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	Pygmy Killer Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata) is a small, rarely-seen cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).
		In fact, "killer" may be a more apt name in the case of the Pygmy Killer Whale than its larger genetic cousin.
		The Pygmy Killer is of average size amongst dolphins (a little larger and heavier than a grown man) and may easily be confused at sea with other species, in particular the Melon-headed Whale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pygmy_Killer_Whale (529 words)

	Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa attenuata
		The pygmy killer whale, also known as the slender flfish or the slender pilot whale, closely resembles both the false killer and the melon-headed whales.
		The cause of death: a sharp blow to the cranium by the head of the pygmy killer whale.
		The pygmy killer whale is a species of dolphin and is in the same subfamily as the melon-headed whale, false killer whale, killer whale, long-finned pilot whale and short-finned pilot whale.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/cetacean/pygmykiller.html (548 words)

	False Killer Whale - Pseudorca crassidens
		False killer whales are completely fl in colour, although some may have a grey patch shaped like an anchor that extends from the lower jaw to the naval and flippers.
		The breeding habits of the false killer whale are poorly understood.
		The false killer whale is known as a flfish along with its closest relatives, the pygmy killer whale, killer whale, melonheaded whale, and the short-finned and long-finned pilot whales.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/cetacean/falsekiller.html (615 words)

	Pygmy Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pygmy killer whale is found through-out tropical waters, including the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
		Pygmy killer whales usually form groups of 50 or fewer animals, although groups of several hundred have been sighted.
		The pygmy killer whale is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean, but is not abundant in any of these areas.
	www.tmmsn.org /mmgulf/feresa.html (360 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - SRI LANKA
		Pygmy killer whales are rarely encountered in the wild, although they are believed to have a wide tropical distribution.
		While the latter, is unlikely to be the reason for pygmy killer whales to attack sperm whales, there are several observations showing that some groups of orcas, so-called transients, have specialized in predation on other marine mammals, including sperm whales and even the enormous blue whale.
		Indeed, accounts of how whales protect themselves have come from many years of experience as their primary predator: Man. Whaling literature is brimming with accounts of whaleboats smashed and sunk by blows from the tail flukes and enraged animals returning to defend an injured calf.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20030613_log_transcript.html (1161 words)

	Bangkok Post, Thailand : Whale death sparks sadness
		Pygmy killer whales are rarely seen because they live in deep sea and because their numbers have dropped sharply over the last few decades.
		The pygmy killer whale is the smallest of all the flfish, and similar in size to the dolphin.
		Pygmy killer whales are found throughout subtropical and tropical waters around the world including the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Indian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2003/feb-03/bangkokpost_030206_1.htm (2071 words)

	CMS: Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whale
		Pygmy killer whales have a robust body that narrows towards the dorsal fin, hence the name "attenuata" (latin) meaning "thinning".
		Pygmy killer whales are mostly grey to fl, with a subtle dark cape on the side, below the high, falcate dorsal fin.
		A new record of a mass stranding of pygmy killer whales from the British Virgin Islands was documented by Mignucci-Giannoni et al.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/F_attenuata/f_attenuata.htm (1163 words)

	Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata)
		On July 6, 1963, a school of about 50 pygmy killer whales of several sizes (lengths varying from 1 to 2.5 m or so) was sighted from a boat off the island of Hawaii in waters about 600 fathoms deep.
		The whales were aware of the approach of the boat but they did not flee; instead, they circled and dived in the same general area.
		While in captivity, the pygmy killer whale learned to feed readily on mackerel and it consumed as much as 5 kg of such food a day.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/fereatte.htm (441 words)

	ACS pygmy right whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		Many reported sightings have probably been incorrectly identified minke whales; the small size, dark color, and curved dorsal fin make it almost impossible to tell the two species apart when they are seen at the water's surface.
		Pygmy right whales have a unique skeletal structure: there are 17 pairs of broad, flat ribs - more than any other baleen whale - that extend 2/3 of the body length towards the tail.
		Pygmy right whales tend to be solitary or to travel in pairs, although small groups of up to 80 animals have been recorded.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/PygmyRightWhale.htm (856 words)

	Feresa attenuata, Pygmy Killer Whale at MarineBio.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pygmy killer whales are not whale-sized at all; rather, they are average sized dolphins and part of the Family Delphinidae.
		Pygmy killer whales are described as aggressive animals that have been seen snapping their jaws, beating their flippers and flukes on the surface of the water, and growling.
		Pygmy killer whales are found around Japan, Hawaii and in the warmer eastern areas of the North Pacific Ocean.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=356 (974 words)

