Why Orca Whales Are Close To Extinction | Dammed Extinction | Real Wild 

I,too,grew up on VancouverIsland and I work in Bute inlet. I can confidently say that I have never seen more killer whales. This is just more alarmist bs coming from leftist activists.

@@MrRoundwound How many babies are you seeing…and are they from this specific population?🖤🇨🇦

@@tamarrajames3590 how am I to know what population they are from?All I know is that every time I have taken the boat into Bute inlet we see killer whales. And lots of humpbacks

And for ZERO reason. Hope we can knock it down soon

@@ryanmatthew511 Agreed, I just hope it won’t be too late. Between over fishing, pollution, dams, fish farms and habitat loss there is a lot going against them.🖤🇨🇦

Me too, I don't want the intelligent Orcas extinct.

I don’t think they will be going extinct as a species, but every population and subspecies matters.

​@@mizubiart6230you're factually correct,but for me the intelligent animals are my favourite. All intelligent animals are very valuable to em

@@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice I see, but I meant the subspecies of orcas as some areas have become very inhospitable to them due to overfishing, dams threatening salmon’s reproductive cycle, ocean pollution… since they live basically across the globe almost, I don’t think that they’re threatened as a species. Yet…

Truly hearing ya..👍 It's a trickle effect, When one environment suffers, it can be the un-doing of another..Thats why we have to look after all..Easier said than done🤥

I agree greed and evil

Women aren't making all these destructive decisions, fat, male, greedy stock holders are.

@@lindafreudiger8022 we said humans we didn't say one over the other we said humans and women are certainly humans

Yes i agree

Agree

not so far....seem to be on some sort of "seek and destroy" mindset these days. peace.

Then you will be pleased to know that new pods from the expanding population are in costa rica, the bahamas and NE usa. Places pods havent been for decades if not centuries. I was 1 day late from seeing thr costa rican pod on aug 12th. They have been there off and on. The bahamas pod is off the abacos and i have seen them several times. I dont fish up north but friends say there are several pods now.

No way!?! Her mom is still alive? And I didn’t know they were finally going to release her.. that’s awesome! I hope she is able to survive in a new environment, feed herself, etc. ❤️

@@msalyssababy She'll be placed in a rehabilitation sea pen there first to get back in shape, like Keiko was before he was set free.

Thank you for sharing this!!!

Anybody have any updates on this? I don’t think she’s been moved yet. I’m going to be very angry if they don’t follow through.

@@highjinx6519 I don’t know if it was her, but I know I saw a video clip where someone who kept up with local orca saw a tagged female and he somehow used that tag to find out she was a female, retired orca who had been in captivity and was released and reintegrated into her pod (she was with other orca). It sounds like it could be her. Let me check and see if I can find that video!!

Difference.

Sounds like the dams need to go regardless. They’re costing a lot more $ every year for no benefits from what I understood.

Good news. Orcas are nowhere near going extinct, and they can still be found in every ocean worldwide.

Luv them more..🙃lol...

You are not alone. Keep loving them.

Dolphins.

I agree with you accept they are not whales

The way the corporate overlords are taking us all , she might not get to grow up.

@@kerrymarris4260 Should we blame President Biden for all this? Or would he help?

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 blaming won't get us anywhere, I think that the only way to get what is right for these whales, is to find the people who care about theses whales like we do. Haven't a couple of the dams been blown up, just like the Georgia guide stones.& since Scarface these dams. I do think that humans have had a very negative affect on the planet, and I think that it's to late for big oil, pharma and oil.or any one else who thinks that, because I would rather see mother nature make it back,. Minus HUMANS.

Best day of my life, seeing orcas with a whale watching company from Vancouver. Makes you really connect with these whales and want to fight for them

Well, does that benefit these creatures?

@@barbaraseymour3437 it doesn't harm them. Perhaps they find it annoying but occasionally, they swim up close to the boat. The boats cannot go close to the orcas, though, and maintain safe distance.

Ever see tigers much?

Hi Bangladesh, Greetings from Australia...Orca's rule !!! lol

BOYCOTT SEAWORLD!!

Beautifully done.💧

Orcas are dolphins AND toothed whales.

@@mujtab8siddiqu1 The wolves, eagles and bears were eating salmon a couple hundred thousand years? (probably a heck of a lot more, too tired right now) >>> before humans decimated the salmon populations.

i dont know about feeding them however the oceans are being contaminated no doubt and i would start with FACTORIES and NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS specifically FUKISHIMA in JAPAN which is killing the pacific ocean by the day ( FACT) ORCAS feeding on whale calfs really get me going the wrong way HOWEVER it is part of nature and not ALL orcas hunt them ( THANK GOD) mother earth will shed her skin and doubt humans will not be here when the orcas still are! imho

