有关拯救动物的英语作文【汇集20篇】

there are many kinds of animals in the world,but not only the humans.we live in the same world,and we should be friends.as everybody knows,the humans are the rulers of the world today,so we should protect our friends--the animals!

but how to protect them?as first,i think we must stop killing the rare birds and animals,especially the young ones.the second,we have to protect the environment,to make the sky blue,to make the grass green,to give the animals a comfortable space to live.it`s not only for the animals but also ourselves.the last,we should tell more and more people why and how to protect the animals,make everyone do this.

Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history。 Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers， for food， for sport， and simply because they were in the way。 Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever。 Hundreds more are on the danger list today。 About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger。

Why should people care？ Because we need animals， and because once they are gone， there will never be any more。 Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting。 They are more than just a source of food。 Every animal has its place in the balance of nature。 Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems。 For example， when farmers killed large numbers of hawks， the farmers stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice。 Why？ Because hawks eat rats and mice， with no hawks to keep down their numbers， the rats and mice multiplied quickly。

Luckily， some people are working to help save the animals。 Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem。 And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger。 Quite a few countries have passed laws。 These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list。 Slowly， the number of some animals in danger is growing。

I am the most intelligent Marine. Good magic. Very fun and very friendly to you humans Marine mammals, is a small and streamlined shape toothed cetaceans. My body like a fish, and general body length 4 ~ 5 meters, back 靑 black, with a white belly. On small fish. Shrimp. Squid, etc.

I am a swimmer and can swim 15 meters per second, can the fishing boat far behind, swimming, the entire surface of the skin can do Ann water waves, become and the shape of the wave is consistent; Reducing the friction of 90% of the water.

I can show, such as: playing table tennis. Jump fire, people often training my brain, to train it to complete the underwater operation. A trained dolphins can trace of the investigation to the fish. Can undertake port alert, rescue the victims and wrecked plane for sea and underwater in service.

Want to know me!

参考翻译

我是海洋中最聪明.善良神奇.极富情趣而且对你们人类十分友好的海洋哺乳动物，是一种身材小且呈流线型的齿鲸类。我体型似鱼，，一般体长4~5米以下，背部呈靑黑色，腹部呈白色。以小鱼.小虾.乌贼等为食。

我是游泳能手，每秒可游15米，能把渔船远远的抛在后面，游泳时，整个皮肤表面能安水流做波浪起伏，变得和水流波的形状一致;这就减少了90%的水的摩擦力。

我还能表演节目，如：打乒乓球.跳火圈等，人们常常训练我的大脑，来训练它完成水下作业。训练过的海豚可以侦查到鱼群的行踪。还能承担海港警戒，抢救遇难者以及寻找海上失事的飞机和海底沉船等在务。

想认识我吧!

[介绍海洋动物英语作文

One day, I went with the group to a nearby river. We wanted to check if it was clean. We did many scientific tests to see if the river was healthy. Surprisingly, it was! We still, though, took any rubbish we could find out of the river.We wanted to make sure fish could live there happily.

Recently, I helped the group plant flowers at our school. Were hoping the flowers will bloom this spring and make the school look beautiful. How did we pay for all the plants? We made T-shirts and sold them to our friends! Were still got some money left from selling the T-shirts. We hope to use it to buy some recycling bins for the school.

If you ask me what my favourite animal.I can tell you pandas are my favourite.I like the pandas not only because they are one of the Chinas treasures,but also because they looks cute.

Pandas are very fat and hairy. They have two colours:white and black.The pandasd face,back and stomach are all white, their eyes nose legs and arms are all black.

The pandas like eating bamboo. Using the paws,he chew the bamboo very slowly with his mouth.

There are two pandas called tuantuan and yuanyuan will send to Taiwan.

dog

I have a dog.His name is Bob.He is two years old.He is yellow and very fat.He has two big eyes.And he wears a black coat.I always play with him. My mother and my sister look after him every day. When I come back ,he often walk around me.He is very cute and friendly.I love him very much. Do you like him?

Writing (图画提纲式议论文)

Our Right Attitudes Toward Animals

Your essay should meet the requirements below:

1)Describe the cartoon and deduce the purpose of the drawer of the cartoon;

2)State the negative effects of eating wild animals; and

3)Give your suggestion as to how to solve the problem.

