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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]
The killer whale known as Old Tom swims alongside a whaleboat, flanking a whale calf. The boat is being towed by a harpooned whale (not visible here). The killers of Eden or Twofold Bay killers [1] were a group of killer whales (Orcinus orca) known for their co-operation with human hunters of cetacean species.
Based on experimentation involving familiar sounds of Orcas that consume fish and unfamiliar vocalizations of mammal-hunting Killer Whales, one study suggests that long-finned pilot whales can distinguish between familiar and unaccustomed types of Orca, noting behavioral differences like the ceasing of feeding when mammal-hunting Orcas' sounds ...
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 ...
A seal being hunted by a group of whales attempted to seek sanctuary by hiding in a mussel farm. A drone camera captured “extra special” and “insightful” footage of the harbour seal, which ...
Of the very few confirmed attacks on humans by wild orcas, none have been fatal. [190] In one instance, orcas tried to tip ice floes on which a dog team and photographer of the Terra Nova Expedition were standing. [191] The sled dogs' barking is speculated to have sounded enough like seal calls to trigger the orca's hunting curiosity.
Scientists saw a male orca kill a juvenile great white shark within minutes last year. The hunting behavior could be a sign of a wider shift in the marine ecosystem.
Orca hunting a Weddell seal. The orca is known to prey on numerous other toothed whale species. One example is the false killer whale. [69] To subdue and kill whales, orcas continually ram them with their heads; this can sometimes kill bowhead whales, or severely injure them. Other times, they corral their prey before striking.