Killer whales have been seen smashing their prey into smithereens to make food for their calves. In video footage, a female orca dangles a large sunfish from its mouth in preparation for its pod-mate ...
But off the coast of Baja California, a group of orcas has adopted a brutal way of hunting sunfish: With an unusual maneuver, ...
Orcas have once again proven they deserve their 'killer' reputation, as scientists capture a brutal never-before-seen ...
An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Seconds later, ...
Somewhere in the sun-bleached waters of the Gulf of California, a female orca, a.k.a killer whale, clamps her teeth around ...
A group of orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have an additional tool in their hunting toolbox—and it was caught on camera. One whale holds down the dead body of a large sunfish, which can grow ...
An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Author Vanessa Pirotta Whale ...
Scientists captured video of orcas ramming into sunfish with such force that the fish exploded. The behavior may be for fun ...
Killer whales might pulverize sunfish to break them into smaller bites for young orcas — or they might just find it ...
In two incidents documented in Mexico’s Gulf of California, orcas worked together to blast sunfish into smithereens after they had killed the enormous animals ...
In unprecedented footage, orcas have been filmed ramming one of the world’s heaviest fish so hard that it explodes. It’s ...
There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them. Scientists believe this ...