考研英语作文范文

As is depicted in the cartoon, both the cat and snake are on the table, with tears in their eyes, waiting to be eaten by humans. Through this picture, the drawer condemns the eating of wild animals.

Eating wild animals gives rise to a lot of negative effects. In the first place, as many wild animals carry parasites, when we eat them, the parasites enter our bodies, thus causing a lot of illnesses. In the second place, since animals are an indispensable part of our environment, the extinction of some animals may disturb the natural balance. Last but not least, eating wild animals is cruel.

Since eating animals causes so many harms, we should work together to put an end to the problem. On the one hand, the government should make stricter laws to prohibit people from eating wild animals. On the other hand, all the people should realize the harms of eating wild animals and refrain from doing so.

My favourite animal is the dog.They are so cute ,and are our honest friend.

We have a dog with grey furs and black eyes called Wangwang. Wangwang likes eating.My mother said that hes as greedy as I am.When we are having dinners,he usually crouches (蹲)in the face of us and looks at our food with hungry eyes . At that moment,I always cant help throwing the food in my mouth to him.

Every afternoon when i come back home from shool,Wangwang often runs to me and hug my legs.Hes so happy to see me back.When Im free ,I usually take him to play outside. We run in the field in Spring ,and swim in the river in Summer.Hes my best friend.

I love my dog—Wangwang.

If you ask me what the little animals I like, then Ill tell you that the little animal I like is the puppy.

My dogs hair is snow white, like snow falling on the dog like, pretty very beautiful! A pair of eyes watery, as if just under a spring rain, rain fell into his eyes like; Long tail, if the dust on the street, you can use the tail to sweep the dust clean.

Once I came home from school, I went to see the puppy. I bite it to eat it, but it not only does not eat, but also motionless, as if what was annoying. The original, the dog will have a baby ... ...

Baby is born, I love the dog more. But did not last long, the unfortunate thing happened. One day, the dog squatting in the mothers parking position, when my mother came back, my mother could not see, the dog fell asleep, do not know. At this time, my mother parked in that position. At this time, the dog was killed by her mother. See this scene, I was sad, continuous cry for 2 hours.

At this time, my feelings about the dog is still so deep, I feel reluctant to love the dogs death. Puppy i love you.

You cannot catch old birds with chaff.用粗糠捉不住老鸟。

you can lead a horse to water , but you cannot make him drink牵马到河易，逼马饮水难。

Unable to fly ,in vain the bird flaps his wings. 鸟儿不会飞，拍翅也枉然。

Trusted aids are eliminated when they have outlived their usefulness. 兔死狗烹。

The fox mourns the death of the hare. 兔死狐悲。

Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. 猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。

One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。

Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。

Early bird catches the worm。早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。

Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。

Better be a free bird than a captive king. 宁为自由鸟，不作被困王。

A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。

A rabbit isn’t to be harnessed. 兔子驾不了辕。

A horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。

Russian Scientists Surrounded by Polar Bears

俄罗斯科学家被北极熊包围

Relief supplies finally arrived on a remote Arctic island where a group of scientists had been trapped in a weather station. Up to a dozen polar bears had surrounded the station on the island of Troynoy and set up camp approximately two weeks ago. The bears were becoming more aggressive over time, killing one of the stations dogs and breaking a window. On Wednesday, a helicopter that picked up supplies from a nearby vessel arrived with dogs and flares and was able to scare away the bears and allow the researchers to get back to work.

救灾物资终于抵达了偏远的北极岛屿，有一批科学家被困在那里的气象站中。大约两周以前，十几只北极熊将特洛伊诺伊岛(Troynoy Island)上的一个气象站团团包围，并在那里安营扎寨。随着时间的流逝，北极熊变得越来越有攻击性，咬死了气象站的狗，还打破了窗户。周三，一架从附近船只上携带犬和照明弹物资的直升机到达岛屿，能够将北极熊吓走，让科学家正常工作。

my favourite animal

dolphin is my favourite animal.

it is one of the most precious animals. their bodies are very long, about one zhang（丈）. dolphins live in the sea. they live on fish, shrimps and so on.

dolphins are very friendly and peaceful. they never attack people. instead, they have saved many people in danger in the past years. how helpful the dolphins are!

dolphins are very clever. people often train them so that they can give a dolphin show which brings people a lot of happiness and joy.

