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Posted Sat Oct 25 2008: from Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Are the orcas starving? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1224952789 Showing signs of starvation as salmon runs faltered up and down the West Coast, Puget Sound's orca population lost seven of its number over the past year, bringing the population to just 83, anxious scientists reported Friday. The development marks the biggest reduction in the orca population since a series of bad chinook salmon seasons in the 1990s battered the killer whales' numbers. Revealing the degree to which the orcas are interrelated to a far-flung marine ecosystem, the collapse of California's Sacramento Valley chinook run seems likely to be partly to blame for declining killer whale numbers... [Read more stories about: marine mammals, predator depletion] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: Your Quips: Linda says: "The killer whales are getting *killed*." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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