Podcast | Protecting orcas and their songs from noxious noise
The endangered southern resident killer whale. (NOAA Fisheries/National Marine Fisheries Service) If Puget Sound has an animal celebrity, it’s the orca — specifically, the southern resident population of killer whales. About 70 individuals divided into three family groups, or pods, make their home in our waters for large parts of the year. Fans from all over the world follow every movement of the southern residents; they mourn every whale death; they rejoice when a new calf joins a pod. These camper-van-sized whales subsist almost entirely on salmon, which they hunt in the murky sea, usin...
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