Orca whales are more related to dolphins than whales due to their anatomy, and that they live in groups like dolphins. I do not know why people insist on calling them KILLIER WHALES--kind of a stupid name. They are carnivorous, just like DOLPHINS, we do not call dolphins "killer dolphins" because they eat fish. True some Orcas eat bigger prey like seals and penguins. I think this is because wherever resident Orcas live, they are naturally dependent on that food source. There are no Chinook Salmon near the southern tip of Africa. There are pods of Orcas down there too. They eat seals, and penguins. Each group or pod depending on where they are born and spend most of their time adapt to whatever food source is available. There is other food sources around the Pacific Ocean--besides Chinook Salmon. Orca's have been known to also attack sharks when in a pack. it might not be their preferred food, but they have been known to eat it, and to eat large squid. One has to ask, why are these pods in the San Juan not also eating other available food? There has also been a decrease in sharks, and other sea creatures in the oceans due to pollution. When the larger species of ocean dwelling mammals and creatures start dying off, it is a signal that our oceans are no longer able to support sea life. Basically our oceans are dying. Orcas are not "killers" they are whales that eat meat. I detest the tag. WE don't name any types of sharks : Killer great whites or Killer Bull sharks. So it is time to drop the name: Killer whale. I think it came from a stupid horror movie..

@@michellereed5638 correct and we've needed a major overhaul on that for a very long time, fortunately that's my favorite project!

You have no idea how long that has been bothering me, orcas are not whales.

Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).

@@indyreno2933 You have big names for these Orca's But to my knowledge they are the biggest of the Dolphin family....If you look at the way the swim, they swim with their tails up & down... Not side ways like a fish or shark....Thats what I reckon.. Hope no offence was taken..

@@kimberlina238 Your response makes no sense lol. Orcas are both the largest of the dolphin family and a toothed whale. Look up cetacean taxonomy before trying to respond to someone who knows their shit.

@Kim Werner and @A, actually, orcas are not dolphins, neither are the false killer whale, pygmy killer whale, pilot whales, and melon-headed whale, orcas, false killer whales, pygmy killer whales, pilot whales, and melon-headed whales are all blackfish, blackfish are a monophyletic group, which is a separate family from dolphins (family Delphinidae) being the family Orcinidae, both blackfish (family Orcinidae) and dolphins (family Delphinidae) are classified within the superfamily Delphinoidea (Oceanic Lesser Toothed Whales), but the two families are not closely related, dolphins (family Delphinidae) share a more recent common ancestor with porpoises (family Phocoenidae), in addition to the family Monodontidae (Narwhal and Beluga) being the sister group to the Phocoenidae + Delphinidae clade to the exclusion of Orcinidae, making blackfish (family Orcinidae) the most basal extant family within the superfamily Delphinoidea, interestingly, blackfish (family Orcinidae) are the only surviving lineage of macroraptorial whales.

Orcas are dolphins AND toothed whales.

NOT clickbait! Did you even watch it??? They aren't talking about ALL Orcas, just the ones specific to this video.

@@FireOfThePhoenix Then why did they call it "Orca whales are close to extinction" when they are quite clearly not? That's Clickbait. Oh i get it. Only privileged USA and Canada matter . The rest of the world doesn't count, despite the huge changes in orca protection in Africa, South America and Oceana which has seen orca populations grow and prosper.

Actually, Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).

@@indyreno2933 thank you. I always appreciate knowledge .

Yes, killer whales are the largest species of dolphin. But they are still a type of whale. All dolphins are in the Toothed Whale order of cetaceans.

World wide yes, but there are different subspecies some that are more at risk than others. Especially the Southern resident orcas.

While orcas are one of the most widespread species worldwide (second only to humans I believe) this particular ecotype, the southern residents, are listed as critically endangered despite orcas as a whole not being threatened 🙂

Dolphins are toothed whales. It's not incorrect, it's just less specific. It's like saying "Cockatoos aren't birds, they're parrots."

​@@SkittlesWithFeathers Thank you. One less for me to correct.

you can just call them orcas lol

That's just what I wanted to write.

The orca or killer whale (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, (Odontoceti)) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. 73 species of toothed whales are described. They are one of two living groups of cetaceans, the other being the baleen whales (Mysticeti), which have baleen instead of teeth. The two groups are thought to have diverged around 34 million years ago.

We know; it's a "hot" tip on leaders and followers 👐👏🙌

Bro.... I'm no expert by far. Yes you are correct. For the last (unsure on specifics) 100,000 years or so. Proposes came from whales...... so in turn. So smart. On the other note. KILL THE TREES! Nitrogen fixation ftw! Wildfires bad they only are the natural order of things that keep the circle going! And the ocean and whales are only here to keep the ocean producing the o2 we need! Do i sound stupid yet? Because i am. Damn plankton....and ppl who don't know prehistoric history....

Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).

If you watched the video you would find out that the Southern Residents are the orcas that are on the verge of extinction

@@MissySimpleM it doesn't work that way. There isn't a divide between north and south. It's the oceans. That is like saying I have a cow herd on a ranch and overall they are increasing but in one area of the ranch they are decreasing. Are there more overall? Oh also seals are coming back to areas they haven't been for centuries.

@@theodoresmith5272 no its not like a ranch. It's like saying oh the population of the world is rising but Jews are being murdered by Hitler. Just because the overall population is rising doesn't make it okay. 1 subtype is being killed off.

@@MissySimpleM your grasping at straws. So the overall population is increasing but in one area its decreasing and so by your definition the population is decreasing? That makes zero sense.

@@theodoresmith5272 I'm not grasping at straws, you just don't have a good enoigh understanding of orca to understand the significance of the southern residents going extinct.