southern waters
orca beaching to capture sea lion at valdes peninsula
a small population of orcas seasonally visits the northern point of the valdes peninsula on the east coast of argentina and hunt for sea lions and elephant seals on the shore, temporary stranding themselves off south africa, a distinctive “flat-tooth“ morphotype exists and preys on sharks a pair of male orcas, port and starboard, have bee well known for hunting great whites and other sharks off the south african coast
orcas occur throughout the waters of australia, new zealand and papua new guinea they are sighted year round in new zealand waters, while off australia, they are seasonally concentrated off the northwest, in the inshore waters of ningaloo reef, and the southwest, at the bremer region geic evidence shows that the orcas of new