Subject: Re: "Killer" Whales

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MATT SOUSA wrote:
> 
> With the recent footage depicting a Killer Whale attacking a
> shark - some friends and I have engaged in an argument. I maintain that
> "Killer Whales" are closer in species to Dolphins than Whales.  Could you
> please confirm whether or not the term Killer Whale in mearly a
> description or are Orcas members of the Whale species.
> 
> Much thanks, Matt Sousa


Matt, you are correct -- orcas are more closely related to dolphins than
to other whales!  Cathy Schaeff
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