Tale of Two Killer Whale Species (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Tale of Two Killer Whale Species

Caption

Differences between two killer whale types in the North Pacific Ocean that new research recognizes as the first separate species of killer whales. Killer whales had long been known as one worldwide species.

 

Credit

NOAA Fisheries/Uko Gorter

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License

Public Domain

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