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Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as orca)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,092 ratings — published 2002
Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as orca)
avg rating 4.38 — 589 ratings — published 2013
The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as orca)
avg rating 4.26 — 425 ratings — published 2013
Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as orca)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,289 ratings — published 2015
Orca: The Whale Called Killer (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as orca)
avg rating 4.40 — 431 ratings — published 1981
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as orca)
avg rating 4.20 — 7,606 ratings — published 2015
Endangered Orcas: The Story of the Southern Residents (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as orca)
avg rating 4.77 — 162 ratings — published 2019
Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in science, art and history (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orca)
avg rating 4.53 — 139 ratings — published 2020
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as orca)
avg rating 4.18 — 364 ratings — published
Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as orca)
avg rating 4.44 — 274 ratings — published 2005
The Last Sunset in the West: Britain’s Vanishing West Coast Orcas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 4.02 — 220 ratings — published 2023
Killer Whales of the World: Natural History And Conservation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 4.48 — 29 ratings — published 2002
Operation Orca: Springer, Luna and the Struggle to Save West Coast Killer Whales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 4.17 — 71 ratings — published 2007
Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 4.28 — 47 ratings — published 1981
Oxford Bookworms Library: Orca: Starter: 250-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Starter)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.75 — 177 ratings — published 2006
Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,735 ratings — published
Responsible (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.75 — 99 ratings — published 2007
Big Guy (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.28 — 131 ratings — published 2008
Home Invasion (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.55 — 130 ratings — published 2005
House Party (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.55 — 250 ratings — published 2007
Crush (Library Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,941 ratings — published 2006
Something Girl (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.92 — 445 ratings — published 2005
Breathless (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 3 times as orca)
avg rating 3.36 — 200 ratings — published 2005
Baby Drag Queen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.03 — 98 ratings — published
Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.93 — 123 ratings — published 2005
A Puget Sound Orca in Captivity: The Fight To Bring Lolita Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.37 — 76 ratings — published 2019
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.28 — 539 ratings — published 2016
Dreaming in Color (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.74 — 119 ratings — published
He Who Dreams (Orca Limelights)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.66 — 243 ratings — published
Puget Sound Whales for Sale: The Fight to End Orca Hunting (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.39 — 148 ratings — published 2014
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (The Vanderbeekers, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.11 — 29,443 ratings — published 2017
Killer whales: A study of their identification, genealogy, and natural history in British Columbia and Washington State (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published 1987
Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeastern Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.75 — 24 ratings — published 1999
Three Good Things (Orca Currents)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.22 — 45 ratings — published 2015
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.11 — 119,739 ratings — published 2016
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.22 — 131,692 ratings — published 2016
The Nameless City (The Nameless City, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,360 ratings — published 2016
Booked (The Crossover, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.17 — 20,271 ratings — published 2016
Melissa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.09 — 48,280 ratings — published 2015
Breaking Point (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.44 — 72 ratings — published 2012
Pinch Me (Orca Soundings)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.83 — 18 ratings — published 2017
Flower Power (Orca Currents)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 3.53 — 45 ratings — published 2005
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as orca)
avg rating 4.49 — 120,713 ratings — published 2015
“Every bar that’s set to prove human superiority to orcas seems to be as easy for the whales to jump as the hurdles set out for them at SeaWorld. Orcas fit every definition for humanity humans have come up with that doesn’t require opposable thumbs.”
― The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
― The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
“But what if the capture of the young calf had never occurred? Tilikum might still be swimming free in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, chasing his cherished herring, perhaps alongside his mother. He might be surrounded by siblings, nieces, and nephews, and his grandmother might still be leading the pod.
An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
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An oceanic Tilikum would be gliding through his boundless home with fearless power and majestic grace, his fin erect, his teeth intact, his interactions with humans minimal and nonlethal. There would be no need for gelatin or Tagamet, antibiotics or isolation.
And of course, if Tilikum had never been wrenched away from his family and friends, entirely for the amusement of humans, the family and friends of Keltie Byrne, Daniel Dukes, and Dawn Brancheau might not be grieving to this day.
Tilikum was trying to tell us something. It was time to listen.”
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