How Orcas Hunt Dolphins

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Orcas swim thousands of miles to intercept the sardine run, but it's not the sardines they're after. They arrive to hunt dolphins, allowing sardines to swim away from their initial predators.
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[@gjanj5622]

"The predator of all predators arrives.............ORCAS." For whatever reason I really love it. What absolute outstanding line.

[@DionelaJanHaroldM]

thats what you called the Hook of the video

[@FranschK]

predator of all predators is hunter biden

[@Stoneface_]

The predators of all predators are humans

[@SmokeOne89]

​@@Stoneface_No doubt about it

[@SmokeOne89]

An orca is a dolphin. Lol

[@emilychoplin8635]

I’ll never get over the fact that such a huge animal somehow sounds like a squeaky toy

[@jordanharris5702]

Cheetahs are the fastest land predators yet they sound like house cats so this is no different

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

They sound fucking awesome. That noise is so powerful.

[@dwick2751]

Go tell them that and see what they do to you 😂

[@NisseOhlsen]

did you know? You are SOOO funny!

[@dastanrazykov6879]

High pitch sound travels better in water I guess

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

I absolutely love Orcas . Very highly intelligent mammals. They are precise in what they want . Truly magnificent. Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@ydiabO]

Ans psychos as well 😅

[@blocksofwater4758]

eating another highly intelligent mammal ...

[@Alejojojo6]

And very social too. They travel in close family. Just like a pack of wolfs.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@Alejojojo6 They live together with their mothers for their whole lives.

[@virginiatrailcameravideos]

For some reason my YT recommendations are on an Orca run and I'm liking it. This sort of footage is just amazing.

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@resenhasdoflow7868]

It’s how mine is now . I’m loving it

[@MbogaTatu]

Search “Orcas kidnap baby whale.” Incredible footage by BBC

[@marquezkenken6869]

Kudos to the cameraman and the team who capture this footage 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Orca dolphins have only just started this hunting in South Africa since 2013. Now it's a tradition that has occurred for almost a decade now!

[@nobodysbusiness9916]

CGI

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

Amazing in awe with the orcas .

[@koriander.k7377]

​@@nobodysbusiness9916you're born autistic

[@RealCan10]

​@@nobodysbusiness9916Bro forgot drones exist

[@hannakat6356]

Orcas are absolutely brutal

[@TheSharkAnt]

They sure are!

[@ShiningGalaxy01]

Male Bottlenoses are more brutal than Orcas, cause Male Bottlenoses kill females, and baby Bottlenoses, and also kill other dolphins such as porpoises as well. Orcas are not the only dolphins to kill other dolphins. Bottlenoses kill other dolphins, and so does the Boto Dolphins of the Amazon river.

[@hannakat6356]

@@ShiningGalaxy01 That might be true, but this video wasn't about male bottlenose dolphins. I never claimed that orcas were the most brutal, and I wasn't comparing them to other dolphins. It was just a generalized statement about this video itself. Are you, by any chance, a bottlenose dolphin in disguise?

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Yet they can be every bit as gentle too.

[@Kor06.]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 nah

[@thenorthremembers4221]

If a white shark survived an attack from orcas, they never come back to that area for a whole year! Orcas are magnificently terrifying creatures for sure.

[@idontreallyknowagoodname4191]

I love orcas. Very intelligent creatures.

[@darrendent8288]

Greatest Animal, period!

[@emmahermogenes6330]

I love orcas but I feel sad for the dolphin which is also my favorite. It's a survival world.

[@tak9163]

No bro. Those dolphins are menaces. They rape animals, kill small creatures and play with them like balls for fun. Sharks are actually better than dolphins in reality because sharks normally don't even kill animals or humans. Only when they are hungry. They don't kill for fun! W Orcas

[@commimixcreate4198]

If it makes you feel better or worse, orcas are also a type of dolphin. So although orcas are more skilled in hunting they share a common ancestry.

[@PerfectaRhyme]

i love how they syncronize their attacks!

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@belluga210]

indeed, orca is one of the most intelligent animals on earth

[@zhengyangwu8289]

Male orca's dorsal fin is just magnificent.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Up to 6 feet high. In captivity unfortunately, the fins tend to eventually collapse to one side due to lack of constant swimming. Only 1% of wild male orcas suffer from this condition whereas in marine ABUSEment parks 100% of them have it and even some females.

