PYGMY KILLER WHALES

Photographed off Scott’s Reef, Western Australia, November 2019

119                 PYGMY KILLER WHALE                    Feresa attenuata 

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                   119

Rarely acrobats but occasionally leaps clear of water when signalling.  Found in tropical and sub-tropical seas of all major oceans, in deep, warm waters, and rarely near land, except around oceanic islands. Usually in groups of less than 50, but typically 15-25 which swim in co-ordinated lines  but bunch in alarm.Usually does not associate with other cetaceans.