Killer whales, next to humans, are the most widely distributed mammals. Killer whales live in all oceans of the world, however are plentiful in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and areas of cold-water upwelling. Time to time, they can be found along the shores of Washington, Vancouver, Oregon, California, Baja California, along the eastern coast of the United States not to mention the Resurrection Bay, Kachemak Bay, San Juan Islands, and Orcas Island.In addition killer whales also have been seen in warm water areas such as Hawaii, Australia, Galapagos Islands, Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico. These sightings are rare, but they do show the killer whales' ability to venture around. Even m ...view middle of the document...
This makes the Orca whale is a top predator in the oceans. The scientific classification of the Orca whale is Orcinus Orca. Orca whales communicate by vocalizing their voices into something called group-dialect. The physical characteristics of the Orca whale is that a male Orca grows from an average of 19-22 feet weighing from 8,000-12,000 lbs. And the females grow from average of 16-19 feet and weighing 3,000-8,000 lbs., they are black and white in color and the males have a longer back fin than the females. Orca whales lives in pods containing from 5 to 30 whales and they also hunt in packs, like wolves. The Orca whale is found in all the parts of the world living in oceans from the Arctic to the Antarctic both in cold and warm waters like the southwestern coast of the United States. Orca whales live in an aquatic biome because they cannot survive without water. Scientists do not know exactly how long the life span of an Orca whale is but by counting the layers of teeth in an Orca whale that lives in No...