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MagazineActual t1_j3y7ta4 wrote

Do killer whales come this far south typically? I thought they preferred colder waters

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katherinezetajones OP t1_j3y8v5t wrote

Killer whales are actually found in all of the worlds oceans, though they definitely prefer colder waters. There are some populations in tropical waters but it’s not too common.

This helped answer a lot of the questions I had after seeing this.

I spent the first 25 years of my life in Florida and I would have been shocked to see a killer whale there. I was taught as a kid that they were arctic animals!

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Sunflower_After_Dark t1_j3yo3s3 wrote

Lifelong FL native here. I’d never seen a whale shark in Florida until a few years ago in Tarpon Springs. I didn’t even know they were in the Gulf of Mexico. Then right afterwards, Great White shark sightings like every week. Didn’t know they were there either!

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SnooPoems443 t1_j414dso wrote

Grew up on the gulf and atlantic waters.

They don't come here.

The bottlenoses are gangster af. That's my theory.

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MagazineActual t1_j414tow wrote

Possibly. I'm also wondering it some sort of foul play was involved. It's such an odd thing to have happen. I've lived in Florida for many years and never seen an Orca outside of a theme park.

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Yurastupidbitch t1_j43k8ia wrote

There was a pod of Orcas identified in the Gulf in 2016 but I don’t know if they are still there.

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