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Orca, or killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Survival in the storm-battered waters of the Shetland Islands
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Explore the Whale Museum and the whales around the San Juan Islands
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Survival in the storm-battered waters of the Shetland Islands
Learn about the orcas in the waters off Scotland's Shetland Islands.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Explore the Whale Museum and the whales around the San Juan Islands
A discussion of whales around the San Juan Islands of Washington, from the documentary...
Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Orca, or killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
killer whale (Orcinus orca) distribution
The killer whale (Orcinus orca) has a patchy distribution in all oceans,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
killer whale
A pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca)—a species with a patchy distribution...
© Martin Hale—FLPA/REX/Shutterstock.com
killer whale (Orcinus orca)
Killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Nature Picture Library/Alamy
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Killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Miami Seaquarium
marine ecologist with a killer whale in the Ross Sea
A marine ecologist with a killer whale calf peeking out of a hole in an ice-covered...
NOAA Photo Library
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