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An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s. [2]
Attacks by orcas, or killer whales, on boats in the Strait of Gibraltar are increasing. ... Spain’s arid coast looms in one direction; the tip of Africa in another, less than 10 miles away. From ...
The main prey of the strap-tooth beaked whale is thought to be oceanic squid species. In an extensive dietary analysis of 14 stranded whales from New Zealand and South Africa, 94.8% of the stomach contents were composed of cephalopods, with evidence of some fish and crustaceans. [7]
The false killer whale is an apex predator, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters. [32] [33] Generally, the false killer whale targets a wide array of squid and fish of various sizes during daylight hours. [9] [34] They typically target large species of fish, such as mahi-mahi, wahoo and tuna.
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat. ... Orca, whose numbers in New Zealand are estimated to be ...
Orcas are ‘picky eaters’ known to attack fellow apex predators to devour their livers, experts say
Kasatka was the matriarch of the San Diego Orca SeaWorld family. [5] She was the first captive cetacean to successively receive artificial insemination, according to John Hargrove, a trainer there. [6] [7] She bore two daughters and two sons, resulting in six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren by the time of her death:
A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest.