Why Do Pilot Whales TERRIFY Orca??

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Sources:

Cheetah of the Deep : https://uk.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/short-finned-pilot-whale/#:~:text=Short%2Dfinned%20pilot%20whales%20have,means%20putting%20themselves%20at%20risk.

Size of Long Fin:https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/long-finned-pilot-whale
https://uk.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/long-finned-pilot-whale/



Size of Short fin: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/short-finned-pilot-whale
https://uk.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/short-finned-pilot-whale/

Orca Sizes:
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/orcas

Interactions off the coast Iceland: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9170559/

Pilot Whales Attracted to Killer Whale Sounds: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234090212_Pilot_Whales_Attracted_to_Killer_Whale_Sounds_Acoustically-Mediated_Interspecific_Interactions_in_Cetaceans

Diet of Pilot Whales:
https://uk.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/long-finned-pilot-whale/#:~:text=What%20do%20long%2Dfinned%20pilot%20whales%20eat%3F,than%20dolphins%20that%20prefer%20fish.

Do Orca Hunt Pilot Whales:
https://iwc.int/about-whales/whale-species/pilot-whale#references

Pilot Whales and Rizzo Dolphins:
https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/123/m123p005.pdf


Female Orca raises a baby Pilot whale:
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2022-0161?af=R