I am member 202! I found you guys during my research of orcas on the Web. I am an artist living in Northern VA and have been sculpting and painting animals of every kind for the last ten years. I have always loved the creatures of the sea and I am working on a series of paintings centered on Marine mammals.

I am searching for accurate information on the anatomy and specifically muscle structure of Orcas. I can find tons of external information (one of the best was this group by the way!)but nothing on what's actually under that gorgeous shell!

Any help on sources would be greatly appreciated!

Look forward to exploring more of this group and Care2!

Sincerely,
Rick

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Just like to say we now have 200 members in our group.  Thanks for taking action these past months  and being involved...

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Hey Teresa:

Thank you for the Thank You!.. I am happy to keep the news flooding in as I live in the San Juans.. and with resident pods and being a docent at the Whale Museum I have a pretty good handle at what is happening. So I am happy to keep posting Resident pod news.. etc... I can help in anyway possible. I hope you are having a Fabulous Day..

Hugs, Raven Sky

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First I like to thank Raven for all her recent posts.

And to answer Claudi.. Yes this group needs  a little cleaning.

Plus I did send you a reply to your earlier message so i'll bring it to the group now.

The Orca group does it best each day to aware of the issues at hand however you need to realize that in human nature people look the other way no matter how hard you try to resolve a situation...so keep posting THX

Claudia. ... I have a deep commitment to doing local community work... a lot of it is spent in the field.. iI have to vary this from week to week depending on my time and issues at hand, so yes at times I spend time away from the computer....

Since I live on the West Coast and you are Netherlands our perspectives will always varies on what needs to done on a global basis.  As long we are doing our best... small changes do ripple out and reaches  other people.... we are all connected.

I will see what I can do shortly and clean up the old threads.

Respectfully submitted - Teresa

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Stacey, that's awesome, thank you.

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 To Stacey, Thanks for a True hearted Comment.  - Teresa

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Where I live we see the Orca whales periodically.  I am orginally from Newfoundland, Canada.  The waters are both cold and warm which draws the Orca close to our province.

Thank you Larry, for letting me know of this group.

Katie

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Attention members, please review action needed on our petitions and other alerts.  We need to remain firm in our belief for biodiversty of our planet. Thank you for taking the time to read and helping our planet.

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Yes Sam, if it's important, post it.  Check with the other threads first both active and in the archives.

 I have been quite busy these last several days   We are up to 24 members now.  I hope that we can all get together and keep each other informed on orca issues as well as other marine issues.

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I totally agree with Susan,

I think  Orcas are amazing.. and all of them should live free.

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for joining the group these last few days.  WE are on the 'map" with the network. - Teresa

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