Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeastern Alaska

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Killer whales are found in all oceans of the world, but nowhere are they better known than in the coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia, and Southeastern Alaska, where 25 years of study have yielded many surprising discoveries about their natural history. Probably the most remarkable is that two genetically distinct forms of killer whales reside in these waters. The two groups of whales do not associate and every leads a completely different way of life. Residents specialize in a diet of salmon and other fish, at the same time as transients are hunters of seals, sea lions, porpoises, and even large whales. Enigmatic and elusive, these mammal-hunting whales shuttle in small groups, frequently moving unpredictably.

Transients contains the up to date information on the natural history of transient killer whales, including their feeding habits, social lives, and distribution patterns. It is also photographs of and notes on over 200 individual whales. A lot of sidebars contain interesting observations on encounters with transients in addition to information on how and where to best watch them.

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