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Budgerigar or Budgie are also called Parakeets in the USA and also known as the English Parakeet.
None are native to UK and are only kept as pets or in wildlife parks/zoos. Interestingly the Ringneck Parakeet was either released or escaped into the wilds of London and there is now quite a flock who live there and expanding. Although they are not native to UK they are certainly thriving.
Budgerigars are native to Australia.
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Orca aka Killer Whale
16 – There are 52 Orcas in captivity all over the world
Killer whales, more properly known as orcas, have been kept in captivity since 1961, helpless victims of a blatantly commercial experiment which has seen dozens of wild orcas plucked from their families and forced to live in artificial social groupings which bear scant resemblance to their natural order.
As of August 2014, there were fifty-two killer whales held in captivity in eight countries. Twenty-eight of them were in the United States. Of these killer whales, eighteen were captured from the wild and thirty-four were born and raised in captivity.17 – In the wild, they can live between 50 and 80 years.
One female orca even lived to 103 ! In captivity, however, orcas’ life expectancies are cut short. In captivity, they tend to die young – in their 30s.18 – They can control the flow of blood to their organs
Indeed, Orcas are able to control the flow of blood to their hearts and brains, which keeps them from suffering from a lack of oxygen when they are deep underwater.19 – They spend most of their time looking for food
Orcas spend 60% of their time foraging for food. They do not migrate, but they have been known to travel hundreds of miles to find fresh food that is in “season”20 – They are very fast swimmers
Orcas are among the fastest swimming marine mammals. They can swim as fast as 48 kph (30 mph), but they usually cruise at much slower speeds, about 3-10 kph (2-6 mph)!