[@robertmorris8997]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 There is a pair in the wild, called Port and Starboard. One's fin leans left, the other right.

[@Alejojojo6]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 Not 100% there are males in captivity which do not have it. Not just young ones either. Ulises is the oldest male and has very tiny bend. and was for decades famous for its strong straight fin.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@Alejojojo6 He won't have that for much longer until he's retired from performing those demeaning and unnatural circus tricks and transfered to a seaside sanctuary, where he can once again dive deeply, feel the tides, and swim any meaningful distance since his capture from the ocean as a calf!

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@Alejojojo6 Hey, you read my facts? I know what I'm saying here.

[@ankss4972]

My 4 year nephew said he loved the background score starting at 2:04 onwards. We both played it 7-8 times again to listen to that part.

[@sheehanencee1982]

It's funny when you realize orcas are dolphins as well

[@TadpoleHappy]

For dolphins, ogres are real

[@Dark_side9999]

isn't it funny human and orca have the same ancestor 85 millions years ago

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

​@@Dark_side9999We're both mammals.

[@the_gaming_hyena]

Very interesting. Both creatures are fascinating!

[@TheSharkAnt]

I couldn't agree more!

[@terryford7459]

Yessssss!!!! Each in its own rite!!! 😘

[@cringelord9796]

orcas are a bit cooler tho

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Orca dolphins hunting common dolphins. What is this world coming to?

[@naviaa6934]

​@@CoreyMillionaire2029 why not? They're apex predator. Plus nature is cruel, even tigers and lions do attack their own cat family like leopards and cheetahs

[@StarlitJourneys]

Isn't it a profound privilege that we exist in the same epoch as these magnificent beings? Sharing our time on Earth with Orcas is a humbling reminder of the grandeur of life's diversity. Let's cherish and protect this gift.

[@birdy4064]

They tip boats and kill people sometimes....

[@leenb7560]

@@birdy4064 Peoples lifes are not that important as you might think, you will understand that when you grow up

[@birdy4064]

As an adult Christian, I disagree with your statement that people's lives don't matter and I doubt you believe that too. With such a grim outlook on people and life you sounds like a pretty miserable person.@@leenb7560

[@sebastiaooliveira3421]

⁠@@leenb7560peoples lifes are not that important as you might think? What a psycopath, get help

[@shakeemrobinson30]

​@@birdy4064and dolphins kill people So what ?...

[@chriscunningham6401]

Now you know why ancient creatures left for solid ground. It sucks being constantly on the menu.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

Lol, land is overhyped. Orcas and dolphins are the descendants of animals that did that whole land thing and then turned around and said "eh I liked the water better."

[@divine2310]

@@bemusedbandersnatch2069where did you know all this theory

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

@@divine2310 funny timing, NOVA actually has a documentary premiering about this exact topic tonight if you're curious.

[@xsatsuki98x]

Bro. The Whales were actually land mamals before 😂 but they decided to "nah fuck it" and evolve back to fins yknow

[@terryford7459]

NATURE ON PBS has to be 'THEE' most educational, informative, and interesting program ever created!!! It's VALUE and WORTH are PRICELESS¡!! 🏆 ❤️💎🖤🏆

[@theorca3275]

It's like Willie going after Flipper.

[@linda10989]

Ikr? It's like watching a lion eat a house cat. Or a gorilla eating a chimp. Makes you think 🤔

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

Dolphins when they hear Orca: Current objective: *Survive*

[@dillianwhyte443]

The only 2 marine animals it doesn't want to tango with are Sperm whales and Pilot Whales.

[@dragonboytsubasa]

@@dillianwhyte443 wait why Pilot Whales?

[@dillianwhyte443]

@dragonboytsubasa They are in pods of 100, there faster and they attack other whales.

[@dimasfajartaufiqismail1643]

You know you're the ocean's top predator when you're hunting a FRICKIN Dolphin

[@timsmith6675]

Nature doesn't care who you are, all life is in a constant battle to remain.

