The largest recorded Orca

[callmejoe9]

(04-19-2022, 08:59 AM)callmejoe9 Wrote: I made some progress... I think. I have one paper on the way that may give me a slice of Sleptsov's data. On the other end, I found one of the sources Mikhalev cited that contained some other killer whale weighings. It's Sleptsov's chapter in a book called ''Marine Mammals''. I found it on Abebooks and just ordered it. It should be on the way.

So one of the papers was a bit of a bust. Eurekamag did have the source I needed, but refunded me as copyright policies only enabled me to the title page and table of contents. On the other end, I just sent those pages to one of my friends who live in Alaska. A local library apparently has a  bunch of Russian papers and she thinks they have what I need. The book is still on the way and I have trust in it. A few days ago, I did happen to find Tomilin's 1962 book of whales. Here, he cites two whales from Sleptsov's data. A 5.4/2012kg female and a 6.5m/3270kg male. Both caught off Kuril Islands I currently have them labeled as the ''WNP'' region. I labeled both as WNP. In Sleptsov's papers, I may find the alleged 8,000kg individual, which I suspect to be of the Bigg's ecotype. In the book that's on the way, his weight data will likely be composed of Southern hemisphere. Since I already have 2 whales, the remaining collection will add 10. AFAIK, the 43 whales Mikhalev weighed were/are unpublished, so unless I manage to get into personal communication with him, I am out of luck there. Nonetheless, if I can at least get Sleptsov's data, I'll be satisfied. Reply