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Neonatal mortality is very high in captivity neonatal mortality is between 37 and 50. Christensen 1982 1984 or survival rates of captive animals Small and DeMaster 1995. Pin On Take Action When factored in at birth the average life expectancy of southern and northern resident killer. Killer whale life expectancy . The photo-identification of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest began in 1973 and provides one of the longest cetacean field studies ever. And male killer whales can live to be 50 60 years old but usually live until around their 30s. The values SeaWorld presents are for these whales during a decade of elevated mortality due to catastrophic salmon crashes along the Pacific coast of North America Olesiuk et al. National Geographic travels to Prince William Sound in Alaska to meet. Looking for Killer Whales 26 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. There have been no recorded attacks on humans in the wild yet multiple attacks in captivity three of which were fat