'An enormous mass of flesh armed with teeth': How orcas gained their 'killer' reputation
From Pliny the Elder to the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, historians and naturalists have found many ways to describe these fascinating apex predators.
Hanne Strager
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Hanne Strager is a biologist, whale researcher, and the future Director of Exhibitions and Visitor Experience at The Whale, a museum in Norway set to open in 2025. She cofounded a whale center in Norway and has served as the Director of Exhibitions at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. She is the author of "The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas" and "A Modest Genius: The Story of Darwin’s Life and How His Ideas Changed Everything."
