Introduction I chose the orca because, I like the ocean and I
wanted my animal to be a whale. I liked the time I saw the orcas do
cool tricks in Chicago, Illinois. It was really cool. I like how
they jump up in the air. That is the only time you can see the
whole whale. The kind of whale that I picked is very dangerous. You
better swim away fast from the orca! I bet it can swim very fast!
Once it killed a shark. I am looking forward learning more about
the orca. I hope you are too!
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Body Characteristics Here are some of the body characteristics
on the orca. The orca is 8,000 pounds. It sure weighs a lot! The
orcas colors are black and white. It is mostly black. The orca has
skin covering on it. It would probably be cool to feel an orca! The
orca has big bones. They are probably cool. The orca is 8 meters
long. That is very long. The orcas body parts are teeth, a tail,
fins, eyes, and a tongue. I hope you enjoy learning about the life
cycle of the orca.
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Life Cycle Here are some facts about the orcas life cycle. The
orca has babies anytime of the year. That would be fun. The orcas
babies are called calves. That is very weird. The moms take care of
the babies. That must be fun for the dads. Right after an orca is
born it swims to the surface for air in seconds. That must be hard
for them. A new born orca is 6 feet long. That is very long! A new
born orca is 330 pounds. They weigh a lot. Baby orcas stay in a pod
for its whole life. That is very weird! Even 7 year old orcas stay
in pods with their mother. That would be fun. Orcas grow up to 50
to 100 years. That is very cool! I hope you enjoy learning about
food and nutrition of the orca.
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Food and Nutrition Here are some facts about food and nutrition
of the orca. The orca eats fish, squid, seals and other animals.
That is a lot of food they eat! The orca catches its food. I wish I
could catch my food. The orca eats up to 550 pounds of food a day.
That is a lot of food that they eat in one day! The orca is called
cannibalistic, because it eats other orcas. That is very weird. Now
I am going to tell you about the orcas habitat. I hope you like
it!
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Habitat Here are some facts about the habitat of the orca. They
live in almost all of the oceans in the world. That is very cool!
It is very cold in the ocean. Orcas probably arent cold, because
they are warm blooded. Did you know that orcas live in pods. That
is very cool! Some pods have less than 10 whales. That is not a lot
of whales. Other pods have as many as 50 whales. That is a lot of
whales compared to 10 whales. I hope you have fun learning about
the enemies of the orca.
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Enemies and Survival Functions Here are some facts about
enemies and survival functions of the orca. I hope you like it! Did
you know humans pollute in water. That is very bad, because it is
bad for the ocean. The orca is threatened by hunting prey depletion
and exposure to human activities such as disturbance from boats
including whale watching crafts, particularly when they venture
closer to shore. That is very cool! Did you know that orcas are the
top predator in the ocean. That must be very fun for them. I hope
you enjoy learning about some interesting facts about the
orca!
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Closing Paragraph Did you know the orca is a mammal. The orca
is called cannibalistic, because it likes to eat other orcas. That
is very weird! Did you know that the orca has a blow hole. It must
be very cool. The orca is the top predator in the ocean. I would
like that a lot! The orca grows up to 50 to 100 years that is a
long time. Did you know that they do cool tricks at SeaWorld. That
would be very cool to see! The orca lives in almost all of the
oceans in the world. That would be awesome! I hope you get to learn
more about an orca someday!
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Interesting Facts The orca grows up to 50 to 100 years. Orca
means wolves in the sea. Orcas do cool tricks in sea world. Female
orcas are called cows. Male orcas are called bulls.