Killer Whales eat 670 chinooks a day ?

rsj1 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:01 pm **Posts:** 42

Where are you going to find common sense in a government department?

Moisture Missile · **Joined:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 1263

Lure-washer wrote:

I looked up that report, and it looks like the Times Colonist got it a little bit distorted.
They neglected to devide the number of salmon per day by the number of salmon,
to get the number each whale eats.
That brings the number down to a much more reasonable number.
They still eat a good number of salmon though.
Lure-washer

So they don't eat 23 Million chinook a year, phew I thought they were going to eat every fish in the ocean at that rate.

leapinglingcod · **Joined:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:56 pm **Posts:** 65

The amount was 145 lbs per whale per day and up to 42% more for a lactating whale. That's not too hard to believe.

Killer Whales eat 670 chinooks a day ?

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