Orcas off B.C.’s coast love the taste of shark

But they’re wearing their teeth flat on the abrasive skin of the sleeper shark, study says

By Larry Pynn, Vancouver SunJanuary 17, 2011 Scientists know little about the offshore killer whales, identified off the coast in 1989, due to their nomadic movements.

Photograph by: Brian Gisborne, handout

A mysterious population of offshore killer whales in B.C. are specialists at killing sharks — to the detriment of their teeth...