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  2. Orca pods combine to hunt sea creature off California. See ...

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    For 50 minutes, multiple pods of orcas worked together, hunting off the California coast. Two orcas, the matriarchs among the group of about 30 whales, on April 2 circled a 20-foot-long minke ...

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

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    An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet) in ...

  4. Hunting Orca Pod Separates Larger Grey Whale From Her Calf in ...

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    Members of the pod of much smaller Orca can be seen physically pushing the two grey whales apart. According to Giancarlo Thomae from Santuary Crusises, the Orcas went on to kill the calf for food ...

  5. Sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    If the killer whale pod is large, its members may sometimes be able to kill adult female sperm whales and can at least injure an entire pod of sperm whales. [199] [200] Bulls have no predators, and are believed to be too large, powerful and aggressive to be threatened by killer whales. [201]

  6. Dwarf sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    The dwarf sperm whale is a suction feeder that mainly eats squid, and does this in small pods of typically one to four members. It is preyed upon by the killer whale (Orcinus orca) and large sharks such as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharius). When startled, the whale can eject a cloud of red-brown fluid.

  7. Brygmophyseter - Wikipedia

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    Brygmophyseter, known as the biting sperm whale, is an extinct genus of toothed whale in the sperm whale family with one species, B. shigensis. When it was first described in 1994, the species was placed in the genus Scaldicetus based on tooth morphology , but this was later revised in 1995.

  8. Boaters left with ‘jaws gaping’ as two ‘titans of the ocean ...

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    Tourists on a boat in Australia were left stunned as they watched a pod of orcas chase and attack a group of sperm whales. A rare video shows the “titans of the ocean” battling.

  9. Cetacean intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Brain of the sperm whale, considered the largest brain in the animal kingdom. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) have the largest known brain mass of any extant animal, averaging 7.8 kg in mature males. [5] Orcas (Orcinus orca) have the second largest known brain mass of any extant animal. (5.4-6.8 kg).