	About Orca, the "killer whale" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The orca or killer whale is a toothed whale that is an efficient predator, even attacking huge young blue whales.
		The killer whale belongs to the family of dolphins and is the biggest dolphin.
		The orca, or "killer," whale is the largest member of the dolphin family.
	www.orcacommunications.com /html/whale.html (439 words)

	Education Marine Mammal Species Information - Marine Mammal Conservancy (MMC)
		There is a Long-Finned Pilot Whale and this species can be found in the colder waters of the North Atlantic as well as the colder waters of the southern oceans.
		Pilot whales tend to follow the migrations of their favorite prey, squid, though they are also considered nomadic by nature.
		Pygmy sperm whales can be found mostly along the continental shelves near the coast.
	www.marinemammalconservancy.org /education_species.html (1480 words)

	Whale
		Whales are about 80 species of large, exclusively aquatic placental mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises.
		The term whale is ambiguous: it can refer to all cetaceans, just the largest ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea—which leads to difficulties, as the Killer Whale and the Pilot Whale[?] are members of the family Delphinidae[?] and technically dolphins.
		Whales are broadly classed as predators, but their food ranges from microscopic plankton to very large fish.
	www.fastload.org /wh/Whale.html (504 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Feresa attenuata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pygmy killer whale is often confused with the false killer whale and melon-headed whale.
		The body of the pygmy killer whale is somewhat slender; the head is rounded and has no beak.
		Pygmy killer whales eat mostly fish and squid, although they occasionally attack other dolphins, at least when those dolphins are involved in tuna fishery interactions in the eastern tropical Pacific.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?sname=Feresa+attenuata (384 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - MALDIVES
		Psuedorcas are often mistaken at sea for pygmy killer whales and melon-headed whales, however, the distinctively long, slender body shape leaves little room for doubt at close range the other two species are far smaller at less than 3 meters long.
		False killer whales are uniformly brown in color, except for a faint light grey anchor patch between the flippers.
		Unlike their larger toothed cousins the sperm whale, where there is a difference in geographical distribution between the sexes, false killer whales are not known to be segregated in any season or area by age or sex.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20030311_log_transcript.html (825 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		Pygmy killer whales are most easily confused with melon-headed whales, and less commonly with false killer whales.
		Atlantic Ocean— Pygmy killer whales have been reported in the Bay of Biscay; in the waters off Senegal; off the coast of the southeast U.S.; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean; on the coasts of Veracruz, Mexico and Brazil; and in the southwest Atlantic.
		Records of the "flfish" (killer, false killer, pygmy killer, and melon-headed whales) in the Indian Ocean.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180461 (794 words)

	About Pacific Whale Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pacific Whale Foundation's Wild Whale and Dolphin Research Project began in 1996, with an initial focus on documenting the abundance, diversity, social dynamics and behaviors of wild spinner dolphins through a photo-identification and observation study off the coast of Lana'i.
		False killer whales are large dolphins, ranging from dark gray to fl with a faint gray patch on the chest, and sometimes light gray areas on the head.
		Since its founding in 1980, the Pacific Whale Foundation has conducted a number of research projects aimed at developing a better understanding of the habitat requirements of marine mammals, collaborating with management agencies in Hawaii, Japan, and Australia, and educating the public, from a scientific perspective, about marine mammals and their ocean environment.
	www.pacificwhale.org /learn/wild.html (2683 words)

	North American Mammals: Feresa attenuata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pygmy killer whales are among the least-known cetaceans.
		Thereafter, sightings around the world established that these whales live in temperate and tropical waters, may be aggressive, and prey on small dolphins, fishes, and cephalopods.
		Pygmy killer whales have been seen swimming alone and in large groups of up to 1,000.
	www.mnh2.si.edu /education/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=96 (193 words)

	USA - Pygmy killer whale rescued in Panhandle, but sperm whale dies
		The 7-foot, 10-inch pygmy killer whale was found in the Florida Panhandle community of Mexico Beach, about 30 miles southeast of Panama City Beach, on Saturday and taken to Gulf World were it was being treated with antibiotics.
		Pygmy killer whales and sperm whales tend to stick to deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico so it takes longer for them to get to the beach.
		A pygmy killer whale that stranded itself over the weekend was being treated at a marine attraction here Monday, but a baby sperm whale rescued last month after a shark attack has died in Clearwater.
	www.wdcs.org /dan/publishing.nsf/fde0b34d9e1c31fc80256d040047b2b6/6e4dd1e83bc395b780256d0300517ec3!OpenDocument (412 words)

