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Who they are

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www.corbis.com

 

How they live

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www.webshots.com

 

Orcas in danger

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Susan Berta
Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
www.orcahome.de

 

What we can do

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www.webshots.com

 

Resources

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Kelley Balcomb-Bartok

 

How have they evolved?

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Kelley Balcomb-Bartok

 

Three species or one?

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3

www.orcahome.de
www.webshots.com
Orca Free, Inc.

 

Where do they live?

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www.corbis.com

 

How can they be identified?

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www.corbis.com
Orca Free, Inc.
Cetacean Society International (elfnet1a.elfi.com/csihome.html)

 

How do they spend their time?

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www.webshots.com
Kelley Balcomb-Bartok

 

What do they eat?

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Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
www.webshots.com

 

How is their anatomy superior?

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www.webshots.com
www.corbis.com
Cetacean Society International (elfnet1a.elfi.com/csihome.html)
Orca: Visions of the Killer Whale*

 

How do they communicate?

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www.webshots.com

 

Why is their society so unique?

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Killer Whales*
Cetacean Society International (elfnet1a.elfi.com/csihome.html)
www.corbis.com
Orca: Visions of the Killer Whale*

 

How do they have fun?

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www.corbis.com
www.orcahome.de
Killer Whales*

 

Has our attitude changed?

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2,5
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www.webshots.com
Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
Cetacean Society International (elfnet1a.elfi.com/csihome.html)

 

What is poisoning them?

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2

Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
Susan Berta

 

Why are they starving?

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2

www.webshots.com
Transients: Mammal Hunting Killer Whales*

 

What is life in captivity like?

1,2,3

Cetacean Society International (elfnet1a.elfi.com/csihome.html)

 

How do boats affect them?

1
2

Orca Free, Inc.
www.orcahome.de

 

How dangerous is sonar testing?

1

Kelley Balcomb-Bartok

 

What is Orca Free?

1

Orca Free, Inc.

 

What whale watching guidelines should I follow?

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Orca Free, Inc.

 



* Book Resources

Killer Whales, Sara & James Heimlich-Boran, Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN ©1994
Transients: Mammal Hunting Killer Whales, John K.B.Ford & Graeme M. Ellis, UBC Press, Vancouver ©1999
Orca: Visions of the Killer Whale, Peter Knudtson, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco ©1996

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