Akhlut

Interestingly, another name for an orca is sea wolf, stemming from a time when it was believed that the ocean and the land shared variants of the same animals; possible explanations are a descendant of ambulocetids. From the Inuit word akh’-lut, which means "orca" or "black fish.".

The last known terrestrial whale, closely linked to Pakicetus and modern whales, is called the Akhlut. Akhluts have several characteristics in common with orcas, including a body that is generally starkly contrasted in black and white—most often, black on the upper side and white on the underside. White covers the entire lower jaw, and the coloration continues from there through the bottom to the genital region, narrowing between the flippers before opening up somewhat and expanding into lateral flank patches near the finish.

The eyes have white patches behind them, the underside of the tail fluke is likewise white, and a grey or white "saddle patch" runs over the back and behind the dorsal fin. Additionally, the black and white skin patterns in the vaginal regions differ between males and females. Their young are yellow-colored. The forelimbs of Akhlut are webbed like their hindlimbs and have fins for swimming. They also have bump-headedness, blue eyes, high fins, and tail flukes.

Stories about the Akhlut are based on wolf tracks that appear to finish at the water. This animal can freeze its foes by inhaling ice water into its mouth. Akhlut, like wolves and dogs, use their exceptional hearing and acute sense of smell via their blowhole to locate prey by echolocation, which did not exist in Pakicetus prior to the toothed whales. These curious and sociable organisms are constantly interacting with their surroundings, which are neither hot nor cold.

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Reproduction

Akhlut's reproduction is inferred from related species:

• They certainly laid birth on both land and water.

• Gestation likely similar to modern hoofed mammals (whales' closest land relatives).

• Akhlut gave birth to a single well-developed calf.

It has been said that this is a dangerous creature, but most of the Inuit did not know what was attacking them while trying to get fish out in the Arctic Sea. The only thing they could think of was the wolf tracks coming out of the water.

Threats

• Bycatch in gillnets (leading cause of mortality).

• Habitat loss due to dam construction and river modification.

• Pollution—industrial waste, pesticides, heavy metals.

• Boat traffic and noise pollution.

• Overfishing, reducing their food supply.

• Climate change altering river flow and salinity.

• Climate change affecting breeding temperatures.

• Invasive predators (rats) at breeding areas.

Conservation Status

• IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (DD)

Conservation Efforts

• Establishing protected areas.

• Reducing or banning gillnets.

• Community-based conservation and monitoring.

• Rescue and rehabilitation programs.

• Habitat protection.

• Anti-poaching enforcement.

• Awareness campaigns against illegal pet trade.

The Akhlut was in the northern hemisphere's Arctic Ocean. Although low-density Akhlut communities can be found across the circumpolar Arctic, they are more prevalent in ice-covered, shallower areas close to the continental shelf where biological productivity is increased by currents or upwellings. During the summer open water season, both land-based and aquatic life hibernate.

• Movement Pattern: Nomadic

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Amphibious

• Habitat: Polar; Tundra; Taiga; Cold River; Cold Pond; Cold Littoral; Cold Intertidal; Kelp Forest); Neritic Zone (Cold); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Benthic Zone.

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  • Extant (Resident): Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Russia; Sweden; Ukraine; United States

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhlut

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Akhlut

• https://abookofcreatures.com/2017/01/23/kak-whan-u-ghat-kig-u-lu-nik/

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Akhlut-889764424