
Also known as the killer whale or the killer dolphin, the orca (Orcinus orca) is the largest member of the dolphin family, and one of the most distinctive of all cetaceans. The killer whale’s strikingly marked black and white body is unmistakable, being black on the upperparts, sometimes with a light grey ‘saddle patch’ behind the dorsal fin, and white on the underparts, lower jaw and undersides of the tail. White lobes extend up the sides of the body behind the dorsal fin, and there is a white, oval patch behind each eye. In newborn killer whales, the white areas of the body have an orange hue. Both the male and female killer whale have a broad, rounded head and snout, an enlarged forehead, large, paddle-shaped pectoral fins and a large dorsal fin. However, males grow larger than females, and on reaching maturity become stockier and develop disproportionately larger fins, with adult males easily recognised by the tall, erect dorsal fin, which is the largest of any cetacean, growing to an impressive 1.8 metres in height. The female killer whale, in contrast, has a more backward-curving dorsal fin, which grows to just 70 to 90 centimetres in height. The shape of an orca’s dorsal fin and saddle patch are unique to each individual. Found throughout all of the world's oceans, the killer whale is thought to be the most widespread mammal after humans. The killer whale commonly hunts marine mammals and it is the world's largest predator of warm-blooded animals.
Roles
- It played Tylosaurus in Speckles the Leopard
- It played Flynn in Thomas and Friends (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Shark Galactabeast/Zenith Carrierzord in Animal Rangers Lost Galaxy
- It played Mosasaurus in Jurassic Park Series (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Ricky Plesuski in Polar Animals, Inc.
- It played Bottle in Battle For BFNAI
- They played Alex, Zuba, and Florrie in the Madagascar Series (NatureRules1 Version), Madagascar Series (NatureRules1 and GavenLovesAnimals' Style) franchise, and Madagascar Series (NatureRules1 Style)
- It played Rex in We're Back! An Ocean Animal's Story
- It played Nine Hundred in Numberanimals
- It played Wallabee Beatles/Numbuh 4 in Codename: Marine Mammals Next Door
- It played Grizz in We Bare Cetaceans and We Bare Cetaceans: The Movie
- It played Charlie in We Bare Dolphins and We Bare Dolphins: The Movie
- It played Mojo Jojo in The Powerpuff Dolphins, The Powerpuff Dolphins Movie, and The Powerpuff Dolphins (2016)
- It played Buttercup in The Powerpuff Cetaceans, The Powerpuff Cetaceans Movie, and The Powerpuff Cetaceans (2016)
- It/They played Toothless, Light Fury, and their children in How to Train Your Ocean Animal, How to Train Your Ocean Animal 2, and How to Train Your Ocean Animal: The Hidden World
- It played as Iguanodon in OCEAN ANIMAL
- It played Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Cetaceans
- It played Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Waterfowl
- It played Raphael in Teenage Mutant Marine Mammals
- They played Zac (Merman) and Evie McLaren (Mermaid) in Mako Ocean Animals and Mako Cetaceans
- It played Rita Santos (Mermaid) in Mako Marine Mammals
- It played Baloo in The Ocean Book (1967)
- It played Rikki (Mermaid) in Mako Dolphins
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