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katherinezetajones OP t1_j3y8v5t wrote

Reply to comment by MagazineActual in Killer whale dies after grounding itself on Florida beach by katherinezetajones

Killer whales are actually found in all of the worlds oceans, though they definitely prefer colder waters. There are some populations in tropical waters but it’s not too common.

This helped answer a lot of the questions I had after seeing this.

I spent the first 25 years of my life in Florida and I would have been shocked to see a killer whale there. I was taught as a kid that they were arctic animals!

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Sunflower_After_Dark t1_j3yo3s3 wrote

Lifelong FL native here. I’d never seen a whale shark in Florida until a few years ago in Tarpon Springs. I didn’t even know they were in the Gulf of Mexico. Then right afterwards, Great White shark sightings like every week. Didn’t know they were there either!

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