Orca Intelligence

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Question 1

What is the taxonomic classification of the orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale?

Question 2

What neurological brain feature of orcas is more elaborately folded and developed than in the human brain?

Question 3

What specialized cooperative wave-washing tactic do Antarctic Type B orcas use to hunt seals resting on ice floes?

Question 4

What linguistic acoustic signature distinguishes different matrilineal orca pods from one another?

Question 5

What social structure defines resident orca pods, where offspring stay with their mothers for their entire lives?

Question 6

What hunting tactic do South American orcas at Península Valdés use that requires deliberately stranding on beaches?

Question 7

What cognitive test of self-awareness did orcas pass in controlled mirror reflection experiments?

Question 8

Which internal organ of great white sharks do orcas in South Africa and California surgically extract with surgical precision?

Question 9

What term describes the specialized ecological ecotypes of orcas that do not interbreed or share cultural hunting traditions?

Question 10

What historic cooperation took place between wild orcas and human whalers in Twofold Bay, Australia, between 1840 and 1930?

What is the taxonomic classification of the orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale?