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Wondering how many ethnic and gender groups who scream about rights "abuses", speak up for the rights of animals actually tortured. Answer to your question is, nothing gives humans right to treat animals with #cruelty, or to turn away from seeing it. #orcamonthbc@StopUBCanimalre
Research has ALREADY shown that busy noisy coastal waters threaten marine mammals. When will DFO stop "studying" & start ending it?? #orcamonthbc. #srkw https://t.co/3yrHqiFgyQ
DFO Minister Bernadette Jordan recently announced $806,759 in funding for marine mammal research. Funds will support 5 projects working to reduce threats marine mammals face in busy & noisy coastal waters. https://t.co/BCezqcSiiT
Done. Salmon need herring, orcas need salmon. #orcamonthbc
Did you know that herring can live up for up to 15 years? A female herring can lay up to 20,000 eggs, and can spawn from 6-10 times in her life. These little guys feed our coast, from salmon to bears. Lend these #BIGLittleFish your voice: https://t.co/PZaLBSLHq5 @Sea_Legacy
There are only 78 southern resident orcas who call the Strait home. They need protection now or soon it will be too late.
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Southern resident killer whales have 5 times higher toxic loads than harbour seals in the same area.
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Orcas have the longest gestation period of any whale, lasting 15-18 months!
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Orcas have the most powerful and sophisticated echolocation of any animal on Earth.
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Female orca share all the fish they catch; sharing most with their offspring.
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Sonar & underwater explosives can cause permanent damage or death to an orca. The whales need safe, quiet places to live.
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Orcas, like other whales, have special mucous in their lungs that prevents their lungs from collapsing after a deep dive.
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Humans, great apes, elephants, whales, hippos, manatees & walruses are the only animals that have spindle cells in their brains
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Southern resident Onyx (L-87) is the only known resident orca to have
“switched” pods from L to K, and now J-Pod.
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Killer whales keep half their brain awake while they sleep, called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep.
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If unraveled, the small intestine of an orca would stretch the length of a Boeing 737-500.
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There are countless stories worldwide of orca saving humans, now we need to help save the orca from extinction.
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A mother orca’s death greatly affects the mortality rate of her sons, which increases as males age.
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S Resident #Orcas are drowning in noise. It's black & white, orcas can't wait. #OrcaMonthBC #OrcaMonth #SaveOurOrca https://t.co/oQY6gfVlDx
Orcas have lobes in the brains not found in other land mammals.
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Because orcas are the oceans top predators, they’re one of the most contaminated
animals on the planet.
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Baby orcas are born black and peachy-orange in colour; they’re not born black & white.
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