Yes!! One of my all-time favorite creatures! I love orcas. Super smart, apex predator, long living, social... what's not to love! Thanks for doing another video on them!
@@leecowell8165 My context was SeaWorld having a history of their animals dying at frighteningly young ages relative to their recorded average lifespan in the wild, claiming they really don't live beyond the years they've spent at that park and that the lifespan in that captivity is actually the higher one.
@@Y.M... It's normal they'd say that. The public won't be outraged by them dying at 30 if it's their normal life expectancy. If they knew orcas died at 90 in the wild but instead die at 30 in captivity, the zoos (and other aquatic parks) would face major backlash. It's the same thing with goldfishes having a short memory. They actually have a very decent memory and can even be trained. Pet shops are the ones who spread the myth because it's not animal cruelty to trap a fish in a small bowl if the fish constantly forgets/rediscovers his home 😐.
I live near a large bay. Some Orcas come in to the ba yfrom the ocean and continue in to lagoons. The water is brakish. Half salt, half fresh. Some of them come in chasing bull sharks.
(Sadie): Hi! Thank you for the video, I love Orcas! Can you do a video on Gray Catbirds - we have them in our backyard and I’d love to learn more about them!
Thanks so much! That's something we've done in the past but we've received numerous complaints about how people *don't* like the sounds in the videos. Maybe if we can find a specific sound and play it briefly that would be a happy medium. We're always trying to improve so thanks for the feedback!
Orcas are king of the worlds oceans They eat from fish to big whale. Their diet are fishes, invertebrates, sea reptiles, dolphins, sharks, seals, sea lions, walruses, and whales. Orcas prey also on land animals, like elk, reindeer, and moose. While orca newborn pups are sometimes eaten by polar bears if got stuck on the waters.
You should do an episode on the Asian small clawed otter. And mention about the odd all of a sudden fascination of people having them as pets in Japan .
0:05 Ngl, I was gonna comment that this is stupid, that whales and dolphins are two different things, but I stopped myself and googled a bit. I was wrong, the video is right. I'm still alive. It's okay to be wrong people. It won't hurt you to admit it 👀. Except maybe your ego, but it's a good thing! Anyway, I'll finish the video now and learn more about orcas 😮.
This is a fully updated, completely rewritten, remade from the ground up version of this episode. Our old episode had some inaccuracies that needed to be corrected! Thanks for watching!
1. All dolphins are whales. Dolphins are a part of the family Delphinidae, not including whales as far as I’m concerned. 2. They don’t get the common name whale because they are the largest dolphins. They get the name “Killer Whales” because of the term “whale killer” which was used by sailors when they discovered that Orcas hunt whales, thus the name “whale killers” it was shortly changed to “killer whales” or “killer of whales” of which you mentioned not to long after. 3. I could argue that you’re honestly right about the size of male Orcas although I’ll give you a more precise description, they can grow up to 32 feet, or, 9.2m if im correct. Although you definitely aren’t wrong, I do think this would be the correct answer 🤗 4. This is just an additional piece of knowledge I think would be helpful, a male Orcas dorsal fin is long and very straight, although, as you’ve mentioned, a females dorsal fin is less than half of that of a male Orcas dorsal fin, AND it’s also very curved, not like the males straight fin. 5. The pods can reach up to 70-100 members sometimes, just thought I should share this fact with you! (If you are confused you said about a handful to 20) 6. There hasn’t been a single case where Orcas have craved sea birds, as far as I know. (Orca diet) 7. Again, I’m confused as of why you still consider them whales, they are the most widely spread Dolphins, and also can be the most widely spread Whales, if they were to be in that category. (Orca Range) 8. There has never been a documented case of an Orca reaching 1000 feet deep. They like cruising in costal areas that have only about 60m or 196 feet. 9. To be honest with you, they don’t really kill other rivaling members of the family, they don’t do that like dolphins do, although they might kick the member out of the group. (Orca Predators) 10. It’s been debunked before, but Orcas have types of different looks depending on where they live, not a whole other species. For example Type A species, or the most common species, lives around most coastal areas, and Type D, the rarest species, lives around the Arctic peninsula. Thanks for the video, I absolutely loved it! Just thought I should share my experience with orcas with you. Happy new years my friend ❤️
