Subject: Re: Killer Whale information
Daniel K. Odell (odell@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 22:56:54 -0500 (EST)
Dear Akif:
First, check out the Sea World web site, go to 'animal resources' and then
to the killer whale listing. You will find basic information and some
references. http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld
Then go to your reference library and do a literature search on killer
whales. I use file 5 on Dialog Information Services. You can also search
Medline and Zoological Record. These services should provide you with
plenty of references.
I have no idea what would happen if you put a killer whale and a white
shark in the same pool.
Dan Odell
Sea World
On Thu, 30 Jan 1997 mas3y@virginia.edu wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a student at the University of Virginia, and am currently taking a
> class about vertebrate zoology. Required of us is a presentation on the
> vertebrate of our choice. Since my recent interest in killer whales, I
> have decided to make them the subject of my presentation.
> Here's my first question: Where can I get detailed information about
> them, i.e. not so much about their migration and communication, but
> rather, about their anatomy, and intelligence, and other information
> about the whale itself. A lot of what I find on the web is just
> advertisements!
>
> My second question is a COMPLETELY idle one, but someone asked me, and
> I was actually curious to know the answer myself! Are killer whales or
> great whites the most potentially fiercest killers in the oceans. i.e.
> if you were to put a full grown male killer whale and a full grown great
> white shark in the same tank, who would kill who!?
>
> Akif Shinaishin
> mas3y@virginia.edu
>