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The largest recorded Orca

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( This post was last modified: 02-27-2015, 11:39 AM by GuateGojira )

Well, that is my point, some orcas that we saw in aquariums are relative fat and other don't, but Tilikum is the extreme as he looks very fat. So, extrapolating the same image to a wild orca, is hard to imagine a wild male orca as fat as Tilikum, and by extension, heavier than him. But as you clearly remember to all of us, the sample size in captivity is too small and the wild sample size is essentially nonexistent (at least in the weight issue).

By the way, here are some very interesting pages about Old Tom:

http://www.killersofeden.com/Export2.htm
http://www.whales.org.au/policies/old_tom.html
It corroborate the length and present pictures, but there is no note about any weight.

This other page mention length and weight:
http://www.edenmagnet.com.au/story/25631...-a-legend/
Sadly, it don't present any source for its dimensions.
 
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The largest recorded Orca - GrizzlyClaws - 02-25-2015, 02:55 AM
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RE: The largest recorded Orca - tigerluver - 02-27-2015, 11:22 AM
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