@@AwsTheCarGuy Thanks for replying! I would love to see some sources for this information! In regards to some of what you said: 1. We're approaching the term "whale" from the standpoint that they are toothed whales (Parvorder: Odontoceti). This is debatable, though, considering common names for any animal species aren't scientific. Here's a link for that one: www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180404#null 2. As said in the video, and as you mentioned, we talked about the origin of the name killer whale, so this is a moot point. 3. We choose not to use precise measurements as much as possible because new information could change these. A male killer whale longer than 32 feet (9.2m) may yet be found, which would require a chance for the video. It's easier, and more accurate in terms of what human beings can reasonably know, to give averages based on the information available. While you're not wrong, and I appreciate you including the information, this is a discrepancy of dogma. 4. We're already working on another video that discusses this. We've found in the six plus years we've been doing this that our viewers prefer short form videos. There's no way we can include everything in every video, hence our leaving space to discuss other topics regarding certain animals in future videos. 5. Again, this goes back to our preference to use language that encompasses a broader picture than the outliers. Plus, as mentioned in point 4, we didn't have the space to discuss "super pods" though we have mentioned these in previous videos. 6. We never claimed that killer whales "crave sea birds" - again, we're simply relaying observational data that sea birds have been found in the stomach contents of killer whales. Penguins, a type of seabird, are are fairly well-known dietary item for killer whales. There have also been reports of other sea-fairing birds, such as ducks and puffins, as dietary items for this species. You can read more about this here: www.marineornithology.org/PDF/18/MO_1990_06.pdf 7. See point 1. 8. This article discusses observations of a male killer whale diving below 1,000 meters (3,281 feet): academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/76/1/298/5103434 And this article discusses a dive to 368m (1,207 feet) among others: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098115300058 9. According to Animal Diversity Web: "Killer whales have no natural predators, although young killer whales may be attacked by other killer whales or large sharks." - though I will fully admit I've been combing through these two listed sources and haven't been able to locate where they got that information, so this is potentially something to remove from the video. Thanks for pointing that out! 10. There are studies suggesting that killer whales may be a "species complex" in which different species exist in the global population. Here's an example of such an article: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-015-2038-2 As stated in the video, this is currently debated in the scientific community. Again, I appreciate your reply. It's helpful to look back over previous videos from time to time and confirm ways we've presented information based on available resources at the time. Of course, as more information is discovered, these data can change, so it's great to have a critical eye on previous episodes. Hope you have a wonderful new year, as well!
Yes!! One of my all-time favorite creatures! I love orcas.
Super smart, apex predator, long living, social... what's not to love!
Thanks for doing another video on them!
Oh! And let me add, "cool looking" to that list.
They're amazing animals. I would love to see them in the wild!
Same.
90 years! all that while some theme parks claim they don't exceed 2 or 3 decades. really makes you think!
That's what lifelong confinement can do to a person
would you wanna live captive your entire normal lifespan?
@@leecowell8165 My context was SeaWorld having a history of their animals dying at frighteningly young ages relative to their recorded average lifespan in the wild, claiming they really don't live beyond the years they've spent at that park and that the lifespan in that captivity is actually the higher one.
@@Y.M... It's normal they'd say that. The public won't be outraged by them dying at 30 if it's their normal life expectancy. If they knew orcas died at 90 in the wild but instead die at 30 in captivity, the zoos (and other aquatic parks) would face major backlash.
It's the same thing with goldfishes having a short memory. They actually have a very decent memory and can even be trained. Pet shops are the ones who spread the myth because it's not animal cruelty to trap a fish in a small bowl if the fish constantly forgets/rediscovers his home 😐.
@@louisrobitaille5810 😭😭😭
Sleeping with one eye open... one ÆÆÆÆÆ 👁
Orca: ( jumps out of water) I'm a mighty mammal!
I love orcas thanks for putting in effort to make this video 😊😊😊😊
I live near a large bay. Some Orcas come in to the ba yfrom the ocean and continue in to lagoons. The water is brakish. Half salt, half fresh. Some of them come in chasing bull sharks.
