Measured swim speeds of various Dolphin species

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(12-29-2015, 10:55 AM)BoldChamp Wrote: Not quite so sure the Orca is the fastest sea mammal.....many sources state this, but i cant find a reliable source on top speed. They seem to use stamina to capture most prey, traveling at a slow speed and for several hours without tiring.

The orcawould need enough speed to hunt and catch other dolphins.

For instance, a pod of what were thought to be Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas, which were thought to number at least 10, were seen attacking 20–30 dolphins off the coast of San Clemente, California, on the 29th of July, 2019. After the dolphins stampeded in one direction, the orcas surrounded them, separated an adult from its calf, and one of them caught the calf in its mouth, thus killing it. Despite being much smaller than the orcas, the mother dolphin had unsuccessfully tried to save its calf, and then retaliated against the orcas by circling them: https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/30/vi...-clemente/

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