unluckily, the number of dolphins is getting smaller and smaller. because of water pollution, there is less and less space for dolphins. many people make money by hunting dolphins. if we don’t protect them, maybe we’ll lose our good friends one day. as a student, i hope more and more people should take action

s to protect dolphins.

my favourite animal

my favourite animal is tortoise. tortoise walk not fast. but i like the tortoise. why? because, tortoise is a cute animal. it have a short tail and a four short foot. it have a little head and a hard shell. they are forty-five little and cute tortoise in my home. they like to play in the water. when they afraid some thing. they wall run fast. they like to eat the fish. i often buy some small fish to them to eat. they can catch the fish fast. first, they fake(假) sleep. when the fish swim near they mouth. they catch the fish fast and bit the fish head. so, the fish die. they can eat the fish. in winter. they like to sleep in the sand. when they sleep, they don’t eat any food.because they wall hibernation. but, when they are thirsty. they come out of the sand. so, we must give water to them to drink.

i love the tortoise. i hate the eagle. because, the eagle often eat

the tortoise with it sharp mouth.my favourite animal is tortoise.

there is only so much land on the earth, and so what we can do with it is limited. some people believe that human needs for farmland, housing and industry should come first, while others believe that some land should be set aside for endangered animals. i am of the opinion that we should reserve some land for the worlds animals for the following reasons.

first, mankinds need for land is constantly growing. if the demand is not checked in some way, humans will eventually develop all of the earths available land. at that time, mankind will have no more room to grow, and all the wild animals will have disappeared, as well as other valuable resources. second, humans are able to innovate and can use the land that they already possess in more efficient ways. animals are unable to do this. once their land is taken away from them they will die. third and last, endangered animals are an important part of the biodiversity of our planet. if they disappear, we cannot predict what the effect will be. therefore, we should treat such animals as a valuable resource to be protected.

to sum up, the worlds endangered animals are an important resource and we should protect them by setting aside some land for them. although mankinds need for land continues to grow, people are intelligent and inventive enough to put the land they have to better use. in this way, we can have enough land for farming, housing and industry, and preserve the biodiversity of the planet at the same time.

科学家们把现存的人类已知的动物分为无脊椎动物和脊椎动物两大类。科学家已经鉴别出46900多种脊椎动物。包括鲤鱼、黄鱼等鱼类动物，蛇、蜥蜴等爬行类动物，青蛙、娃娃鱼等两栖类动物，鸟类以及红熊猫等哺乳类动物等。下面是小编为大家精心推荐的有关于动物的英语作文，希望大家喜欢。

【关于动物的英语作文篇一】

Dolphin is my favourite animal.

It is one of the most precious animals. Their bodies are very long, about one zhang. Dolphins live in the sea. They live on fish, shrimps and so on.

Dolphins are very friendly and peaceful. They never attack people. Instead, they have saved many people in danger in the past years. How helpful the dolphins are!

Dolphins are very clever. People often train them so that they can give a dolphin show which brings people a lot of happiness and joy.

Unluckily, the number of dolphins is getting smaller and smaller. Because of water pollution, there is less and less space for dolphins. Many people make money by hunting dolphins. If we don’t protect them, maybe we’ll lose our good friends one day. As a student, I hope more and more people should take actions to protect dolphins.

【关于动物的英语作文篇二】

Elephant is the largest animal on land today. It weights some ninety kilograms and is about one metre high when born. When it is 12 years old, it studs over three meters and does not grow any more. Elephant is usually grey in color, having a long trunk with large ivory tusks protruding from each side of its mouth. Usually moving in groups and caring for each other, Elephant is know to be a very and gentle creamre. For many years people have used the strength of these poweful animals to move trees and heavy logs. Elephant has been and is a vital tool for people to do many things that would normally be imposs-ible. Elephant is and will continue to be one of the greatest creatures man has ever come into contact with. Its size. beauty, and power willforever be useful to man.

【关于动物的英语作文篇三】

My pet is a lovely dog.Its name is "dian dian".because there are a lot of black circle on its skin.the "dian dian" is very friendly.Many childen like play with him.His favourite food is meat bones. His favourite toy is a doll. dian dian likes to run very much.It can run very fast and it has a girl friend.its name "na na".There are a lot of black circle on its skin,too.I like my pet very much.It is a good pet!!

