the western edge of the San Juan Islands in the prime killer whale hunting and feeding area.

Like all of our camping adventures in the San Juan Islands of Washington, killer whale watching is excellent on this kayak trip.

Like two killer whales at Sea World, they're itching to frolic in the deep blue ocean of video games that promise an exciting 2018.

Yet when park ranger Roberto Bubas stepped into the water and played his harmonica, the same individual killer whales would ring around him like puppies.

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Instead, the fishermen are acting after watching environmental conservation groups petition to add many more species to the endangered list in recent years, like dozens of corals, seven different damselfish and a rare dolphin called a false killer whale, said Philip Fernandez, the coalition's president.

However, scientists have discovered three different eating habits in Killer whales leading some experts like Dr. Robert Pitman of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to think that there are three different species of Orcas.

«It includes relatively large - brained hunters like dolphins and killer whales (which have the demonstrable intelligence of land - based hunters such as dogs) and tiny - brained filter feeders such as the blue whale.

My real challenge though was trying to find a navy to paint the office that didn't make us feel like we were swimming in the killer whale tank at Sea World or scuba diving in some deep dark ocean.