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Mysterious new orca species likely identified (plus video)
National Geographic ^
| 07 Mar 2019
| Douglas Main
Posted on 03/08/2019 4:07:49 AM PST by blueplum
At the bottom of the world, in some of the roughest seas, live mysterious killer whales that look very different from other orcas.
Now, for the first time, scientists have located and studied these animals in the wild. The orcas are “highly likely” to be a new species, says Robert Pitman, a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The scientific team made the finding in January about 60 miles off the coast of Cape Horn, Chile..
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: 201901; antarctic; antarctica; antorcas; capehorn; chile; cryptobiology; furiousfifties; godsgravesglyphs; killerwhales; mammals; neworca; noaa; orca; orcas; roaringforties; robertpitman; typedorca
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To: SunkenCiv
Hiding out in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties.
To: colorado tanker
Either that, or there's been a whole lot of misegenatin' goin' on off Cape Horn!!! Maybe the critters are just thawing out of the Antarctic ice, because of (you gujessed it) global warming.
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posted on
03/08/2019 11:52:26 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: colorado tanker
Hiding out in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties. Heck maybe that’s where the Great Auk, Dodo bird and the Tasmanian Tiger are hiding out.
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posted on
03/08/2019 12:00:51 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: SunkenCiv
Pictures or it didn’t happen!
;o]
‘Face
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posted on
03/08/2019 12:03:42 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Remember whenTrigger was the name of a horse, and not an excuse to relive one's terrible twos?)
To: Monkey Face
;^) Plucking the picture links off an NG story is, uh, not as easy as it sounds. See the glass roman bowl topic of a few days back for a discussion of this problem. :^)
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posted on
03/08/2019 12:16:03 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: colorado tanker
Good idea btw, I added those to the keywords. the Roaring Forties keyword is pretty decent-sized now, considering...
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posted on
03/08/2019 12:16:49 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
I imagine cracking on sail to take advantage of the Roaring Forties would have been exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.
To: Vaquero
but I thought we new everything about every creature on earth. and now they find a completely new “large” creature. Who the hell is minding the store when we have these kind of oversights. Global warming! just to authenticate the story line
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03/08/2019 1:35:46 PM PST
by
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
To: SunkenCiv
*ahem*
That’s MY excuse! You’ll have to find another. One I haven’t used...
;o]
‘Face
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posted on
03/09/2019 2:44:17 AM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Remember whenTrigger was the name of a horse, and not an excuse to relive one's terrible twos?)
To: Monkey Face
[singing] whale meat again, don't know how, don't know when... [/snip]
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posted on
03/09/2019 9:12:59 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: colorado tanker
Exhilirating more than 99% of the time... ;^)
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03/09/2019 9:14:14 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: blueplum
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03/09/2019 9:16:58 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: blueplum
At the bottom of the world, in some of the roughest seas, live mysterious killer whales that look very different from other orcas. Let me guess.... since it is the southern hemisphere, these must be antorcas?
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posted on
10/19/2019 8:16:04 PM PDT
by
piasa
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