Killer whale (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Killer whale" in Simple English language version.

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bucknell.edu (Global: 671^st place; Simple English: 258^th place)

departments.bucknell.edu

Mead, J.G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; Simple English: 21^st place)

edition.cnn.com

SeaWorld trainer killed by killer whale Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, February 25, 2010, Retrieved 2010-09-09

crru.org.uk (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Killer whale. Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit. Retrieved 2010-02-18

dal.ca (Global: 8,634^th place; Simple English: 6,676^th place)

whitelab.biology.dal.ca

Rendell, Luke, and Hal Whitehead (2001). "Culture in whales and dolphins". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24 (2): 309–324. doi:10.1017/S0140525X0100396X. PMID 11530544. S2CID 24052064. Retrieved 2010-03-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

Reeves, R.; Pitman, R. L.; Ford, J. K. B. (2017). "Orcinus orca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15421A50368125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15421A50368125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Marino, Lori; Connor, Richard C.; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Herman, Louis M.; Hof, Patrick R.; Lefebvre, Louis; Lusseau, David; McCowan, Brenda; Nimchinsky, Esther A.; Pack, Adam A.; Rendell, Luke; Reidenberg, Joy S.; Reiss, Diana; Uhen, Mark D.; Van Der Gucht, Estel; Whitehead, Hal (May 5, 2007). "Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition". PLOS Biology. 5 e139. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139. PMC 1868071. PMID 17503965.
Rendell, Luke, and Hal Whitehead (2001). "Culture in whales and dolphins". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24 (2): 309–324. doi:10.1017/S0140525X0100396X. PMID 11530544. S2CID 24052064. Retrieved 2010-03-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

globalanimal.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Meyers, Cara (May 28, 2014). "Seaworld's Lies Sink to New Low". Global Animal. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

google.com (Global: 109^th place; Simple English: 115^th place)

Mead, J.G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

iucnredlist.org (Global: 39^th place; Simple English: 22^nd place)

Reeves, R.; Pitman, R. L.; Ford, J. K. B. (2017). "Orcinus orca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15421A50368125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15421A50368125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

killerwhale.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Killer whale games" (PDF). Blackfish Sounder. 13: 5. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

livescience.com (Global: 1,726^th place; Simple English: 471^st place)

Pitman, Robert L. Scientist has 'snowball fight' with a Killer Whale. Live Science, February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-07

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; Simple English: 5^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Pitman, Robert; Robertson, Kelly M. & Leduc, Richard G. 2008. Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species. Biology Letters 4 (4): 426–9.
Marino, Lori; Connor, Richard C.; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Herman, Louis M.; Hof, Patrick R.; Lefebvre, Louis; Lusseau, David; McCowan, Brenda; Nimchinsky, Esther A.; Pack, Adam A.; Rendell, Luke; Reidenberg, Joy S.; Reiss, Diana; Uhen, Mark D.; Van Der Gucht, Estel; Whitehead, Hal (May 5, 2007). "Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition". PLOS Biology. 5 e139. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139. PMC 1868071. PMID 17503965.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Marino, Lori; Connor, Richard C.; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Herman, Louis M.; Hof, Patrick R.; Lefebvre, Louis; Lusseau, David; McCowan, Brenda; Nimchinsky, Esther A.; Pack, Adam A.; Rendell, Luke; Reidenberg, Joy S.; Reiss, Diana; Uhen, Mark D.; Van Der Gucht, Estel; Whitehead, Hal (May 5, 2007). "Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition". PLOS Biology. 5 e139. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139. PMC 1868071. PMID 17503965.
Rendell, Luke, and Hal Whitehead (2001). "Culture in whales and dolphins". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24 (2): 309–324. doi:10.1017/S0140525X0100396X. PMID 11530544. S2CID 24052064. Retrieved 2010-03-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

nwf.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,889^th place)

blog.nwf.org

Price, Mary (2013-07-22). "Orcas: How Science Debunked Superstition". The National Wildlife Federation Blog. Retrieved 2025-07-29.

orlandosentinel.com (Global: 798^th place; Simple English: 661^st place)

Spear, Kevin. How smart are killer whales – and can they decide to kill a person? Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Orlando Sentinel, 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2010-03-07

paleobiobd.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 9,433^rd place)

"Orcinus (killer whale)". Fossilworks.org.^{[permanent dead link]}

seaworld.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 2,311^th place)

"Killer Whales: physical characteristics". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; Simple English: 11^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Rendell, Luke, and Hal Whitehead (2001). "Culture in whales and dolphins". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24 (2): 309–324. doi:10.1017/S0140525X0100396X. PMID 11530544. S2CID 24052064. Retrieved 2010-03-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

"Killer Whales: physical characteristics". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
Spear, Kevin. How smart are killer whales – and can they decide to kill a person? Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Orlando Sentinel, 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2010-03-07
"Killer whale games" (PDF). Blackfish Sounder. 13: 5. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
SeaWorld trainer killed by killer whale Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, February 25, 2010, Retrieved 2010-09-09

whales.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

us.whales.org

"Facts about orcas (killer whales) - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA". Retrieved 2025-07-29.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Mead, J.G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; Simple English: 23^rd place)

Killer whale attacks unsuspecting girl

Killer whale (Simple English Wikipedia)

bucknell.edu (Global: 671st place; Simple English: 258th place)

departments.bucknell.edu

cnn.com (Global: 36th place; Simple English: 21st place)

edition.cnn.com

crru.org.uk (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

dal.ca (Global: 8,634th place; Simple English: 6,676th place)

whitelab.biology.dal.ca

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; Simple English: 2nd place)

globalanimal.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

google.com (Global: 109th place; Simple English: 115th place)

iucnredlist.org (Global: 39th place; Simple English: 22nd place)

killerwhale.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

livescience.com (Global: 1,726th place; Simple English: 471st place)

nih.gov (Global: 5th place; Simple English: 5th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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nwf.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,889th place)

blog.nwf.org

orlandosentinel.com (Global: 798th place; Simple English: 661st place)

paleobiobd.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 9,433rd place)

seaworld.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 2,311th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15th place; Simple English: 11th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; Simple English: 1st place)

whales.org (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

us.whales.org

worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; Simple English: 6th place)

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youtube.com (Global: 13th place; Simple English: 23rd place)

bucknell.edu (Global: 671^st place; Simple English: 258^th place)

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; Simple English: 21^st place)

dal.ca (Global: 8,634^th place; Simple English: 6,676^th place)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

google.com (Global: 109^th place; Simple English: 115^th place)

iucnredlist.org (Global: 39^th place; Simple English: 22^nd place)

livescience.com (Global: 1,726^th place; Simple English: 471^st place)

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; Simple English: 5^th place)

nwf.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,889^th place)

orlandosentinel.com (Global: 798^th place; Simple English: 661^st place)

paleobiobd.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 9,433^rd place)

seaworld.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 2,311^th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; Simple English: 11^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; Simple English: 23^rd place)