(2023 ·广东深圳实验光明高中期中)Researchers have known for decades that orcas(虎鲸)across the North Pacific have harmful pollutants in their system.Now, a new study reveals orcas in the western North Atlantic, including those in the Arctic,are significantly more polluted than animals in the east...
On September 23, 2020, Spain's government banned(禁止)boats of less than 50 feet in length from sailing in the 60-mile stretch of the Atlantic coastline between Ferrol and the Estac a de Bares Cape,where the attacks have been happening.Researchers across the world are trying to explain the...
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...
People have been paying more attention recently, butaltercations with these orcas have been reported for years. Scientists, fishermen and locals began reporting unusual encounters in the Strait of Gibraltar inMay 2020. According to theAtlantic Orca Working Group, which tracks this pod, there wer...
interactions have been continuous since 2020 in places where orcas are found, either in Galicia or in the Strait," said co-authorAlfredo López Fernandez, a biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal and representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, or...
hourbynineorcas,causingtheboattorotate(旋转)180degreesandhavingitsengineswitchedoff.Sincethen,over30moresimilarincidentshavebeenreported.OnSeptember23,2020,Spain'sgovernmentbannedboatsoflessthan50feetinlengthfromsailinginthe60milestretchoftheAtlanticcoastlinebetweenFerrolandtheEstacadeBaresCape,wheretheattackshave...
Eating about 30 different species of fish, the Greenland and Norwegian orcas prefer herring shoals as these fish migrate along the northwest and northeast Atlantic Ocean in early autumn. Orcas, on average, swallow nearly 230kg of fish each day. Besides eating fish, they consume various types ...
Since then, over 3 0 more similar incidents have been reported.On September 2 3, 2 020, 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 Estac a de Bares Cape, where the attacks have ...
Two of the orcas off NantucketNew England Aquarium The Orca population is believed to be very small in western North Atlantic waters, the aquarium says. In fact, they say a large male orca named "Old Thom" is the only killer whale regularly seen in the area, and he is known to sometime...
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