【关于动物的英语作文篇四】

My favorite animals are swans.they are white.they can swim very well.I think they look like a beautiful girl in a white dress.they have a pair of wings and they can also fly well.I believe they are angles from the sky.they bring us love and make us happy.they are always friendly to us.We cant hurt them,because they are our friend.I love them!I like dogs,too.they are not beautiful,but they are the best friends.they keep the thieves away.Dogs have the best listening and eyes.they can hear in the nosiy,see in the dark.If we are in danger,they will help us at once.And they dont mind their lives.So,I love them.

【关于动物的英语作文篇五】

I like dogs, because they are man’s good friends. They can do many helpful things to us, such as guarding our houses, greeting guests, helping the police, and so on. Some trained dogs can even lead the blind people and save people’s lives. So they‘re treated as our family members. I hope someday dogs will be in great harmony with human-beings.

【关于动物的英语作文篇六】

I have a dog,his name is Joy.He is very lovely like other dogs.When he feels happy,he always wags his tail.When he wants to eat food,he often follows me until I give him something to eat.I really like him.When I feel sad,he often stays with me as if he knew why I was sad.Thanks to him,he puts me out of my misery,so that I can live happily.He let me know dogs are humans best friends.

【关于动物的英语作文篇七】

Panda is one of the scarcest animals. People in the world like it very much. there used to be many pandas in China long ago. As the balance of nature was destroyed and the weather was getting warmer and warmer, pandas became less. But at present, the number of pandas is increasing year by year. there are now so many pandas that some are being sent to other countries so that people there can enjoy them.

Nowadays, the biggest nature park for panda in China is in Sichuan. there is a research centre for nature and wild life there. Scientists hope that one day they will have enough pandas to be set free and let them live in the wild again.

【关于动物的英语作文篇八】

Do you know what kind of animal I like most? It’s monkey. Monkey is a kind of lovely animal. Many people like monkeys very much. Generally, monkey has small body covered with fur. Some kinds of monkeys have two big eyes and ears and a long tail. I can see them on TV or the zoo. Every time I go to the zoo, I will go to see them. Monkeys often stay in trees and jump between them. They are so lively and favorable. When they are happy, they will act for visitors. It’s very funny.

There are many animals around us, such as: kittens, puppies, birds ... they are all objects of our love.

I keep a lovely puppy, and I call it black. He is my most faithful friend. Every time I came home from school, the dog will squat on the ground to shake my tail, Mimi smile, very cute! At night, I finished the meal, went to feed the dog to eat. Puppy eat with relish, but also kept Wang! Wang! Wang! As if to say: "This meal is delicious, thank you friends!

Puppy still have a skill, you know? That is to catch the thief. At night the dog is my home "police". Once the thief into our village, the puppy will issue an alarm to inform all the police officers to catch the thief, to the last thief surrendered, the dog can be on the list.

There are many families in the world, the family kept a cute little animal. They take care of the small animals healthy and healthy, and they are very smart. But some people put the lovely little animals as their own enemies, all day abuse of small animals, the small animals were vicious "law", it is too gas! I hope that in this "big family", everyone can protect every animal here, care about it, love it.

Lets love each other and love every animal here!

Today, I went to the park with my parents. I saw monkey, giraffe and so on. When we took a break in the lake, I saw a lot of goldfish in the lake. People threw food into the water, then suddenly all the fish came and ate the food. It was a crowd of fish, and I was shocked, but then they went away quickly.

今天，我和父亲母亲去公园了。我看到了猴子，长颈鹿等。我们在湖边休息的时候，我看到湖里有许多金鱼。人们把食物扔到水里，突然所有的鱼都来抢食物。很大一群鱼，我震惊了，不过很快它们就散开了

Mark suddenly had a bad bellyache before class began this morning. His classmates immediately sent him to the Peoples Hospital nearby. In the hospital, the doctor gave him a medical check-up. The result of the examination showed that he was suffering from acute appendicitis and he needed an operation right away.

The monitor of his class quickly called Marks father and asked him to come to the hospital at once. After a while,Marks father came and the operation began in no time. Several days later,Mark recovered.

Please love our animals, we have a lot of animals around us, such as: stray dogs, stray cats, etc. They have also been favored, and now why they wandering out, that is not because we humans? We put them away from the side, one by the owner only abandoned the little mind how to think, humans have not thought about their life and death. Some people are sad because of a dead bird, but no one to control the animals around. I want to say, "Please take care of the animals around us, keep them healthy and happy, let them have a warm home!"

