The New Orcinus Orca Species

The New Orcinus Orca Species

Chilliwack Progress

Scientists have determined the differences between the two types of killer whales that frequent the Salish Sea are so large, they ought to be designated separate species all together. The new species designations will be the first breakouts from the worldwide Orcinus orca since the species descriptions by Charles Scammon in 1874. Scientists used to think that it took physical separation, or an inability to breed together, to produce separate species, the scientists suggest.

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