How long do killer whales live?
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1.)No one knows for sure how long killer whales live. \n\n2.) For unknown reasons, killer whales have a high calf mortality rate in some areas of the world.  In the Pacific Northwest, for example, 43% of all calves die in the first six months.  In other killer whale populations, calf mortality may be as high as 50% during the first year. \n\n3.)  Long-term studies will ultimately answer this question.  By counting growth layers in teeth, scientists find that killer whales in the North Atlantic may live at least 35 years.  Studies are still refining this method of aging. \n\n\nResearchers can estimate a killer whale's age by examining a sliced section of tooth and counting growth layer groups.\n\n\n4.)  Scientists in the Pacific Northwest estimate life expectancies by using information derived from field observations that began in the 1970s.  These scientists believe that if a killer whale survives the first six months, a female's life expectancy is 50 years and a male's is 30 years. \n\n5.)  With continued research, it is likely that differences in longevity will be found in killer whale populations around the world.
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The average lifespan for a wolf in the wild is only 9 years. Wolves in captivity live much longer. They reach sexual maturity at about 2 years of age and have finished growing.
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I think that alligators can live about 75 years; maybe a little longer.  My dad lives in southern Louisiana and he took me on a tour of an alligator farm about 6 or 7 years ago. allowing for some long-term (or is it short-term----see I already forgot) memory loss, I believe the man said around 75 yrs.
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Half of their life is spent underwater eating underwater things.  The rest of their life is spent out of water eating out of water things.  They occupy two niches in thier life.  So essentially they live as two animals in their life.  Kind of like how Whitney Houston lived most of her life as the greatest diva ever, and the rest as a good punchline for drug abuse jokes.
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Depends on which part of the life cycle and which species.  For example, some species have a laval life span of several years, and an adult (breeding stage) life span of weeks to months...
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In the wild, many male tarantulas have been shown to have an average life expectancy of only about five years, while females often live 25 to 30 years.\n\nThe survivorship of captive specimens may be much higher, where they have adequate food, water, and shelter, stable environments, no predators, and possibly most important, no chance for females to eat them during mating season.
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here, use something from this....\n\n\nAnimal life. Only a few insects and other tiny animals spend their entire lives on the Antarctic mainland. The continent's largest land animal is a wingless midge, a type of fly no more than 12 millimetres long. Most land animals live at the edges of the continent. To avoid freezing to death, some lice, mites, and ticks cling to mosses, the fur of seals, or the feathers of birds.\n\nUnlike the continent, the Southern Ocean has abundant wildlife. The most common animal of the ocean is krill, a small, shrimplike creature that feeds on tiny floating organisms. Many other Antarctic animals depend on krill for food, and several countries catch and sell krill as a protein-rich food for people. The squid—a soft, boneless sea animal—also is eaten by many Antarctic animals. In addition, about 100 kinds of fish live in the ocean, including Antarctic cod, icefish, and plunderfish.\n\nSeveral kinds of whales migrate to Antarctica for the summer. Those that feed on krill are blue whales, fin whales, humpback whales, minke whales, right whales, and sei whales. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. This rare giant grows up to 30 metres long. Antarctic whales that eat fish and squid include killer whales, also called orcas; southern bottlenose whales; southern fourtooth whales; and sperm whales. Killer whales also hunt seals, penguins, and smaller whales.\n\nVarious kinds of seals live in Antarctica. They spend most of their lives in the water, where they swim, dive, and catch food. Most of them nest on the coasts. The Antarctic fur seal nests on nearby islands. The largest seal in the world is the southern elephant seal, which feeds on squid. The males may reach a length of 5 metres. Weddell seals and Ross seals eat fish and squid. Crabeater seals and Antarctic fur seals eat krill. Leopard seals hunt other seals as well as penguins.\n\nDuring the 1800's and early 1900's, hunters greatly reduced the number of whales and Antarctic fur seals. Today, international wildlife laws prohibit or restrict the killing of these animals.\n\nPenguins are the animals most often associated with Antarctica. These birds cannot fly, and they waddle awkwardly on land. But they are skilful swimmers. They streak through the ocean, diving for fish and other food. Six kinds of penguins breed on the continent. Playful Adelie penguins, the most common kind, build nests of pebbles on the coasts. The tall, quieter emperor penguin grows to about 1.2 metres. After the female emperor penguin lays an egg on ice, the male rests the egg on his feet and warms it with the lower part of his belly. Chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, king penguins, and macaroni penguins nest on the Antarctic Peninsula and on islands. Rockhopper penguins nest only on islands north of Antarctica.\n\nMore than 40 kinds of flying birds spend the summer in Antarctica. Many types nest on land but spend most of their time diving for food. These birds include albatrosses, prions, and a large group of sea birds known as petrels. Other birds, such as cormorants, gulls, skuas, and terns, return to land more frequently. Some of them steal food from the nests of other birds. Some land birds, such as sheathbills, nest on the peninsula. Others, including pintails and pipits, nest on islands.
