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The Naming of Things is back and celebrating #orcaawarenessmonth with a look at how Resident Killer Whales get their names!⠀ (link in bio)⠀⁠⠀ #whaletales #namingofthings #orca #juneisorcamonth #whalemonth #whalesareawesome #killerwhale #orcalove #whales #dolphins #blog #science #storytelling #orcactionmonth #orcastory #orcatrivia #SRKW #NRKW https://www.instagram.com/p/CQESOunDfxH/?utm_medium=tumblr

Last years #orcaawarenessmonth Naming of Things took a look at how Bigg's Killer Whales get their names! ⠀ (link in bio)⠀ Photo by @brendonbissonette⠀ #whaletales #namingofthings #orca #juneisorcamonth #whalemonth #whalesareawesome #killerwhale #orcalove #whales #dolphins #blog #science #storytelling #orcactionmonth #orcastory #orcatrivia https://www.instagram.com/p/CQWirV3hD56/?utm_medium=tumblr

It's #FunFactFriday and June is #OrcaAwarenessMonth! Southern Resident killer whales are the best studied group of cetaceans anywhere in the world and may be some of the best studied animals, period. Since the 1960s researchers have been learning as much as possible about the lives of these whales including increasingly specific studies of population numbers, social dynamics, acoustic behaviour, prey preference, predatory techniques, and range distribution - to name only a few. They are some of the only animals we know of to concretely display social learning as many of their behaviours are passed on from mother to calf through generations. A matriarchal species, calves almost always stay with their mothers, regardless of sex, for their entire lives. Tremendously picky eaters for such a large predator, SRKWs survive primarily on a diet of Chinook salmon.⠀ Photo by @vitalocean⠀ #whaletales #whales #SRKW #killerwhale #orca #juneisorcamonth #whalemonth #killerwhalesareawesome #whalesareawesome #whalewatching #storytelling #JPod #KPod #LPod https://www.instagram.com/p/BysqSOYFVv8/?igshid=vmq65xxw9jow

Pretty Special Day with 26 Biggs (Transient) Killer Whales. To read this story (and more!), follow the link in our bio.⁠⠀ Photo by @gary_j27⁠⠀ #whaletales #2016 #orcaawarenessmonth #killerwhale #orca #biggs #transient #whales #juneisorcamonth #whalemonth #getonaboat #whalewatching #storytelling #whalesareawesome https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTOV_IglAo/?igshid=540jdqix718

Bremer Bay Orca Hunt! To read this story (and more!), follow the link in our bio. Photo by @Whale_Watch_Western_Australia #whaletales #whales #orcaawarenessmonth #killerwhale #orca #whalewatching #whalesareawesome #whalewatchWA #anotherdayinWA #storytelling #getonaboat #whalemonth #juneisorcamonth https://www.instagram.com/p/BzECKBzgpYO/?igshid=m4y7luige621

June is #OrcaAwarenessMonth! Did you know that Southern Resident Killer Whales have distinct vocal patters, as do all Killer Whale populations? Each pod (J, K, and L) sounds a little bit different from the other and it has been thought that these differences help individuals avoid inbreeding within their pod.⠀⠀ Photo by @vitalocean⠀ #whaletales #SRKW #killerwhale #orca #Jpod #Kpod #LPod #vocals #whales #whalesareawesome #juneisorcamonth #whalemonth https://www.instagram.com/p/By8sedng3xh/?igshid=1ldwab85rl2s6

June is #orcaawarenessmonth! Transient Killer Whales were renamed Bigg's a couple of years ago in honour of Dr. Michael Bigg whose research changed the way we look at these animals. Bigg's Killer Whales are significant less picky than their Resident cousins when it comes to prey, they hunt marine mammals-everything from small seals to whales twice their size! They are also frequently found in much smaller groups than Residents and their family bonds do not appear to be quite as strong. Photo: T63 by @Brendonbissonnette #whaletales #killerwhale #orca #biggs #transient #didyouknow #trivia #whalees #whalemonth #juneisorcamonth #storytelling #getonaboat #whalewatching https://www.instagram.com/p/BzB8enHFLWj/?igshid=1d2q6e4smm9pp

It's #FunFactFriday and #OrcaAwarenessMonth! Did you know Orcas can be found in and around every island in the Galapagos year round but they are very unpredictable? They are always seen in small groups, never larger than 10 individuals, and frequently spotted alone. They seem to be generalist hunters, preying on anything from sea lions to turtles to rays to fish. Research on this population began in the 1990s and a photo identification catalogue has recently seen started to help better understand this mysterious population.⠀ #whaletales #galapagos #whales #killerwhale #orca #junieisorcamonth #whalemonth #storytelling #getonaboat #trivia #dyk #whalesareawesome https://www.instagram.com/p/By-me8kn7kg/?igshid=1oyrh5tbti2vh