Common Name: Orca / Killer Whale
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 Report and Illustration By: Thomas
The Orca has black skin with white patches. It has a tall dorsal fin, a blowhole, and large, cone-shaped teeth in its mouth. It has flukes and paddled like flippers. The Orcinus Orca can grow up to 27-33 feet long. They can weigh up to 8,000 to 12,000 pounds. They have no fur, and they are mammals. They eat fish, squid, sharks, birds, seals, sea turtles, octopus, and even other whales. They do not live on land because they have to stay wet. The Orca dives down 100 feet to hunt. But, the Orca lives in both coastal and deep ocean waters. Orcas sometimes enter estuaries, but don't go far from the sea. The Orca lives in Antarctica, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Arctic. The Orcas don't migrate far, but they swim hundreds of miles.
   

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