[@Toki1908]

Probably just one of many creative ways to hunt dolphins

[@hunterG60k]

Very glad that orcas don't hunt humans!

[@xhago4483]

they are smart enough to not mess with humans, they have seen what we do to whales and they see us as aliens with super technology so they don't want to anger us

[@cringelord9796]

@@xhago4483 not really, they've just never tried human meat, and orcas only eat what they've learned to eat.Altough I would like to see what methods would orcas use to hunt humans (even if, if they tried to attack humans now,it'll be catastrophic for them).

[@xhago4483]

@@cringelord9796 yes you're right ! what i said was wrong, i guess i just wanted to make myself feel superior to animals even as big and powerful as orcas , but they don't attack us because we aren't apart of their diet ( they are very picky eaters ) but either way orcas have shown much curiosity to humans so i guess that makes them more intelligent than most animals

[@jmsg_PR]

Amen to that!

[@Skytv446]

Some researchers have done research on the IQ of humans and killer whales and found that the IQ of Orcas is equivalent to that of fifteen or sixteen-year-old humans

[@TormodSteinsholt]

Fascinating. I hope that some future drone footage will show the orca cooperation from above.

[@LegitLaughs1]

It's rather traumatic seeing an animal with the intelligence of a dolphin being bludgeoned to death. Nature is indifferent and that's what makes it so difficult to accept.

[@ands3227]

Technically, the orca or killer whale is also a species of dolphin, and is the largest member of the dolphin family. So what we're seeing here is one type of dolphin hunting another. 🐬

[@Themapleleaforever]

@@LegitLaughs1 this person needed it

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@ands3227 They're actually the orca dolphin. Or killer dolphin if you wanna get crazy. Dolphins are as much killers as any shark yet we continue to see them as smart, friendly heroes who hurt nothing or nobody, whereas sharks are seen as mindless, bloodthirsty and evil villains with no compassion.

[@staliniosifvissarionovich5588]

Orca is as smart as dolphins.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@staliniosifvissarionovich5588 Because they ARE dolphins, 😜.

[@fadi9799]

Such a great camera captures! Great work guys you are the heroes behind the scenes

[@Loveior]

im glad we have animal documentary channels where we can learn and watch this majestic magnificent animals ❤

[@marceloxavier9113]

Technically, orcas are dolphins.

[@WanderTheNomad]

Not sure how I feel about dolphins basically experiencing what they do to fish

[@cringelord9796]

normal

[@boatingaccident4380]

Not sure the dolphins appreciate the irony

[@honeyFoxx420]

Normal 🤣

[@KhanMann66]

Mother Nature is indifferent to all life. It’s eat or be eaten.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

It terms of recognizing what death means and what life is, the dolphin is probably far more aware of what's happening to it and how bad that will suck.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Those orcas flippin' HUGE

[@terryford7459]

Why just have a slice, when you can have the whole pizza!!! 🤔😂

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

But once they're through with you, there's not enough of you left to put on even HALF a slice of pizza!!

[@misterknine9]

Most adorable and most deadly

[@lelewildlife]

Awsome footage, very great!

[@ekynosky192]

Apex predators of the ocean.

[@vijaymanogaran5987]

Thanks for this wonderful video

[@TheSharkAnt]

This video made me love killer whales (aka orcas) even more!

[@terryford7459]

NOOOOOOOO whyyyyyyyy!!!! 🤣😝🤣

[@abeach5420]

Top of dolphin line. That Killer Whale crap is from so far back when explorerssaw them attack other whales.

[@4r4n3lm4l74]

the opening part 🔥🔥🔥

[@fadi9799]

Impressive! I never knew Orcas would hunt dolphins!

[@flameangel202]

They're apply named the " wolves of the sea ", they kill Dolphins, seals, birds and other Whales. I think it is particularly sad when they kill other Whale calves but they are apex predators for a reason.

[@Kor06.]

@@flameangel202 bro Orca even Kill's moose 😭

[@flameangel202]

@@Kor06. Really ? Wow, didn’t know that . Poor Moose 😳🥲

[@abeach5420]

Orcas are top of dolphin line and prey oncommon dolphins.

