The small type B
There are currently 10 different ecotypes of orca in the world. 5 different orca types in the Northern and Southern hemisphere respectively. Each of these ecotypes physically look different, different food preferences, hunting tactics, regions they live & hunt & even different languages. They are essentially different subspecies and there has been quite the convincing arguments suggesting it is time to reconsider our categorization of this species scientifically. However, the scientific community currently still recognizes that they are different ecotypes… for now.
One of the most interesting ecotypes are the Type B orca in the Southern Hemisphere, as they are not the stereotypical black and white colouration that most people consider orca to be. They have a grey dorsal cape & a yellow tinge, which is due to diatoms|algae that is present in the water where they call home.
A female circling our vessel as she investigated what we were and looking at us while we were looking at her
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Thank you for this insight, its nice to know about orca, i don't really know much about it though but reading your content had given me some knowledge about it. Please how is the water that blue? Is that the natural look. I do be glad you reply. Thank you.
thanks for the comment! It is just where we were at the time and weather conditions. We were in Antarctica and being a sunny day gave the water a really stunning blue look
I dont really know about it. But it seemed very interesting. Thank you for sharing your information
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