Researchers filmed two orca hunts in the Gulf of California — one in 2020 and another in 2022. They show the pods attacking young great white sharks by flipping them on their backsides to stun them, then slicing their sides open to extract their livers. The team published the findings of their video studies in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sea lion. A very different animal than a seal. Predator vs. prey and whatnot. :) Apparently he was hanging around to scavenge and the orcas already had a strategy to blow him off, most literally, with bubbles.

Nothing in the water scares me more than killer whales. I know they won't fuck with us, but they seem to be the smartest thing out there. They teach and learn across generations, exhibit different behavior between pods.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

And don't forget the salmon on their heads. They do it all in style.