[对动物关爱的英语作文

英文

The giantPanda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca) ("black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, ears and on its rotund body. Though technically a carnivore, the panda has a diet which is 98% bamboo. However, they may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, and yams.

The Giant Panda is an endangered animal; an estimated 3,000 pandas live in the wild and over 180 were reported to live in captivity by August 2006 in mainland China[3] (another source by the end of 2006 put the figure for China at 221)， with twenty pandas living outside of China.[citation needed] However, reports show that the numbers of wild panda are on the rise.

The giant panda has long been a favorite of the public, at least partly on account of the fact that the species has an appealing baby-like cuteness that makes it seem to resemble a living teddy bear. The fact that it is usually depicted reclining peacefully eating bamboo, as opposed to hunting, also adds to its image of innocence. Though the giant panda is often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, usually assumed to be out of irritation rather than predatory behavior.

The Giant Panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat. Adults measure around 1.5 m long and around 75 cm tall at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 115 kg (253 pounds)。 Females are generally smaller than males, and can occasionally weigh up to 100 kg (220 pounds)。 Giant Pandas live in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. While the Chinese dragon has been historically a national emblem for China, since the latter half of the 20th century the Giant Panda has also become an informal national emblem for China. Its image appears on a large number of modern Chinese commemorative silver, gold, and platinum coins.

The Giant Panda has an unusual paw, with a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone, which helps the panda to hold the bamboo while eating. Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay about this, then used the title The Pandas Thumb for a book of essays concerned with evolution and intelligent design. The Giant Panda has a short tail, approximately 15 cm long. Giant Pandas can usually live to be 20-30 years old while living in captivity.

Until recently, scientists thought giant pandas spent most of their lives alone, with males and females meeting only during the breeding season. Recent studies paint a different picture, in which small groups of pandas share a large territory and sometimes meet outside the breeding season.

Like most subtropical mammals, but unlike most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate.

Pandas eating bamboo at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous, which consists almost exclusively of bamboo. This is an evolutionarily recent adaptation. Pandas lack the proper enzymes to digest bamboo efficiently, and thus derive little energy and little protein from it.

While primarily herbivorous, the panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth, and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the pandas bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements.

译文

大熊猫(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(“黑白偷偷前进”)是哺乳动物分类在小熊一家,熊科,产于中国中西部和西南部。它很容易被大,独特的黑斑的眼睛、耳朵和圆胖的身体。虽然技术上一个食肉动物,熊猫竹子节食是98%。然而,他们可以吃其他的食物,如蜂蜜、鸡蛋、鱼、和山药。

大熊猫是一种濒危动物,估计有3000只大熊猫生活在野外,180多人被报道在囚禁2006年8月在中国大陆[3](另一个源图中国到2006年底将在221年),与二十熊猫中国以外的生活。[引文需要]然而,报告显示,野生熊猫的数量在上升。

大熊猫一直是最喜欢的公众,至少部分的物种有一个吸引人的事实婴儿的可爱,使它看起来像一个活生生的泰迪熊。事实通常是描述和平躺吃竹子,而不是打猎,也增加了其纯真的形象。虽然大熊猫通常认为善良,因为他们可爱,他们已经知道攻击人类,通常认为是刺激而不是掠夺性行为。

大熊猫有一个非常独特的黑白相间的外套。成年人测量长约1.5米,肩高75厘米左右。男性可重达115公斤(253磅)。女性通常比男性小,并且可以偶尔重达100公斤(220磅)。大熊猫生活在山区,如四川、甘肃、陕西、西藏。而中国龙已经在历史上中国的国徽,20世纪下半叶以来,大熊猫也成为中国的一个非正式的国徽。其形象出现在大量的现代中国纪念银、金、铂硬币。

大熊猫有一个不寻常的爪子,“拇指”和五个手指,“拇指”实际上是修改后的籽骨,这有助于熊猫竹子而吃。斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德写了一篇,然后使用熊猫的拇指一本书的标题文章关心的进化和智能设计。大熊猫有一个短尾巴,长约15厘米。大熊猫通常可以活到20 - 30岁住在囚禁的时候。

直到最近,科学家们认为大熊猫的大部分时间都是自己一个人住,与男性和女性会议只在繁殖季节。最近的研究描绘了一幅不同的画面,一小群熊猫分享大量领土和有时满足在繁殖季节。

