Feresa+attenuata

Feresa Attenuata (Killer Whale) This animal is located in the Atlantics southwest ocean. The temperature is 28.5 degrees celsius. The salinity is 36.0. The currents in the Atlantic are mostly wind driven and change as the earth rotates. The Tides around the gulf stream: The current flows in a clock wise rotation. Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphindae __ Appearance: __ __ Reproduction: __ __ Food Chain Web: __ __ Conservation: __ __ Population: __ __ Habitat: __ __ Economic Importance __ __ Threats and reasons for endangerment: __ __ Year Assessed __ __ Conservation Efforts __ *My solutions: __Travels:__ __ Anatomy: __
 * Size: 110 and 170 kg and 1.2 -2.2 meters in length
 * Color- dark grey to black and white on its belly
 * Not much is know about the Feresa Attenuata Killer Whale.
 * They usally breed in the summer months and they only have one offspring.
 * Males are sexually mature when they are larger than 2.16 meters in length
 * Females are sexually mature when they are larger than 2.21 meters in length
 * Breeding occurs once yearly
 * there is not perential involvement precocial
 * squid, octopus and large fish (ie. tuna and dolphin fish)
 * Not much is known about their preditors becasue of their large size it is assumed there are very few. Besides the large sharks orcas.
 * The Killer whale is considered a Appendix II, which means although it is not threatened with extinction it could if unless tade is subject to strict regulations.
 * They are naturally uncommon they are estimated to be about 38,900 on the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
 * 817 in the Hawaiian portion of the United States
 * 408 in the northern Gulf of Mexico
 * There population is decreasing
 * deep warm waters
 * generally beyond the edge of the continential shelf
 * mainly tropical
 * tourism
 * Interaction with commercial fishing gear
 * whale watching
 * predation on commercially valuable fish stock
 * small social units
 * 2008
 * the spices is very uncommon
 * potential declines of this spices places it on the endangured list
 * bycatch in fisheries
 * All mammals are protected under the Marine mammal act
 * 1972
 * prevents the "take" of marine animals in US seas and by US citizens on the high seas
 * and reduces marine mammal products
 * 1) reduce bycatch
 * 2) strongly enforce the Marine Mammal act
 * 3) prevent polution by recycleing
 * in groups called pods
 * close to the coast
 * migrate south for the winter
 * summer and fall in artic waters
 * breeding and shelter
 * spindled shaped and tapered at both ends of their bodies to help them travel through the water
 * the dorsal fins are different and help tell the whales apart
 * very strong jaws and teeth to attack their prey
 * hearing they can sence the vibrations in the water
 * good eyesight to hunt during the day and night
 * 50 million years ago their anatomy was set for land. Their body use to include two arms and legs. But to survive they had to evolve.
 * they need to breathe. They are not like fish they have a blowhole.
 * they eat upto 5% of their body weight per day
 * gestration period is 16-17 months
 * swim 30mph to reach deep waters

Questions: 1. What year did ths animal become protected? 2. When do these whales mate? 3. What kind of food does this animal eat?

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