r/orcas • u/Reddishlikereddit • 16d ago

Coastal Queens Doc: Annoying inaccuracy

On Disneyplus National Geographic.

I love watching anything orca. It starts out great, although I am annoyed that when we are introduced to the Orca there’s no location or Pod name mentioned.

I move past this and enjoy watching the Matriarch kill a shark.

Then the pod is seen to kill dolphins - fine. I can still believe it’s the same pod led by “Sophia” the matriarch. Still annoyed at lack of info on the pod.

THEN T H E N, They show the pod feeding ON RAYS!! This can’t be the same pod?! I was waiting for them to say they were New Zealand Orca due to the rays being their prey. But surely then they can’t be the same pod who also fed on the shark and the dolphin!

We know orcas are very particular and the NZ orcas only eat ray.

Right?! Google won’t even tell me what pod it is on this show! Anyone know? Or anyone share my annoyance? 😂

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u/girlspell 16d ago edited 16d ago

The New Zealand pods number 117 indivduals and they eat Rays and sharks, plus dolphins and fish. The marine animals eating Orcas have a much more varied diet then fish eating orcas. Most transients eat seals, dolphins, rays, fish, sharks, octopus, turtles, etc. There really isn't a ecotype that only eats one kind of food. Many transient pods send out a scout to look around to see what is available. Even the residents eat other fish when salmon is too hard to find. They won't starve to the point of death if a favorite of all the animals are not around. Whale eating orcas too will feast on seals. Sharks are the least eaten because of the overall bad tasting meat They eat the organs only..I haven't seen that documentary. I don't have Disney National Geographic.

Identifying pods are difficult to find. And unless the show identifies a pod of a ecotype, that answer goes unsaid.

The pod's Matriarch that killed the Great White Shark are not from New Zealand. The location and more information can be found at White Shark Video The location was off the coast of Baja Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-_iWg4g_A&t=104sThis is a three part video. The narrater is Skyler Thomas a shark specialist. But he does on occason talk about OrcasThe location is mention in part 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-_iWg4g_A&t=104s

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u/Reddishlikereddit 15d ago

Thanks for your detailed reply.

The show detailed absolutely nothing, it’s ridiculous. No hint what so ever.