A Deep Sea Camera Filmed a Pod of Orcas Take Down Something Enormous in Open Water — Off Australia
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On March 21, 2019, a research team off the south coast of Western Australia slowed down to pick some debris out of the water. That's the only reason they saw it: white water, tall black fins, and 12 to 14 orcas attacking the largest animal that has ever lived.
For about an hour, they filmed something no one had ever documented before. A pod of orcas, led by females, taking down an adult blue whale. They targeted its fins, rammed its sides, and went for its tongue. And when it was over, around 50 orcas arrived to share the meal.
Then it happened again. And again.
This is the story of the first confirmed orca kills of blue whales in history, why nobody had ever seen one before, and what it might reveal about how the ocean looked before industrial whaling nearly wiped blue whales out.
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A Deep Sea Camera Filmed a Pod of Orcas Take Down Something Enormous in Open Water — Off Australia
FunkyHouse
5,383 views
On March 21, 2019, a research team off the south coast of Western Australia slowed down to pick some debris out of the water. That's the only reason they saw it: white water, tall black fins, and 12 to 14 orcas attacking the largest animal that has ever lived.
For about an hour, they filmed something no one had ever documented before. A pod of orcas, led by females, taking down an adult blue whale. They targeted its fins, rammed its sides, and went for its tongue. And when it was over, around 50 orcas arrived to share the meal.
Then it happened again. And again.
This is the story of the first confirmed orca kills of blue whales in history, why nobody had ever seen one before, and what it might reveal about how the ocean looked before industrial whaling nearly wiped blue whales out.