Orca

== Roleplays that feature this creature ==
* Antarctica 
* Arctic
* Coasts of California
== Other info ==
Some orcas like to live in large extended family groups and others prefer smaller nuclear family groups. Some extended family pods will combine with another pod of similar ancestry to form a clan, and when multiple clans combine, it is called a community.
Orcas from family groups will usually avoid inbreeding by choosing an orca from another unrelated group to breed with. Female orcas will usually choose to have another calf every 6 years after their first.
Usually orca groups are led by the oldest female, and although orca groups can be quite similar in structure to elephant herds, unlike elephant herds, both male and female orcas will remain in their group for the rest of their lives.
When an orca calf is born, they will be helped to the surface so they can breathe for the first time. Young orca calves may have to occasionally take piggy back rides since they get tired from swimming much quicker than adults do.
Orca calves are weaned at the age of 2 years, and female orcas will become infertile by around the age of 42 years.
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