The largest recorded Orca

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(02-26-2015, 12:27 AM)'Pckts' Wrote: Lets also not forget that there are many different species of wild orca with many different size ranges. The captive orcas could very well be hybrids like captive tigers and that could be another dictator of size ranges

Also, the largest "Captive" killer whale ever recorded was in fact, a Wild caught Killer Whale

"Tilikum was captured near Iceland in November of 1983, 30 years ago. At only 2 years old, when he was approximately 13 feet long, he was torn away from his family and ocean home."
Read more: http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/features/3...z3SmpjNkLE

 

About the hybrid issue, this would apply only to the captive-born specimens. Those captured in the wild are, probably, 100% pure.

Now, about the "wild or captive issue", it doesn't matter if they were captured in the wild, they were, at the end, breaded in captivity and that is what led its development. A wild-born orca in its habitat will not grow in the same way that a wild-born orca in captivity, just check the male dorsal fin, for example.

I think that instead of pushing ideas with no real base, we should focus in found data for comparison. I have presented plenty about captive specimens, but we need data from wild animals, and at this moment, I have not found confirmed weights from wild specimens, only length, but at least in this part, the wild specimens top the list.
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