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If sharks made their own horror films, I’m pretty sure killer whales would be their number-one monster. A pair of orcas, already known in South Africa for their infamous killing sprees, decided to make a buffet out of 17 seven-gill sharks — in a single day on Feb. 24, according to a marine biologist based in Cape Town.

Scientists studying orcas off the west coast of Iceland observed an adult orca caring for a juvenile long-finned pilot whale — a unique behavior for both species. The researchers published their account of the behavior on Feb. 17, in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. A female orca known as Sædis was swimming alongside the pilot whale calf and two other pod members.

A pod of killer whales (orcas) in the wild

A pod of orcas swim right up to the boat

Orcas (or killer whales) are the largest dolphins and one of the world's most powerful predators. The distinctive black-and-white coloring of their bodies makes them easy to identify. (source)

A federal court in Seattle has ruled that the NOAA Fisheries violated the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws by authorizing commercial salmon harvest in southeast Alaska.