Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — FISH THAT KNOWS NO FEAR [ARTICLE]

FISH THAT KNOWS NO FEAR

Killer Whale Easily Holds Title of Most Ferocious of the Animals of the Deep. • The killer whale Is one of the most deadly animals that swim in the sea. Killers are found in almost every ocean of the world, but, because of the nature of their food, they use as feeding grounds the sounds and bays along the coast, rather than the open sea. They are ferocious pursuers, constantly destroying morethan they eat » “Killers apparently will eat anything that swims,” says Roy C. Andrews, of the American museum, who has been studying Whales for some time. “Fish, birds, seals, walrus and other whales are all its prey. Its capacity Is almost unbelievable. There Is a record of thirteen porpoise and fourteen seals being taken from the stomach of a 21-foot specimen.” The capacity of the killer has given rise to'a number of fantastic tales, one of which tells of a killer being seen with a seal under each flipper, a third under its dorsal fin' and a fourth In Its mouth. In pursuing, the killer bellows In a terrifying manner. Killers are the only whales that feed upon their own kind. They sometimes go In company by dozens and set upon a young whale, baiting him like so many bulldogs. Pome will lay hold of his tall, while others bite at his head and thrash him until the animal dies. So great is the strength of the killer that a single One, by fastening Its teeth into the body of a dead whale being towed by several whaling boats, can carry it to the bottom In an Instant. They know no fear and In parties they will attack the largest whale. Not even a ship, or a number of ships can daunt the ferocious killer, who frequently, through its boldness, help Whaling parties by terrifying their mutual prey Into nonresistance.—From an American Museum of Natural History Bulletin.