Killer Whale eats King Salmon caught on fishing line
My brothers co worker is fishing in Alaska, everyone would think this is a fish story but it is true. He caught an estimated 50 lb kingsalmon when an Orca- killer whale bit the fish in half 15 feet from the boat.
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Orca do have hair ( …
Orca do have hair (when they’re born) they do suckle their young, they are warm blooded, therefore they are mammals, was my point. From what you just said I’d assume you didn’t know all those things and assumed that I was saying orca *don’t* have them, which is worrying.
I would work on reading things more closely, and learning more about orca and mammals in general.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I mean, some sharks …
I mean, some sharks have live births, but they are definitely not mammals, and that’s just one of many examples.
You are strange: you over simplify by naming live birth as the only way to identify a mammal, which is mis-information, then when I try to clear it up with the definite ways of identifying a mammal you accuse *me* of over-simplifying?
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Ok, I’m going to be …
Ok, I’m going to be kind to you and assume you were in some sort of a hurry, and not that you don’t know how to read.
What I said was that orca are not mammals “because” they give birth to live young, simply that that is something that most mammals (but not all) do. I *never* said that orca are not mammals, because they are. What I did was give a list of the characteristics that definitely make them mammals, because live birth isn’t the main one, and “because” was the wrong way to phrase it.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
orcas are dolphins …
orcas are dolphins therefore they are mammals (i know i just over simplified it, but i don’t have enough remaining character count to fully expand myself) – i don’t quite know which book you read to come to the conclusion that orcas are not mammals but the consensus is that they are mammals. i know where your coming from with your argument, but its over simplistic to think that hair, the suckling of its young and giving live births which defines what is or is not a mammal
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Mammals are *always …
Mammals are *always* warm blooded. *Always* – that, hair and suckling young are the defining mammal characteristics.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I don’t think “no …
I don’t think “no one has survived to tell” is very likely. Orca are quite common, people have swum with wild ones often. If they were to attack we’d know about it. If you look it up there are just two recorded “incidents” and in both cases people were behaving like prey items in a prey area – once the orca realised, they backed off.
Shark attacks are rare when compared to the amount of time sharks and people share swimming space, but we still know about them. We’d know if orcas did the same.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
They are not …
They are not mammals “because” they give birth to live young. That’s one of many criteria for identifying mammals, but warm blooded, has hair (orcas have some when they’re born, though they lose it rather quickly) and suckling their young are all more commonly used, since plenty of non-mammals have live births. There are also a couple of types of mammal which lay eggs (duck billed platypus, for one) though that’s rare.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
The same type that …
The same type that eats sea lions and seals also eats almost any other marine mammal, including whales (and sharks, though they’re not mammals). Different pods specialise in different prey, but there are plenty of whale hunting orca – just look up orcas and grey whales.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Anything with a …
Anything with a backbone (a vertebrate) definitely has nerves – that includes fish. Plus though it is less certain exactly what invertebrates (creatures without backbones) feel, studies are leaning towards yes as far as whether the more complex ones (lobsters rather than mussels) feel pain too. But fish were never in question. Back bone = central nervous system = pain.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
haha good orca
haha good orca
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
my grandma will be …
my grandma will be same with me lol
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
COCK SUCKER!!!
SUCKER!!!
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
faka u rale!
faka u rale!
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
wow, it sucks that …
wow, it sucks that you got 1/2 a fish but what an experience!
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I think I would …
I think I would have called that a fair trade. The Orca gets an easy meal and I get a close encounter with a freakin whale!
I would have tried to hand feed the other half to one to see if I could pet it.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
well, at least they …
well, at least they got a really nice view of a whole pod of whales.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
OWNED!!!
OWNED!!!
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
HA HA FALL OVER
HA HA FALL OVER
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
wow
wow
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
@dannonater
… …
@dannonater
… no way am i to believe that you fish for orca whales with a fly. and in 12 minutes. lies lies lies
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
LoL, the whale …
LoL, the whale blows air from its blow hole after it ate the dudes fish. what an of a whale rofl
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
epic fail
epic fail
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
no way
BURN
no way
BURN
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
dannonater i got to …
dannonater i got to call u out on that not true
February 21st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Brilliant. Orcas …
Brilliant. Orcas are feeding in the area. Let’s go ahead and compete with them for fish.