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  • And killer-whale mothers push their youngsters up a beach and down, directing them toward prey, and even throw prey toward them until they get the point.

    Culture Club 2007

  • A sperm whale also has the killer-whale problem, or used to.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

  • A sperm whale also has the killer-whale problem, or used to.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

  • On this hypothesis we can grasp the myths of mixed generation so universal among totemic peoples and see also why the Haides, in venerating the killer-whale, blend in their belief the actual animal and the demon Skana supposed to be embodied in it.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • One example he cited involved a 2007 accident in which a fuel barge sank in Robson Bight, a killer-whale sanctuary on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011

  • A century after the golden age of polar exploration, ordinary folks with some spending money and a taste for adventure - but who'd rather forego the frostbite, starvation and killer-whale attacks - can own a piece of the compelling story of humankind's fevered race to the Earth's poles.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • SeaWorld's killer-whale training program doesn't change the essential facts that harm or death to people is possible.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • Court ruling compels Ottawa to protect killer-whale habitat

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2012

  • … That goes hand-in-hand with the training of killer-whale trainers, said Carla Gunnin, an attorney representing SeaWorld.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • One example he cited involved a 2007 accident in which a fuel barge sank in Robson Bight, a killer-whale sanctuary on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011

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