Photo: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 6 to 8 m
- 🌊 open water and around the islands
- 🛡️ Data Deficient (IUCN)
The killer whale is the largest of the dolphins. Its black back, white belly and white patches behind the eyes make it easy to recognise. It hunts in groups, in a coordinated way, fish, rays and even other marine mammals. Encounters with it are rare in Polynesia.
Did you know?
Killer whales were filmed off Moorea, a rare encounter that made the news in Polynesia (report by Polynésie la 1ère).
Source: Polynésie la 1ère
The Tahitian name of this species is not yet confirmed in our sources.
Tahitian names: sources being verified. French name: Orque.
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