Study: Killer Whales Migrate Thousands of Miles to…Exfoliate? | Discoblog
Updated: 2011-10-27 22:50:33
Before: scuzzy yellow (top); and after: pearly white! (bottom) Killer whales are best known for their picturesque profiles and predilection for seal flesh, but they also like to travel, a recent study confirms. And these aren’t your basic joyrides through ice flows. These are 6,200-mile excursions to the tropics, where scientists speculate they engage in [...]
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