[@tak9163]

Those dolphins deserve death😂😂

[@burt591]

Orcas are also faster, dolphins has no chance

[@ronnie926]

@MajorGalah I just googled it and some sites say the orca is faster and other that dolphins are faster. But the reports of dolphin being faster is probably due to an error: "There have been reports of dolphins travelling at much higher speeds, but these refer to dolphins being pushed along by the bow wave of a speeding boat. They were getting a free ride (their speed relative to the surrounding water was low). A recent study using based on the vertical speed during jumps showed maximum speeds for bottlenose dolphins of 8.2-11.2 m/s (16-22 knots, 29.5-40.3 km/hr) prior to a high jump. The maximum speed for wild bottlenose dolphins was 5.7 m/s (11 knots, 20.5 km/hr) and for common dolphins 6.7 m/s (13 knots, 24.1 km/hr)." "The orca, or killer whale, is the largest of all dolphin species and shares the distinction of fastest dolphin. He may dwarf the Dall's porpoise in size, but he keeps pace with his tiny counterpart, swimming at burst speeds of 34.5 miles per hour." "The fastest dolphin: Dall’s porpoises are very speedy swimmers; they can reach up to 35mph (56kph). When they swim at high speeds, they create unique fan-shaped splashes of water, called "rooster tails" and this is used to identify Dall’s porpoise at sea. Orcas are also extremely fast swimmers and probably the only dolphins to reach speeds similar to Dall’s porpoise." (Sorry I can't put the links, KZbin won't let me)

[@ronnie926]

@MajorGalah That source is the WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) which is the is the leading global charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins. Also they didn't say that porpoises are dolphins, they just mentioned them together. For example in that same page it says: "There are currently 42 species of dolphins and seven species of porpoises", so they are clearly making a distinction between dolphins and porpoises. The 3 quotes that I shared are from 3 different pages, so if you don't trust that one source you still have the other 2 (and many others)

[@moisesojeda1085]

Dolphins are slightly faster than Orcas they just dont have the endurance to keep up with fast speed for long periods of time like Orcas

[@williamdewit5432]

Dolphins usually just outswim orcas. They would be easy meal for orcas if they didnt.

[@edgarmartinez7155]

In a weird way they are eating their own kind of

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

0:35 & 0:43 When I listen to that sound, I always think of “FREE WILLY” or something like that with Orcas AKA Killer Whales. “Not to mention really Big Dolphins.”

[@shantor100]

Awe was the dolphin screaming

[@KiambuX]

That was.....ummm......bone chilling 🫣.

[@WildAnimalChannel2023]

Amazing animal

[@grandtaino]

My favorite sea creature the Orcas are amazing. I'm pretty sure they are more than just 3X the size of a dolphin.

[@gregkosinski2303]

Yeah I don’t know if she meant to say 3x the length, but she was off by sn order of magnitude.

[@widodoakrom3938]

+10x of dolphin

[@rodnicex]

I thought dolphins were faster than Orcas

[@ericapereira7708]

Eles no oceano não faz para nos ❤❤😊😊lindos amo❤

[@paultagliabue2404]

È un animale magnificooooo.

[@joshuabland4969]

I love my orca tat 😍 orcas make me proud

[@connorbingham6473]

So interesting

[@jeremykrause153]

I have to imagine if any wild animal in the ocean saw an Orca it would be instant terror.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Even the white shark, and THEY are the predators normally used to having any other sea creatures flee in terror of them. Orcas are THE ocean's top apex predator without any equal.

[@bernhardberkheij2661]

except for the pilot whales. :) They will deal with a pod of orcas. Hahaha

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@bernhardberkheij2661 And sperm whales. They have stood up to orcas for millennia.

[@bernhardberkheij2661]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 that's right! I wish blue whales could defend themselves better.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@bernhardberkheij2661 They can. They can crush an enemy with their tails with a half-hearted sideways flick.

[@jeremybaldic2047]

I feel bad for the dolphins 😢

[@JG99SC831]

If u knew the menace things dolphins do then maybe u wouldn't feel as bad

[@totalconquest1360]

They are rapist

[@moezmoussa]

wow ❤

[@TucsonDude]

Orcas eating dolphins is almost cannibalism.

