Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish
1 month, 1 week ago

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

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — 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 in length — new research has revealed. While anecdotal evidence had previously suggested that orcas can take down whale sharks, marine scientists have now documented the behavior in detail for the first time, analyzing four separate hunting events caught on camera. Kelsey Williamson Orca vs. whale shark The researchers’ analysis revealed exactly how the killer whales, often hunting as a group, subdue the whale shark. “You can clearly see how all the members of the orca pod are trying to bring down the whale shark,” Higuera Rivas said.

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Orca Spotted Doing Something Really Weird In Puzzling Throwback To The 1980s
1 month, 1 week ago

Orca Spotted Doing Something Really Weird In Puzzling Throwback To The 1980s

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dead salmon hats for fall? In the summer of 1987, orcas from the Pacific Northwest’s “southern resident” population started doing something that fascinated and perplexed human observers: wearing dead salmon on their heads. “We saw one with a fish on its head,” Deborah Giles, the research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, told New Scientist. “So that …

1980s fashion returns… for killer whales! Orcas are spotted wearing salmon as 'hats' nearly 40 years after they were spotted enjoying the bizarre trend
1 month, 1 week ago

1980s fashion returns… for killer whales! Orcas are spotted wearing salmon as 'hats' nearly 40 years after they were spotted enjoying the bizarre trend

Daily Mail  

Killer whales have been spotted wearing dead fish on their heads - a look they were seen sporting nearly 40 years ago by researchers. Killer whales have been spotted wearing dead fish on their heads Researcher say their behaviour could be linked to a larger population of salmon in the waters this year, and because they have an abundance of …

Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish
1 month, 1 week ago

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

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — 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 in length — new research has revealed. While anecdotal evidence had previously suggested that orcas …

Special killer whale hunting strategy unravelled as orcas take on mighty whale sharks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special killer whale hunting strategy unravelled as orcas take on mighty whale sharks

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers have now gathered direct evidence of orcas hunting and killing whale sharks. open image …

Astonishing moment orca kills great white shark after slamming into it at high speed is captured in rare footage
10 months ago

Astonishing moment orca kills great white shark after slamming into it at high speed is captured in rare footage

Daily Mail  

This is the moment a killer whale took down a great white shark in a pitched battle in the sea around South Africa. The footage, captured by National Geographic as part of the series 'Queens', shows a 60-year-old grandmother killer whale called Sophie pounding into a great white shark off the coast of South Africa. The footage, captured by National …

Lone killer whale kills and eviscerates great white shark in under 2 minutes in stunning attack
10 months, 1 week ago

Lone killer whale kills and eviscerates great white shark in under 2 minutes in stunning attack

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have published dramatic footage of the moment a lone killer …

Living up to their 'killer' name! Watch the 'astonishing' moment an orca individually kills and consumes a great white shark within just two minutes
10 months, 1 week ago

Living up to their 'killer' name! Watch the 'astonishing' moment an orca individually kills and consumes a great white shark within just two minutes

Daily Mail  

When it comes to the ocean's apex predator, the great white shark most likely springs to mind. For the first time, a killer whale has been seen individually killing and consuming a great white shark – and within just two minutes. For the first time, a killer whale has been seen individually killing and consuming a great white shark – …

Pod of orcas are spotted hunting dolphins close to swimmers and surfers off the California coast
11 months, 1 week ago

Pod of orcas are spotted hunting dolphins close to swimmers and surfers off the California coast

Daily Mail  

Surfers and swimmers in California witnessed a rare event up close as a pod of orcas were seen hunting and ripping a dolphin apart near the coast. Footage from the moment shows a group of surfboarders off the coast of La Jolla in San Diego watching orcas jumping through the water As they quietly float on their boards in the …

We've got orcas all wrong and it's killing them
1 year ago

We've got orcas all wrong and it's killing them

Salon  

In November, killer whales again made headlines after sinking their fourth boat in the Strait of Gibraltar in two years. One 1937 killer whale encounter was described as “a tale of murder and marine slaughter,” even though the orcas were only hunting seals and no humans were harmed. The violent reaction traces back to the earliest documented interactions between humans …

