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Orcas Are Able to Kill and Eat Blue Whales, Scientists Confirm
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It's even better. Killer whales have been known to hunt in a partnership with humans. And it continued until humans broke the terms.
Killer whales of Eden, New South Wales - Wikipedia
If they had opposable thumbs, who knows what they could have accomplished.
One of the most intelligent creatures in the universe.
Giant Squid would likely never meet an Orca in the wild. They live at far too deep a depth.
Sperm whales maybe, but in the event a lone Sperm Whale happened upon an Orca pod, it could outdive it to escape if needed. Orcas aren't hitting Sperm Whale depths; they're built for surface hunting. If it was pod vs pod, Sperm whales would probably chase the Orcas away. Blue whales aren't predators in the traditional sense. Sperm Whales ARE.
I know it's not the best indicator of relatedness, but I never thought about how dolphin-shaped orcas were. They look like the elite combat unit equivalent. Though I guess its family is literally called "ocean dolphins".Cetacean taxonomy is... complicated.
(ignore the seal half this was the best I could find)
According to wikipedia killer whales are predators of sperm whales but mainly target calves and only go after female sperm whales if the orcas pod is large enough. Bull sperm whales though are too big and even a single one can take on an orca pod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale#Relations_with_other_species
I think the thing to remember is that orcas are in a different weight class from great whites too. They're like 10 feet or so longer and thousands of pounds heavier iirc.
So considerable size advantage + smarter animals + they hunt in packs means it's like a gang of level 60s ganking lower level players in WoW or something
So considerable size advantage + smarter animals + they hunt in packs means it's like a gang of level 60s ganking lower level players in WoW or something
yeah orcas outclass great whites in literally every relevant trait for a fight
Free Willy betrayed millions of kids, including me. Orcas are BAMF. I'll leave this here: orcas commonly bat seals into the air with their tails. They do it to break their bones.
It's really not. All dolphins are whales but not all whales are dolphins.Cetacean taxonomy is... complicated.
(ignore the seal half this was the best I could find)
Seals are better anyway
Moose are a walking tank and also not to be played with. When you see one, gtfo the way.
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Seeing human kills tens of thousands of whales?
The whaling industry was massive.
I believe some peoples have myths to explain Orcs non-aggression towards humans, so this definitely predates industrialised whaling.
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Right. Also, this is an unproven hypothesis.
Also, what we do know are that Orcas are very intelligent.
No idea about the squids but I am pretty sure I saw a YT video where orcas attacked a mother and calf sperm whale.
When I have seen them take down a whale that is usually what I have seen and they find a way to separate the baby from the mom and then take it out.
But I think they could take down a sperm whale if it was by itself. A pod of sperm whales I would guess they would not fuck with.
Even pre-commercial whaling, seems pretty likely you'd learn not to kill humans. There's not really another animal where you kill one and all the others will decide that they need to make this beach an orca-free zone and show up in dozens of canoes with spears for an orca culling.