. St. Nicholas [serial]. A DROVE OF ORCAS ATTACKING A BOW-HEAD WHALE. jgcM. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 459 tively small as whales, are so rapacious, active,and strong-jawed that no other animals, eventhe fiercest of man-eater sharks and the largestof whales, can withstand their awful objects of their assaults are the tooth-less whales, and some of the bloodiest fightsoccur when mother whales are attacked whileguarding their young. The orcas hunt insmall droves, and are veritable ocean wolves,surrounding their prey, tearing great pieces fromthe lips and throat and b
. St. Nicholas [serial]. A DROVE OF ORCAS ATTACKING A BOW-HEAD WHALE. jgcM. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 459 tively small as whales, are so rapacious, active,and strong-jawed that no other animals, eventhe fiercest of man-eater sharks and the largestof whales, can withstand their awful objects of their assaults are the tooth-less whales, and some of the bloodiest fightsoccur when mother whales are attacked whileguarding their young. The orcas hunt insmall droves, and are veritable ocean wolves,surrounding their prey, tearing great pieces fromthe lips and throat and biting out the tongue, thewhales drowning, or dying from loss of blood. Hugh M. Smith.
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