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Polluted water

Killer whales are at the top of the food chain. They mainly eat rays, which in turn feed on scallops which are filter feeders and so pick up many pollutants. Pollutants can concentrate whilst going up the food chain. Fat soluble chemicals will lodge in their blubber.

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