Seaworld's killer whales live as long as their wild counterparts

Friday, July 24, 2015 - 13:50 in Biology & Nature

A new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Mammalogy by the Oxford University Press adds important insights to the debate over how long killer whales in human care live. The study found no difference in life expectancy between killer whales born at SeaWorld and a well-studied population of wild killer whales.

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