Wow that's really cool! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you Animals Fact Files!
I really need this for my Orcas Project
So glad it helped! Best of luck on your project ❤️
Subscribed.
(Sadie): Hi! Thank you for the video, I love Orcas! Can you do a video on Gray Catbirds - we have them in our backyard and I’d love to learn more about them!
Hi, Sadie! So glad you enjoyed the orca video! We'll add the Gray Catbird to our list, that's an awesome suggestion! Thank you!!
i love orcas so much!!
Same! ❤
Great video! Please include the sounds of the animals you feature.
Thanks so much! That's something we've done in the past but we've received numerous complaints about how people *don't* like the sounds in the videos. Maybe if we can find a specific sound and play it briefly that would be a happy medium. We're always trying to improve so thanks for the feedback!
@@AnimalFactFiles Yes, that would be great! It would be an opportunity to highlight another dimension of an animal's life.
My favorite ungulates!
Would you swim with them if you had the opportunity? (or have you??)
@@AnimalFactFiles absolutely! That's probably one of the few things that would get me in the water. Lol
Great video
So glad you enjoyed it!
Orcas are king of the worlds oceans
They eat from fish to big whale. Their diet are fishes, invertebrates, sea reptiles, dolphins, sharks, seals, sea lions, walruses, and whales. Orcas prey also on land animals, like elk, reindeer, and moose. While orca newborn pups are sometimes eaten by polar bears if got stuck on the waters.
My favorite sea animal
I love this video!
it is perfect
So glad you like it! 🥰
Orcas are the lions of the sea.
You should do an episode on the Asian small clawed otter. And mention about the odd all of a sudden fascination of people having them as pets in Japan .
Totally!!
Can you do Cuckoo Birds next
That's on our list! Thanks for the request!
@@AnimalFactFiles you are welcome
Yeah! Orcas are my fav sea creatures
I love Orcas 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
The WOLVES of the sea An Orca pod work much like Elephants however both sons and daughters stay with the mom and grandma for life
Could you guys do one on quokkas? Their super cute!🥺
Fear is keeping us safe 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
amazing
Glad you think so!
0:05 Ngl, I was gonna comment that this is stupid, that whales and dolphins are two different things, but I stopped myself and googled a bit. I was wrong, the video is right. I'm still alive. It's okay to be wrong people. It won't hurt you to admit it 👀. Except maybe your ego, but it's a good thing! Anyway, I'll finish the video now and learn more about orcas 😮.
Glad you learned something new 😸 thanks for watching and commenting!
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Blackfish 😭😭😭😭😭
We now have an Orca Vtuber!
Please do a video about dinosaurs 🦕 🙏 😫
This is one of our Patreon goals if we get enough patrons
Orcas very rarely live to see 60 or 80 even in the wild
I have some of the toys like that animal.
Idk if orcas actually act like dolphin like forcing mating(I scared if it actually do😢)
Now, Do a White Gladis Episode? 😆
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Hey! How's it going?
It’s going good! Uploaded a new video last week, don’t know what to upload next.
Orca prehistoric animal
Orca live in miocene
Orca's do not live in modern world
770,700% iq
Dolphin are whalleee?!
Yes, toothed whales
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There was a previous version of this done by a female.
This is a fully updated, completely rewritten, remade from the ground up version of this episode. Our old episode had some inaccuracies that needed to be corrected! Thanks for watching!
@@AnimalFactFiles You're welcome!
Orca the killer prehistoric whale
Meaning pack kill prehistoric whale in miocene!
Please do a video about germ
You got 30% of the facts incorrect actually. But I was entertained never the less, thanx for the video ❤
Glad you were entertained, and we would love to hear which facts you believe are incorrect!
1. All dolphins are whales. Dolphins are a part of the family Delphinidae, not including whales as far as I’m concerned.
2. They don’t get the common name whale because they are the largest dolphins. They get the name “Killer Whales” because of the term “whale killer” which was used by sailors when they discovered that Orcas hunt whales, thus the name “whale killers” it was shortly changed to “killer whales” or “killer of whales” of which you mentioned not to long after.
