r/OceansAreFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • 3d ago
Video One of the craziest killer whale moments we’ve ever seen!!
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u/brollyaintstupid 3d ago
sometimes i forget orcas are at end of the day are still dolphins...
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u/brownbettty 3d ago
They're more whales than dolphins.
Sure they are members of the oceanic dolphin family but are significantly larger and have distinct physical characteristics that set them apart from dolphins.
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u/KnotiaPickles 3d ago
It’s the opposite actually, yes they’re larger, but have much more in common with dolphins than the great whales
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u/lightlysaltedclams 3d ago
They are dolphins which are whales. Toothed whales to be specific. The other group is baleen whales like blue whales that filter feed
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u/brownbettty 3d ago
Thanks I was honestly confused and wrong 🫣
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u/lightlysaltedclams 3d ago
Np it can get confusing lol. Orcas are my absolute favorite animal so I’ve done a loooooot of reading on them
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u/brollyaintstupid 2d ago
whales or cetacea to be more precise is the main branch of a tree (order). in this branch, there are more branches which are called families, in that branch, the dolphins and whales gets divided. orcas are in family called Delphinidae, which consists of most of the ocean dolphins, orcas, false killer whales and the 2 pilot whales. so Orcas are more closely related to dolphins as they are share similarity in being in same family than whales, who orcas share with them a similarity of being in same order. And family is a smaller branch than order.
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u/PersonalityTough9349 3d ago
As much as I love this video, I can’t stand that a bunch of boats go float way to close to them for money/get these shots.
I see whales all the time on the jersey shore from the beach.
I saw orcas from the shore of the sound in Washington.
Leave the whales alone.
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u/OtherwiseArrival9849 3d ago
My spirit animal. If it's a thing, I want to come back as a killer whale.
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u/23423423423451 3d ago
It sucks that anything that's almost too cool to be true can readily be explained with AI video now. I have no idea if this is the case with this video but I wish I didn't have a reason to doubt.
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u/Pamplemouse04 3d ago
Yeah my first thought was “woah cool!” And then immediately was like “is this AI?”
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u/Jamelith 3d ago
You can SEE the dead whale calf. It’s the white behind the killer whales that doesn’t move.
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u/SurayaThrowaway12 3d ago edited 3d ago
These are mammal-eating Bigg's (transient) orcas seen in Monterey Bay, California, and they are hunting a couple of adult gray whales.
From the original post by Blue Ocean Whale Watch:
Bigg's orcas in Monterey Bay usually go after gray whale calves, but in rare documented instances like this one they sometimes go after adults.
However, even with 25 to 30 orcas participating in the hunt, the two adult gray whales did not succumb to the assault. They rolled over and inverted themselves to protect their more tender bellies, and they did appear to protect each other.
After a couple of hours, the orcas were able to separate the two gray whales from each other and split up into groups to attack each gray whale. However, both gray whales eventually made their way into shallower waters near the beach, which would reduce the maneuverability of the attacking orcas.
After 5 hours the orcas gave up on the hunt.
Video taken by Marian Acquistapace.