Comments on: What Orca Species Was Seen Off Massachusetts? http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/orca-3/ for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MattBille http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/orca-3/comment-page-1/#comment-63449 MattBille Tue, 04 May 2010 00:54:46 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=29497#comment-63449 I don’t think anyone has suggested there is more than one species in the North Atlantic, so this animal is presumably a noncontroversial member of the species Orcinus orca. From a cryptozoological point of view, the point in recent orca research is that it’s becoming clear animals which were lumped together for a long time can be differentiated by appearance, habits, and genetics and are reproductively isolated. Granted, the variations in appearance are not huge – an orca is instantly recognizable as an orca, just as a tiger is a tiger – but the differences in dorsal fins, “cape” markings, etc. are consistent. I covered the discussions up through 2006 in my book Shadows of Existence, and there have been several important publications since, most notably the new one referenced above.

]]> By: MountDesertIslander http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/orca-3/comment-page-1/#comment-63444 MountDesertIslander Mon, 03 May 2010 18:54:05 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=29497#comment-63444 With all the efforts to replenish the fish stocks off the coasts of North America by closing them to unregulated commercial fishing, I wondered when we might see a return of the top predators to these historically prolific grounds. I wouldn’t be surprised to see reports of increased tuna and shark activity out there too.

I hope this is an indicator of more good things to come.

If we can get the sawfish to come back, now that would be something.

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