根据第六段It makes sense that western North Atlantic orcas would have higher pollutants,due to their diet,but "you would expect less contaminants overall in the Arctic compared to industrialized areas," such as off the east coast of North America(北大西洋西部逆戟鲸的食物会导致污染物含量较高,这...
off.Since then,over 30 more similar incidents have been reported.On September 23,2020,Spain's government banned boats of less than 50 feet in length from sailing in the 60-mile stretch of the Atlantic coastline between Ferrol and the Estaca de Bares Cape,where the attacks have been occurring...
"I saw them look at boats carrying fish. I think they know humans are somehow related to food shortages, "says Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research in Washington, USA.(有些研究员认为可能是由于人类过度捕猎虎鲸为食的鱼类引起的,导致虎鲸吃不饱不能喂养幼鲸。Ken Balco...
In the southern Gulf of California, a pod of killer whales surfaces in the glassy morning water. It’s hunting time. But for this group of orcas—unlikeother orca groups in the Pacificor the Atlantic—it seems no prey is too large. Not even awhale shark...
The Atlantic Orca Working group told The New York Times that since 2020, orcas were documented swimming at or reacting to vessels about 500 times in the seas around Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. They caused physical damage to the watercraft in about a fifth of those incidents. Whether the ...
Thanks to the more than 11,200 sightings of cetaceans over the course of ten years, Spanish and Portuguese researchers have been able to identify, in detail, the presence of orcas in the Gulf of Cadiz, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea. Accordi
Orcas are most abundant inAntarctica, inhabited by an estimated 25,000-27,000 killer whales, making them the third most abundant cetacean in that area. Known and distinct groups of killer whales are also found in the North Atlantic aroundIceland, Norway, and Scotland. ...
Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators that lurk in every ocean.When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An orca looking out of the water at sunset, off Kaldfjorden in Norway. (Image credit: Michae...
On September 23, 2020, Spain's government banned boats of less than 50 feet in length from sailing in the 60-mile stretch of the Atlantic coastline between Ferrol and the Estaca de Bares Cape, where the attacks have been occurring. Researchers across the world are trying to explain the ...
interactions have been continuous since 2020 in places where orcas are found, either in Galicia or in the Strait," said co-author Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal and representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, o...