Sentences with phrase «time killer whale»

First - time killer whale mothers have a rough time.

A clue to this puzzling decline appeared in 1991, when researchers witnessed for the first time a killer whale eating an otter.

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

During his time in Albany, he was involved in an alleged altercation at a diner, claimed a Salvadoran gang left a dead goat on his doorstep, and introduced a bill memo on killer whales that was plagiarized from a 17 - year - old Chicago resident.

There, he heard the call of the killer whale for the first time.

It means that false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins choose to spend time with specific members of the other species rather than randomly mixing or engaging in brief opportunistic encounters.

In addition, a global theory of killer whale predation depends on educated — and far - flung — guesses of how many marine mammals may have been killed by orcas over a set period of time.

The researchers also found evidence that killer whales can learn completely new sounds: one killer whale that was living with dolphins at the time of the experiment learned to produce a chirp sequence that human caretakers had taught to her dolphin pool - mates before she was introduced to them.

«There's been an idea for a long time that killer whales learn their dialect, but it isn't enough to say they all have different dialects so therefore they learn.

«It would be great to have satellite tags on a few individuals to learn about finer scale movement patterns and to see with greater resolution who they interact with, where they spend their time, what they do in winter, and whether there are any fish - eating killer whales.»

The findings may also explain why harbor seal populations are declining in fjords whose glaciers have retreated onto land: Without the acoustic camouflage provided by the bubble - induced din, the seals may have a harder time evading their main predator, the killer whale.

In turn, killer whales that feed on seals consume the equivalent of five tons of plankton for each pound of their body weight.12 This phenomenon would explain why Weston Price found seal oil, which he estimated to constitute 200 calories per day of the Inuit diet, to be several times higher in the fat - soluble vitamins than ordinary cod liver oil.30

Give Jesse, the rebellious boy, a little time with Willy, though, and the killer whale is suddenly responding, his spirits evidently lifted.

Though killer whale sightings may occur any time of the year.

The killer whales time the gray whales» migration and often hunt the calves in Monterey Bay.

BEST time to see killer whales in Monterey Bay: mid-April through mid-May, and late August through October.

Depending on the time of year, you may see orcas (killer whales), humpback, minke and grey whales, as well as porpoises, seals, otters and bald eagles.

Have a camera ready to go at all times More than once an announcement was made overhead by the captain or the excursion leader saying they had spotted killer whales, leopard seals or a beautiful location, such as Elephant Island, that you didn't want to miss.

The following summarizes the Guided Sea Kayaking Tours we offer (including our world famous Killer Whale Watching & Humpback Whale Watching Kayaking Tours) along with their departure dates and times.

Please note: if seeing killer whales is your main goal, we recommend the afternoon / one day tour shown above as this tour spends double the time in their habitat.

Depending on the time of year in British Columbia, you may see Minke Whales, Harbour Porpoises, Dall's porpoise, Humpback Whales, Bears, Steller sea lions, various birds, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and of course our famous Orca (killer whWhales, Harbour Porpoises, Dall's porpoise, Humpback Whales, Bears, Steller sea lions, various birds, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and of course our famous Orca (killer whWhales, Bears, Steller sea lions, various birds, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and of course our famous Orca (killer whaleswhales).

Northern minke whales occasionally breach, sometimes completely clearing the water — one individual in the Johnstone Strait area reacted to the approach of foraging killer whales by breaching eight times in rapid succession.

From September to March is the best time to potentially encounter tiger sharks, killer whales, humpback whales, whale sharks, pilot whales, and spinner dolphins.

Decades of studies by biologists show that killer whales are sighted near Anacortes an average of only 70 times each summer — and usually far from shore.

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.

We don't see them every time, but about 2 / 3rds of our kayak trip guests enjoy killer whale sightings.

High winds generated by solar heating or out - of - season weather systems may occur and could prevent or limit our time kayaking in the green killer whale watching zone.

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While they were able to reproduce four times as many whistles as a control group of killer whales, their whistles were at lower rates than their dolphin friends.

Other news outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Associated Press have deemed ClimateGate worthy of reporting, but the networks were too busy reporting on celebrity car accidents and the killer whale that ate a great white shark.

Kinder Morgan's proposal to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline would increase the amount of oil transported from Edmonton to Burnaby's Westbridge Terminal from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day, and increase tanker traffic through part of the Southern Resident killer whales» critical habitat in the Salish Sea by nearly seven times, from 60 tankers per year to over 420.

And, if you have time visit the aquarium's killer whale exhibit.