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  2. Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    Orcas (or killer whales) 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]

  3. Orca - Wikipedia

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    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body.

  4. Apex predator - Wikipedia

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    Thus, great white sharks are not true apex predators. Despite coexisting the majority of the time, confrontations may occur in stressed environments when both species compete for limited resources. An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator [a] at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own ...

  5. Scientist explains viral video where orcas hunt and kill a ...

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    Orcas target the liver because it is the best way to get the most nutrients for the least effort, said the scientist. Scientist explains viral video where orcas hunt and kill a great white shark ...

  6. Iberian orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    The orcas interacted with the yacht for 45 minutes, bumping against the blade of the rudder, causing damage and leaks. No humans were harmed and the vessel sank near the entrance to the port of Tanger-Med. [14] [7] On 12 May 2024, the Spanish yacht Alboran Cognac was attacked by orcas and holed. Both people on board were rescued by a tanker.

  7. Carousel feeding - Wikipedia

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    The herring population is not completely depleted by orcas because they never eat the whole herring ball during the feeding phase of carousel feeding. [2] The herring that are not consumed are able to escape from the orcas. This means the orcas do not completely deplete their food source and potentially the strongest herring will survive the ...

  8. Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish

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    Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have documented the behavior for the first time. Images reveal how an orca pod ...

  9. Man-eating animal - Wikipedia

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    A man-eating animal or man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging of corpses, a single attack born of opportunity or desperate hunger, or the incidental eating of a human that the animal has killed in self-defense.