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the apex predator that hunts great white sharks for their livers and then leaves
means A large black-and-white toothed whale (Orcinus orca), the ocean's top predator, also called the killer whale.
from From Latin orca, a sea monster or whale, possibly borrowed from Greek oryx, a word that wandered between meanings for various big creatures. The fuller name 'killer whale' is thought to be a flipped translation of older sailors' 'whale killer' — they were seen hunting and killing whales, and the name got turned around. The scientific genus Orcinus carries an even darker echo, suggesting 'of the realm of the dead,' fitting for a hunter that opens great whites just for the liver.
- dolphin truth
- Largest dolphin, not a whale at all
- shark slayer
- Flips sharks upside down into paralysis
- dialects
- Pods speak distinct, learned vocal languages
- granny rules
- Grandmothers lead and live decades past menopause
- boat grudge
- Iberian orcas keep sinking yachts on purpose
orca tilikum — famous captive orca at seaworld orlando, involved in 2010 trainer death, died 2017
antarctic type a orcas — largest ecotype hunting minke whales in antarctic waters, can exceed 30 feet long