Thursday, February 13, 2014

Life Span and Characteristics

On average, killer whales live up to 70 to 90 years in the wild.
If you've ever seen the movie Blackfish, there is a scene where sea world employees falsely inform their audience about a whale's life span. They say that they live to about 30 years old. This is ONLY the case because they are stuck in captivity with cruel conditions. 
  The males grow up to 23-27 feet and the females grow up to 20-22. 
As adults, they can weigh anywhere from 3-11 tons! 

Killer whales are most commonly found in the arctic and antarctic ocean but have also been frequently spotted of the west coast of the United States and Canada. 

The above information was found at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Orca.shtml

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