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Penguins....they live longer & can be petted
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They are real...\n\nNARWHAL\nMonodon monoceros Narwhal Printout\nNarwhal Connect-the-Dots\n\nNarwhal The Narwhal (meaning "corpse whale" in Old Norse) is a rarely seen Arctic whale. This social whale is known for the VERY long tooth that males have. Very little is known about this whale.\n\nTHE TOOTH\nAll narwhals have two teeth in their upper jaw. After the first year of a male narwhal's life, its left tooth grows outward, spirally. This long, single tooth projects from its upper jaw and can grow to be 7-10 feet (2-3 m) long. Tusks are usually twisted in a counterclockwise direction and have a hollow interior. The tusk's function is uncertain, perhaps used as a formidable jousting weapon in courtship and dominance rivalry, in obtaining food, and/or for channeling and amplifying sonar pulses (which they emit). The tusk is not used in hunting. Long ago, narwhal sightings reinforced (or started) the unicorn legends.\n\nSIZE\nNarwhals can grow to be about 16 feet (4.9 m) long (not counting the tooth), and weigh about 1.8 tons (1.6 tonnes). Females are slightly smaller, averaging about 13 feet (4 m) long, and weighing 1 ton (0.9 tonnes). At birth, narwhals are about 5 feet (1.5 m) long and 175 pounds (80 kg).\n\nSKIN AND SHAPE\nNarwhal means "corpse whale" in Old Norse; this is perhaps a description of their skin, which is bluish-gray with white blotches (young narwhals are brown). Narwhals have a cylindrical body (with no dorsal fin) and a round head with a small mouth on their blunt snout. This compact body shape plus a thick layer of blubber retains heat in the icy Arctic waters in which they live.\n\nHABITAT\nNarwhals live in the icy waters of the Arctic seas. They rarely stray far from ice. In summer they infrequently enter estuaries, deep fjords, and bays.\n\n\nDIVING\nThe duration of a narwhal dive is from 7-20 minutes.\n\nVOCALIZATION\nNarwhals are a very vocal species of whale, making clicks, squeals, and whistles to communicate and/or navigate.\n\nLIFE SPAN\nNarwhals maximum life span is about 50 years.\n\nDIET\nNarwhals eat fish , squid , shrimp, and other marine animals.\n\nSOCIAL GROUPS\nPods (social groups of whales) of 4-20 narwhals have been observed; some groups consist of just one sex and others contain both sexes. Many pods may travel together, forming very large groups.\n\nPOPULATION COUNT\nIt is estimated that there are roughly 10,000 to 45,000 narwhals. Narwhals are preyed upon by man (Inuit hunters legally hunt narwhals), polar bears, orcas, sharks, and walruses.\n\nREPRODUCTION\nThe Narwhal's gestation period is 10-16 months. Calves are brown and have no spots (unlike adults who are blue-gray with whitish spots). Calves are nursed for about 4 months after birth.\n\nCLASSIFICATION\nNarwhals (Monodon monoceros) are toothed whales (Suborder Odontoceti). They are one of 76 cetacean species, and are marine mammals.\n\nKingdom Animalia (animals)\nPhylum Chordata (vertebrates)\nClass Mammalia (mammals)\nOrder Cetacea (whales and dolphins)\nSuborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)\nSuperfamily Delphinoidea (oceanic dolphins and some whales)\nFamily Monodontidae (Narwhals and Beluga whales)\nGenus Monodon\nSpecies monoceros
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A 13 year old pygmy elephant would be between 700-900 pounds.\nA 13 year old killer whale would be between 650-725 pounds. You didn't specify which species in your question, so I'm starting with those.
