Killer-whale uses dorsal fin as weapon

Motif

Killer-whale uses dorsal fin as weapon.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: attack and defense. · view the constellation · filed as A2461.3

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general Joshua: Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 236.

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Filed under Animal's means of defense.

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