
Killer whales are found in all oceans of the world, but nowhere are they better known than in the coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia, and Southeastern Alaska, where 25 years of study have yielded many surprising discoveries about their natural history. One of the most remarkable is that two genetically distinct forms of killer whales reside in these waters. The two groups of whales do ...
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: UBC Press (April 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0774807172
ISBN-13: 978-0774807173
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 0.3 x 8.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 2040256
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I live in the PNW and often go out watching for whales. Have gotten pretty good at identifying the pods and individual whales. Good to have!...
te and each leads a completely different lifestyle. Residents specialize in a diet of salmon and other fish, while transients are hunters of seals, sea lions, porpoises, and even large whales. Enigmatic and elusive, these mammal-hunting whales travel in small groups, often moving unpredictably.Transients contains the latest information on the natural history of transient killer whales, including their feeding habits, social lives, and distribution patterns. It also includes photographs of and notes on over 200 individual whales. Numerous sidebars contain interesting observations on encounters with transients as well as information on how and where to best watch them.