Pod of orcas spotted hunting dolphins off the Los Angeles coast with their calves - the first sighting for tourist cruise boat in TWO years
1 year ago

Pod of orcas spotted hunting dolphins off the Los Angeles coast with their calves - the first sighting for tourist cruise boat in TWO years

Daily Mail  

Whale watchers in California received a pleasant surprise as a pod of orcas appeared for the first time in two years. The Eastern Tropical Pacific pod with nearly 12 killer whales, including two calves, had been seen in the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Harbor Breeze Cruises spotted the black and white killer whales on their first trip around midday on Monday …

Mystery as half-eaten great white shark washes up on beach
1 year, 2 months ago

Mystery as half-eaten great white shark washes up on beach

The Independent  

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Bloodthirsty orcas brutally attack a whale shark. Watch rare video
1 year, 5 months ago

Bloodthirsty orcas brutally attack a whale shark. Watch rare video

Hindustan Times  

In a video that is going viral on social media, an orca can be seen launching a brutal attack on a whale shark. In the caption of the video, the channel wrote, "While swimming with Killer Whales we witnessed a very rare and first time ever video recorded a killer whales attacking a whale shark." Watch the video of the …

Unusual friendship between Orca, the killer whale & deer stuns internet | See pics
1 year, 6 months ago

Unusual friendship between Orca, the killer whale & deer stuns internet | See pics

India TV News  

If you are a regular on social media, then definitely you will find weird and funny things to see around you. You must have seen videos of Orcas swimming around and at times even getting dangerously close to humans. While on the scene with Bigg’s killer whale T124C Cooper at Battleship Island, we noticed a black-tailed deer swimming just a …

'Surgical' shark-killing orcas fascinate scientists
1 year, 10 months ago

'Surgical' shark-killing orcas fascinate scientists

The Hindu  

Scores of disembowelled sharks have washed up on a South African beach putting the spotlight on a pair of shark-hunting killer whales whose behaviour has fascinated scientists and wildlife enthusiasts. "The dead sharks are torn open at the pelvic girdle, they have Orca teeth marks known as rake marks on their pectoral fins and their liver is missing," said Alison …

Drone captures strange behaviour as orcas chase and kill great white shark | Watch
2 years, 3 months ago

Drone captures strange behaviour as orcas chase and kill great white shark | Watch

India Today  

Orcas, or killer whales, were seen chasing and killing a great white shark in footage captured on a drone camera in June this year. Scientists believe a total of four great white sharks were killed in the killer whale onslaught. One of the whales was known to have attacked great white sharks before, but the others were not. According to …

Stunning drone footage shows three killer whales hunt 9-foot great white shark and eat its liver
2 years, 5 months ago

Stunning drone footage shows three killer whales hunt 9-foot great white shark and eat its liver

Daily Mail  

It is a gripping scene of an orca viciously ripping out the liver of a nine-foot-long great white shark, as two other killer whales excitedly watch the once blue waters of South Africa’s Mossel Bay turn blood red before the shark sinks to a the bottom of the sea – never to be seen again. The carcass slowly disappears into …

World's biggest shark isn't a carnivore! Whale sharks extract nutrients from ALGAE, study reveals
2 years, 5 months ago

World's biggest shark isn't a carnivore! Whale sharks extract nutrients from ALGAE, study reveals

Daily Mail  

At 32 feet long and weighing 41,000 lbs, you might think that the world's largest shark would be a ferocious predator. But a new study has shown that whale sharks aren't carnivores, and actually extract nutrients from algae that they swallow when hunting small prey. 'This causes us to rethink everything we thought we knew about what whale sharks eat,' …

Pair of ‘liver eating’ killer whales scare off great white shark population in South Africa
2 years, 6 months ago

Pair of ‘liver eating’ killer whales scare off great white shark population in South Africa

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two killer whales are believed to have been "terrorising", killing and removing the internal organs …

