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Little Cutie

songbird — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:29:38 GMT

This little Orca guy is so cute. Practicing his jumps.New born Orcas have an orange coloring on their faces. But it disappears when they are 3 months old. So this guy is about 6 months or so old. You know they are the top predators in the seas, so Orca Moms let them swim around on their own when quite young. Most sea life (yes...all those sharks included) are deathly afraid of them.

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Spurt — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:36:09 GMT

@songbird

Awww so cute!

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songbird — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:41:12 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@songbird

Awww so cute!

This one is really cute looking. Not sure of the sex of the baby. We won't know until it's much older. You can tell by the underside of the animal. You can tell the sex right away by the dorsal fin. The curved ones are female, the straight tall ones are male. But baby orcas all have the curved fin that won't develop till they are older.

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January121 — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:07:22 GMT

So adorable 🥰❤️

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Mellyg — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 03:06:06 GMT

what a truly beautiful creature! Thank you for sharing!

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pitdakota — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 03:10:28 GMT

Thanks for that information @songbird. I didn't know they were born with an orange coloring on their face. I did see a program on National Geographic of a momma orca teaching her baby how to swim in a certain pattern. It was really fascinating to see.

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rms1954 — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 04:40:42 GMT

Awwwww. What a little sweetheart.

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songbird — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:09:58 GMT

@pitdakota wrote:
Thanks for that information @songbird. I didn't know they were born with an orange coloring on their face. I did see a program on National Geographic of a momma orca teaching her baby how to swim in a certain pattern. It was really fascinating to see.

They're blood vessels. But on the Orca, it looks more orange then pink. It gradually disappears. Heres one

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songbird — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:13:10 GMT

More pics of the little one

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Still Raining — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:10:48 GMT

So cute, I do believe he knows he is special.