|
Interviewees reporting first-hand observations
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10
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
17
|
|
Interviewees reporting second-hand observations and stories
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
18
|
|
Interviewees providing descriptions of attacks and attack methods
|
10
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
21
|
|
Killer whales:
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...circle the bowhead, to keep it from escaping while others attack
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1
| |
1
| |
2
|
|
...hold the whale underwater and/or cover the blowhole, to drown it
|
8
|
2
|
2
| |
12
|
|
...bite and hold on to the whale by the front flippers and/or tail flukes
|
5
| |
1
|
2
|
8
|
|
...ram the whale in the side "to break ribs", and tear chunks out of the belly
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
13
|
|
Interviewees reporting dead bowhead whales that were killed by killer whales
|
16
|
1
|
5
| |
22
|
|
Interviewees providing descriptions of dead bowheads
|
9
| |
2
| |
11
|
|
Hunters find dead bowhead whales:
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...with killer whale teeth marks on the flippers, tail, belly, and baleen
|
3
| |
2
| |
5
|
|
...with large chunks torn out and their bellies ripped open
|
5
| |
2
| |
7
|
|
...that have broken bones, busted ribs
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1
| | | |
1
|
|
...that are fresh kills, still warm
|
3
| | | |
3
|
|
...that are fresh enough for meat and muktuk to be collected from
|
2
| | | |
2
|
|
...that were killed for fun and not eaten, wasted by the killer whales
|
4
| | | |
4
|
|
...that are being scavenged by polar bears
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1
| | | |
1
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