Pair of orcas have killed at least EIGHT Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017
2 years, 6 months ago

Pair of orcas have killed at least EIGHT Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017

Daily Mail  

Two killer whales are thought to have killed at least eight Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017, and managed to scare off many more. Researchers say Great Whites that encounter killer whales will immediately abandon their usual hunting ground for up to a year Experts at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust claim the decline in …

Orcas recorded for the first time hunting and killing blue whales
2 years, 11 months ago

Orcas recorded for the first time hunting and killing blue whales

The Independent  

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Watch: Viral Video Shows Orca Jumping 15 Feet Into the Air During Bottlenose Dolphin Hunt
3 years, 7 months ago

Watch: Viral Video Shows Orca Jumping 15 Feet Into the Air During Bottlenose Dolphin Hunt

News 18  

The Orcas or killer sharks definitely scare swimmers with their fins as they hunt for their prey. However, a recent video captured by a group of divers on a boat shows how these marine animals can impress their audience as it hunts for food underwater. Miguel Cuevas of Cabo Pulmo Divers posted a video on his Instagram handle earlier this …

Killer whales are blamed for vanishing population of great white sharks off Cape Town's coast
4 years, 1 month ago

Killer whales are blamed for vanishing population of great white sharks off Cape Town's coast

Daily Mail  

Killer whales off the coast of South Africa are killing great white sharks and eating their livers, according to a new government report. At least seven great white shark carcasses have washed ashore in False Bay since 2017, with telltale teeth marks indicating they were savaged by orcas. Scroll down for video At least seven great white shark carcasses have …

Orca populations may extend beyond Bremer Bay hotspot, researchers say
4 years, 6 months ago

Orca populations may extend beyond Bremer Bay hotspot, researchers say

ABC  

Marine scientists have released new findings into why orcas are drawn to deep-sea canyons off West Australia's south coast. Key points: Orcas are "reliably" found in the Bremer sub-basin, east of Albany, 50km from shore Researcher Rebecca Wellard says orcas, dolphins and whales attracted to the area due to the abundance of food Over three years 2,470 individual whales and …

'Elaborate' orca hunt witnessed in full at Bremer Canyon, off south coast of WA
4 years, 10 months ago

'Elaborate' orca hunt witnessed in full at Bremer Canyon, off south coast of WA

ABC  

A brutal and "elaborate" attack on a whale by about 50 orcas has been documented on camera off WA's south coast. Key points: A tour group has witnessed a large-scale orca hunt off the coast of Western Australia that ended in the gory demise of a beaked whale The kill was documented by marine biologist Brodee Elsdon, who said the …

Whale watchers witness rarely seen spectacle as orcas devour juvenile humpback off NSW north coast
5 years, 2 months ago

Whale watchers witness rarely seen spectacle as orcas devour juvenile humpback off NSW north coast

ABC  

Whale watchers off the coast of Ballina in northern New South Wales have held a front-row seat to the gruesome spectacle of a juvenile humpback whale being devoured by a pod of killer whales, also known as orcas. Key points: Witnesses say they were watching a mother humpback whale, a calf, and a male, when a pod of orcas emerged …

3 orcas from an extremely endangered group are presumed dead, leaving only 73
5 years, 5 months ago

3 orcas from an extremely endangered group are presumed dead, leaving only 73

CNN  

CNN — The Southern Resident killer whale population has fallen to only 73 because three adult killer whales reported missing in July are now presumed to be dead. The Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said the killer whales, also known as orcas, were from an extremely endangered population that frequented the Salish Sea in southwestern Canada and northwestern Washington …

The killer whales of the Puget Sound are dying out and we can't save them
5 years, 7 months ago

The killer whales of the Puget Sound are dying out and we can't save them

The Independent  

It’s like the sound of a large piece of wood being smacked hard on to water. “Their environment has changed so quickly, over just two generations,” Sheila Thornton, senior killer whale biologist for Canada’s department of fisheries and oceans, told The Seattle Times, of the southern group, which is organised by scientists in three pods – J, K and L. …

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