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It's hard to be sure this is speciation because orcas teach each other to hunt. So these differences across populations could be cultural!
by idlewords 8y ago
It's hard to be sure this is speciation because orcas teach each other to hunt. So these differences across populations could be cultural!
- nikofeyn 8y agoorcas definitely have culture, but these type d really look quite different from other orcas. in an article i read about these type d orcas, it mentioned that scientists have considered before whether the other types should be separate species or not. to my knowledge, they do not interbreed between types, and if they do or can, it is rare. there are other orca types that are still poorly understood, including the offshore orcas in the pacific northwest.