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.WHALES AND DOLPHINS:\n\nWhales and Dolphins are marine animals. They live in oceans around the world. Whales and Dolphins come from the same family, CETACEA (sey-tay-sha) . They both breath from a blowhole located at the top of their head. Whales and dolpins are mammals. They are mammals because they have lungs not gills,they have hair not scales , and they also have give live birth and don't lay eggs. There are only about 80 kinds of whales and dolphins that we know of right now.\n\nWHALES:\nWhales are very large animals. They can grow up to 100 ft. or more in length. They can weigh up to 200 tons or more. Whales live in families called pods. These pods vary in numbers and consist of family members and family friends. Whales live in these families their whole life. Group living is safer when other whales or sharks attack. It also makes it easier to find food. Whales are always migrating. They travel to find food, breed and have young.\nWhales do not have eyelids. They rely on thick oily tears to protect their eyes. Whales hear from little holes behind their eyes.\n\nWhales talk to each other by making high pitched sounds like whistles, clicks, squeaks, rattles, and groans.\n\nTo help protect the whales from extinction please DO NOT throw nets, fishing lures, or other fishing gear ocean\n\nDOLPHINS:\nDolphins live with the whales in the oceans. But dolphins come much closer to the shore. They will come as close to the shore as you or I can walk without going under water. Dolphins have teeth.\nLooking at a dolphin you would not think it as a nose, but surprise...it does! They have nostrils called blowholes. Over millions of years of evoloution whales and dolphins nostrils moved to the top of their head. This allows them to breath by surfacing instead of them sticking their whole head out of the water.\nThe first thing a newborn dolphin must do is to go to the surface to breathe. But the baby can not swim so its mother and a another dolphin will help push the baby to the surface for its first breath of air. The baby will be able to swim in about 30 min.\nDolphins are fast swimmers. When a speeding boat passes the bottlenose dolphin, it will start to race out in front . They will take off hitting the water and keep going.\nDolphins navigate by following the hills and mountains of the ocean floor, by tracking the sun, by sensing currents, and by tasting the water along the journey.\nA dolphin's sound probably originated in its nasal passages. These nasal passages are located on the top of the head. Dolphins can make sounds to see what lies ahead. This sense is called echolocations. The dolphins' sound waves hit an object and the echo bounces back. Echolocation sounds are called sprays. Sprays are so strong they can stun another whale. Dolphins don't "point" their melons at any other sealife except their enemies.\n\nSHARKS:\nOut of all the species walking, flying, slithering or swimming, there aren't many who have been around as long, survived as well, or come in so many shapes and kinds as the shark. The earliest evidences of sharks are isolated spines, teeth and scales that appeared about 430 million years ago in the Silurian Period, known as the "Age of Fishes". Sharks have a sleek, streamlined design which helps them swim without using up a lot of energy.They certainly need to conserve their energy because they never really sleep and most of them never stop swimming.\n\nSome sharks are fierce predators, and would be happy to eat you if they encountered you. Almost any shark six feet or longer is a potential danger, but three species have been identified repeatedly in attacks: the Great White Shark, the Tiger Shark and the Bull Shark . All three live world wide, reach large sizes and eat large prey such as marine mammals or sea turtles. But most sharks never grow longer than five feet and never even see anyone with legs and arms anyway. People kill thousands more sharks every year than sh
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Orcas have been known to die because whalers have killed them. \n\nOther than humans, there are no natural predators that kill Orcas.
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The life span of bumble bees can vary greatly depending on what type of bee they are (i.e. drone, queen, forager).  A queen bee whom is the only sexually developed female in the hive has a life span of one to five years (different sites say different things).  There if only one queen be in a hive at a given time.  The forager bees (larger workers) have a life expectancy of around four to six weeks (these are the main type of bee you see).  A colony may have a wide range of bees, anywhere from a couple hundred to 50 000 individuals (once again, different sites can't seem to agree on the same information.  A drone is a male whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen.\n\nA bee will protect itself by using the stingers on the back of their abdomen.  It may also alert some of the other workers if the predator is thought to be much stronger.  One of the bees biggest predators is the Japanese Hornet, a foreign species of hornet brought over illegally from Japan.\n\nFun Fact: Bees beat their wings at about 11 400 wing strokes a minute giving them their distinctive buzz.
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Yes. Some populatons live mainly on fish, others live almost exclusivly by killing and eating seals, penguins, other species of dolphins and the calves of true whales.
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Some live for up to a year while others live only a couple of weeks!
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Many whales live in colder waters and need the layer of fat to keep their body temperature constant.
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Forty five Globicephala melas {pilot whales } beached themselves on Fort George Island Florida back in the winter of 1978. Seven of my trusted Zoo students spent three days pulling them back out to the ocean. We were very tired and we burned out two 200 horse power outboards. BUT we saved about half of the whales......