Orcas filmed ramming one of the world's heaviest fish so hard it explodes, possibly for fun (phys.org)

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Orcas are known to be smart and ruthless hunters. They've been observed hunting a variety of prey, with some species, such as whales, larger than themselves. They use a wide range of strategies to hunt and kill prey, but now, in the Gulf of California, researchers have observed one that hasn't been described before.

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[-] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

In fairness, if any other species watched a video of what we do to other animals, it would garner the same response.

Orcas aren’t scary because they are more cruel than us. Humans just don’t like realizing that we may not be the only ones playing the game

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

I grew up when Discovery Channel wasn't bad reality tv shows and it was always about actual nature. We do things on a large scale, but a ton of the animal and insect world is WAY more brutal than humanity. Like, way worse.

[-] Valo85@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Everyone needs to calm down the sunfish was already dead it isn't like the orcas did this while the sunfish was half alive or semi conscious.

This is just the human equivalent of popping corn or putting stuff in a blender. It's just processing the food.

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