Southern Resident Orca, L112 ("Victoria"), washed up on the shores of Washington State on February 11, 2012. The Center for Whale Research will use this page as a collective news source on the continued investigation into her death.
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Status: Endangered (Canada and United States).
Name: Killer Whale or Orca.
From the Latin phrase Orcinus orca, meaning Greek god of the underworld or describing the species’ rounded, barrel-like body. Other names: blackfish, grampus and killer.
Size & Weight:
Mature females up to 7.9 metres and 3,800 kg. Mature males from 7.5-9.5 metres and 5,600 kg. Calves up to 2.6 metres; 160 kg at birth.
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