像大多数亚热带哺乳动物,但与大多数熊,大熊猫不冬眠。

熊猫吃竹子在华盛顿国家动物园,华盛顿特区尽管其分类学分类作为一个食肉动物,熊猫的饮食主要是食草的,几乎都是由竹子。这是一个最近的进化适应。熊猫缺乏适当的酶消化竹子效率,从而获得一点一点能量和蛋白质。

虽然主要食草,熊猫仍然明显熊的牙齿,并将吃肉,鱼,和鸡蛋时可用。被囚禁,动物园通常保持大熊猫吃竹子,尽管一些提供特殊配方饼干或其他膳食补充剂。

我们地球上有许多有益的动物，我们要保护它们。

There are many useful animal we on earth, we should protect them.

青蛙它是两栖动物。它生活在水里，或在靠近水边的地方。它专门吃田里害虫。它是农作物的“忠诚卫士”，是天然的捕虫机。一只青蛙平均一天吃70只害虫，一年能吃掉15000条害虫。

Frog it is amphibious animal. It lives in the water, or in close proximity to the waters. It is designed for field pests. It is the crop "loyal guards", is a natural insect catching machine. The average of a frog to eat 70 pests a day, a year can eat 15000 pests.

蜻蜓也很厉害。一只蜻蜓一个小时能吃20个蝇子或840只蚊子，真令人惊讶!

Dragonfly is also very powerful. A dragonfly one hour to eat 20 or 840 mosquitoes fly, really surprising!

燕子就更厉害了，它一只燕子一个夏天就能吃掉50万条害虫，燕子真是人类的好帮手!

The swallow is even more powerful, it is a swallow a summer can eat 500000 pests, swallow is a really good helper!

蜜蜂可以给我们人类带来甜甜的蜜，它也对我们有益的，我们要保护它。

Bees can give us to bring sweet honey, it is good for us, we must protect it.

地球上的有益动物，我们都要保护它们。

Useful animal on earth, we should protect them.

Orcas are not related to whales at all, other than being ocean-dwelling mammals. Rather, they are close kin to dolphins. While it was believed that they were a single species, recent research indicates that they may, in fact, be comprised of several different species of Orca. You can find them in every ocean in the world, though they tend to favor the colder waters around Antarctica and the North Atlantic or Pacific. The only predator they possess is humankind. While theres a deadly standoff between the two species, Orcas proliferate in the wild, and have an incredible life span. The males usually live as long as sixty or seventy years, while the females—who are excluded from the sometimes-violent competition for mates—may live a hundred years or more in the wild.

虽名虎鲸，但不同于海洋其他哺乳动物，非鲸目，海豚科的近亲。此前一直认为虎鲸只有一种，但最近的调查显示虎鲸种类繁多。部分虎鲸会终年停留于南极、大西洋北部和太平洋等温度较低的海域，但总体来看，它们的活动范围几乎覆盖全世界水域。它们堪称海上霸王，唯一的天敌也只有人类了。虎鲸全年都可以交配，数量庞大，雄鲸的平均寿命在60到70年左右，野生雌鲸不同于雄鲸经常参与猎杀食物，寿命可达100年甚至更长。

Theyve been observed reaching speeds of around 30 miles per hour, although some Orcas may utilize much greater bursts of speed, based upon their favored prey. Resident pods in the Pacific Northwest have shown a decided preference for salmonids—specifically, Chinook salmon. This presents a conflict with the goals of companies that rely on high yields of salmon for profit. Several communities of killer whale seem to favor beach and ice floe ambush approaches, snatching seals and walruses or even sea birds from their resting places. Others, located in the Southern Hemisphere, take up the challenge of hunting sharks in the open sea, as well as feeding on species of rays and other fish abundant in the cold southern waters.

虎鲸约时速30英里，当然也有爆发力更强的，为了追捕中意的猎物，时速可以更快。太平洋西北海域的虎鲸族群偏爱三文鱼，尤其是大鳞三文鱼。这就和沿岸经营三文鱼生意的公司产生一定的利益冲突。虎鲸族群喜欢在浮冰区伏击猎物，捕杀海豹、海象或者在这里歇脚的海鸟。在南半球海域里，有些虎鲸还会在公海里捕杀鲨鱼，也会以鳐和其他鱼类为食。