	ACS pygmy sperm whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		Pygmy sperm whales and their close relatives the dwarf sperm whales have similarities to the great sperm whales after which they are named, but they are classified into a different family.
		Like the sperm whales, the pygmy sperm whale has teeth in the lower jaw only (the dwarf sperm whale has up to three pairs of teeth in the upper jaw as well).
		Stranded pygmy sperm whales have often been confused with sharks because the head and lower jaw are somewhat shark-like in appearance.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/PygmySpermWhale.htm (656 words)

	Saving Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Description: The False Killer Whale is a small and slim cetacean, with a tapering, rounded snout that overhangs the lower jaw, upon which there are between 8-11 pairs of teeth, matching the upper jaw.
		Recognition at sea: The False Killer Whale can be identified by their size and head shape; the latter and the shape of the dorsal are also useful in distinguishing them from Pilot Whales.
		Habitat: False Killer Whales tend to prefer warm temperate, subtropical and tropical waters, mainly in either semi-enclosed seas or in the open ocean away from land.
	www.savingwhales.org /info.php?show=40 (506 words)

	Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra)
		The flippers are long and, unlike those of the pygmy killer whale, pointed at the tips.
		Coloration is fl except on the belly and around the mouth, with the white lips resembling those of pygmy killer whales.
		Although the belly may be very white, it is usually a light gray and not as distinct as the white belly patch of the pygmy killer whale.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/pepoelec.htm (289 words)

	Ocean Ambassadors -- Whales
		Issues and threats: Commercial whaling, especially before it was regulated, hunted down whales almost to extinction (as one species became scarce, another one was quickly chosen to take its place).
		Not counting the dolphins, there are 11 whale species that have been confirmed present in Philippine waters, a report from Silliman University indicates.
		Humpback whales have been hunted to near extinction, and only a few thousand are believed to survive today.
	www.oneocean.org /ambassadors/whales (592 words)

	Killer Whale Information
		It is also known as a Killer Whale or Great Killer Whale, even though it is not a whale.
		The Killer Whale name is actually a corruption of the older Killer of Whales—the species is known to prey on juvenile and small cetaceans.
		It is from their attacks on whales that they gained their name; they do not attack humans.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/Killer-Whale-information.htm (607 words)

	Tampabay: Beached whale's death a mystery
		The nearly 8-foot, 250-pound whale was taken by truck to the aquarium for an autopsy.
		Pasco, an adult male pygmy killer whale, is still alive and is being treated at Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota.
		The whale is eating whole fish and has been taken off the tube-fed squid gruel, Sarasota aquarium spokeswoman Mary Kmetz said.
	www.sptimes.com /TampaBay/90198/Beached_whale_s_death.html (421 words)

	Genus Feresa or pygmy killer whale
		RELATIVES The pygmy killer whale is a species of dolphin and is in the same subfamily as the melon-headed whale, false killer whale, killer whale, long-finned pilot whale and short-finned pilot whale.
		Description: The Pygmy Killer Whale is the smallest of all the 'Blackfish' and is similar in size to many dolphins.
		Daphne and a young pygmy killer whale are being kept in separate holding tanks at the rear of the marine park.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Cetacea/Delphinidae/Feresa (261 words)

	The Beaufort Gazette: Pygmy killer whale washes ashore on Hilton Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- The carcass of a pygmy killer whale washed ashore Saturday on Hilton Head Island in only the fourth recorded stranding of the rare species in South Carolina, and the first to be analyzed by the National Ocean Service in Charleston.
		Because its body was largely decomposed, biologists were unable to determine the cause of death, but McFee said the whale had abnormalities in its heart and an empty stomach.
		McFee estimated the juvenile male whale to be between 2- and 5-years-old and dead long before it washed ashore.
	www.beaufortgazette.com /local_news/story/5589593p-5025942c.html (455 words)

	Pasco: Friends rescue stranded whale
		Pasco the pygmy killer whale rests in critical condition after a four-hour rescue ordeal.
		Not that the pygmy whale is a small fry.
		Of the dozens of sea otters, turtles, dolphins and whales the aquarium has saved over the past 10 years, only three have been pygmy killer whales, Haley said.
	www.sptimes.com /Pasco/82498/Friends_rescue_strand.html (453 words)

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