3. I could argue that you’re honestly right about the size of male Orcas although I’ll give you a more precise description, they can grow up to 32 feet, or, 9.2m if im correct. Although you definitely aren’t wrong, I do think this would be the correct answer 🤗
4. This is just an additional piece of knowledge I think would be helpful, a male Orcas dorsal fin is long and very straight, although, as you’ve mentioned, a females dorsal fin is less than half of that of a male Orcas dorsal fin, AND it’s also very curved, not like the males straight fin.
5. The pods can reach up to 70-100 members sometimes, just thought I should share this fact with you! (If you are confused you said about a handful to 20)
6. There hasn’t been a single case where Orcas have craved sea birds, as far as I know. (Orca diet)
7. Again, I’m confused as of why you still consider them whales, they are the most widely spread Dolphins, and also can be the most widely spread Whales, if they were to be in that category. (Orca Range)
8. There has never been a documented case of an Orca reaching 1000 feet deep. They like cruising in costal areas that have only about 60m or 196 feet.
9. To be honest with you, they don’t really kill other rivaling members of the family, they don’t do that like dolphins do, although they might kick the member out of the group. (Orca Predators)
10. It’s been debunked before, but Orcas have types of different looks depending on where they live, not a whole other species. For example Type A species, or the most common species, lives around most coastal areas, and Type D, the rarest species, lives around the Arctic peninsula.
Thanks for the video, I absolutely loved it! Just thought I should share my experience with orcas with you. Happy new years my friend ❤️
@@AwsTheCarGuy Thanks for replying! I would love to see some sources for this information! In regards to some of what you said:
1. We're approaching the term "whale" from the standpoint that they are toothed whales (Parvorder: Odontoceti). This is debatable, though, considering common names for any animal species aren't scientific. Here's a link for that one: www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180404#null
2. As said in the video, and as you mentioned, we talked about the origin of the name killer whale, so this is a moot point.
3. We choose not to use precise measurements as much as possible because new information could change these. A male killer whale longer than 32 feet (9.2m) may yet be found, which would require a chance for the video. It's easier, and more accurate in terms of what human beings can reasonably know, to give averages based on the information available. While you're not wrong, and I appreciate you including the information, this is a discrepancy of dogma.
4. We're already working on another video that discusses this. We've found in the six plus years we've been doing this that our viewers prefer short form videos. There's no way we can include everything in every video, hence our leaving space to discuss other topics regarding certain animals in future videos.
5. Again, this goes back to our preference to use language that encompasses a broader picture than the outliers. Plus, as mentioned in point 4, we didn't have the space to discuss "super pods" though we have mentioned these in previous videos.
6. We never claimed that killer whales "crave sea birds" - again, we're simply relaying observational data that sea birds have been found in the stomach contents of killer whales. Penguins, a type of seabird, are are fairly well-known dietary item for killer whales. There have also been reports of other sea-fairing birds, such as ducks and puffins, as dietary items for this species. You can read more about this here: www.marineornithology.org/PDF/18/MO_1990_06.pdf
7. See point 1.
8. This article discusses observations of a male killer whale diving below 1,000 meters (3,281 feet): academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/76/1/298/5103434
And this article discusses a dive to 368m (1,207 feet) among others: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098115300058
9. According to Animal Diversity Web: "Killer whales have no natural predators, although young killer whales may be attacked by other killer whales or large sharks." - though I will fully admit I've been combing through these two listed sources and haven't been able to locate where they got that information, so this is potentially something to remove from the video. Thanks for pointing that out!
10. There are studies suggesting that killer whales may be a "species complex" in which different species exist in the global population. Here's an example of such an article: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-015-2038-2
As stated in the video, this is currently debated in the scientific community.
Again, I appreciate your reply. It's helpful to look back over previous videos from time to time and confirm ways we've presented information based on available resources at the time. Of course, as more information is discovered, these data can change, so it's great to have a critical eye on previous episodes. Hope you have a wonderful new year, as well!
@@AnimalFactFiles thank you so much, I’ll definitely have a look at your previous video.
I appreciate the links my friend!
Good day.
My favorite sea animal