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A different killer

Northern Pacific Transient killer whales are sea-mammal eaters. They are also the most genetically different group of killer whales identified in a study of mitochondrial DNA. The new study suggests that this group of killer whales became a distinct species about 700,000 years ago. Credit: Dave Ellifrit, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center

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