whales commonly die of starvation due to worn-down teeth. Rumours say that his death occurred after an accident caused by Davidson's shipmate, local retired pastoralist John Logan, during a storm. Logan fought Old Tom for the carcass of the whale, ending with Logan damaging some of Old Tom's teeth. This would eventually lead to the killer whale dying of starvation; a fate Logan was said to have felt guilty of inflicting from that day forward. Teeth and the determination of Old Toms' age Determining the exact age of killer whales in the wild was not possible until present. The cross-section of the teeth is often used to determine the age, similar to how the rings in the tree trunks are used to determine the tree's age. According to researchers in 1977, Old Tom's age was stated to be around 35 years. However, three generations of Davidson family whalers claim to have whaled with assistance of Old Tom, making him up to 80 years old.Old Tom's fascination with mooring lines and towing out fishing/whaling boats out in the open ocean, reflected by the half-circular pattern on his teeth, is documented in the Killer Whale Museum. By the late 1800s, the killer whale tooth wear was documented widely, specifically the peculiar pattern of the teeth, by professors of physiology and anatomy at the University of Copenhagen or by the British Museum. Results stated that killer whale teeth naturally wear down over the span of their lifetime, resulting in exposed pulp cavities and abscesses. Human-Orca Relationship Killer whales are the apex predators of the ocean, having no animal feed on them, while they feed on almost everything (beluga whales, mink whales, humpback whales, dolphins, other killer whales, seals, squid, fish, birds, etc.). However, humans are not the target of killer whales. There are many stories about shipwrecked sailors, e.g.in 1972 near Baja a sailor held on to his raft for hours, while three killer whales encircled him. There is one incident of an attack on a human in 1972, who survived. Killer whales usually spare humans, however humans will take out killer whales in fear of them interfering with their hunt. Similar relationships between Cetacean species and humans have been observed world-wide. While human-dolphin relationships are observed more frequently, relationships between killer whales and humans date back as early as the Roman times. Present The Killer Whale Museum was established in 1931 after