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KILLER WHALE  ( ORCA )

KILLER WHALE IN THE NEMURO STRAIT

The killer whales have a matrilineal family and they always acts with their family.
Small family have number of only five or six. But the other hand sometime they consists more than thirty killer whals.

MAJOR FEATURES of KILLER WHALE (ORCA)
Killer Whales are classified as TOOTHED WHALES

1) The length is from about 6meters to 8 meters long. (male)
2) The weight is from 6 tons to 8 tons.(male)
3) They can swim high speed at more than 60 Km/h
4) There are three types of killer whales migrate to this STRAIT
they are
"EAT FISH type""SEA MAMAL eat type" and last one is both FISH and SEA MAMMALE"typ
Sometimes we encounter the scenes that the family of killer whale attacking other sort of sea mammals in this NEMURO STRAIT
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Newborn Killer whale