[@TadpoleHappy]

No. It's look like human eating gorilla

[@joaquin.buitrago]

Does anyone know the name of the piece of choral music used in the soundtrack at the very end of the clip?

[@oliviathehuman3163]

Cool 🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@ScottAndrew]

The wolves of the sea

[@Doraemon14916]

Why to call them wolf . They are unique. U should say wolves are orca of the land

[@JesmanV92]

Orcas look and sound so innocent and seem very friendly. But they are not. Except for humans I guess? Atleast not if they are living free. I wonder why.

[@thedeekabides]

Orcas are cool.

[@yutokitamiya4269]

I really hope that these orcas left the dolphin alone and did not kill it in the end.

[@fahadrahman5059]

Nasty dolphins😂

[@SGOV86]

Never knew orcas hunt dolphins

[@honeyFoxx420]

Do you know why

[@SGOV86]

@@honeyFoxx420 I have no idea.

[@notsohandytim5090]

Strategy almost just like the wolf pack. 🐆

[@jamesb4523]

The predator of all predators is not the Orca. The predator of all predators is doing the filming.

[@AmaniDaudi94]

An Orca would dismantle a human one on one...so yeah they are the Apex predators

[@joshuaallen9501]

​@@AmaniDaudi94people could kill orcas with weapons.

[@GabGotti3]

Orcas killing their little cousins lol

[@Klatyno256]

Human beings love orcas same way we love dolphins ..this is tricky

[@user-tn1ex5xh9j]

Це життя, касатк дуже гарні і розумні

[@jomonrto6771]

Humans if they lived underwater:

[@Tendz12]

I love dolphins, love orcas.. they are look alike.. so sad to see one hunts another.. 😢

[@phasm42]

Orcas weigh 6,600 - 8,800 lbs. Massive 😮

[@bkjeong4302]

Try 12,000 pounds.

[@darrenwoodings]

Yeh 12,000-15,000 pounds, up to 7000kg = 7tons

[@emiliomoreno3256]

Damn nature, you scary!

[@hurricanepatrick6307]

... and the boatmen and camera crew are just filming it all for our pleasure.

[@NircxsIsHim]

Where is this?

[@justmyopinion7594]

How do we get this footage crazy

[@staliniosifvissarionovich5588]

Orca is as smart as dolphins.

[@Thankful_n_Grateful]

How do they decide who eats the dolphin or do they take turns capturing & each eating one dolphine each

[@amurwasunda]

Orca and Dholpin still cousin right?

[@vielkaestelabeitiasantamar1589]

What’s the soundtrack in this chase?

[@Gabkicks]

sea life is so harsh

[@Deedz1st]

Their intelligence and mental capacity scares me straight.

[@asshat1607]

repetition at its finest.

[@LamarFaciane]

Orca are dolphins

[@redshadow-qt9sl]

The Orca is the Top Predator

[@rickoshay5525]

It really does break my heart to see one of my favorite animals attacking another favorite animal of mine. 😢

[@rcontractor]

I am interested in how these 2 orcas shared a dolphin.

[@KrisDelaPena]

where can we find the full video??

[@linda10989]

Ikr? It ended so abruptly and I was thinking where's the rest of it?

[@user-xi8oh9mg6j]

only 3x bigger huh lmao

[@erzrs]

Humans are not attacked because we are not often in the sea. Humans are boney small creatures that have little weight in muscle and organs. However this is the wild and mistakes and starvation do happen so maybe they would attack in very rare circumstances.

[@HardeepSingh-dp8lh]

we are all dolphins and the economy is one big orca ! it catches up to us until we can no longer swim !

[@Darealblase0]

So you mean to tell me theres nothing in the ocean that can beat a orca 😂😂😂

[@bhartipanwar66]

nope

[@phil.l.1327]

Orcas are truly the King's Of The Ocean.

[@Casanova102986]

king of the seas .

[@TadpoleHappy]

Queen

[@connorbingham6473]

Just realised they are basically hunting their own kind as aren’t dolphins and orcas related some how

[@ThePltsweet]

I started to reconsider seeing them as beautiful after finding out that they hunt whales and dolphins 🥺🥺😢😓. I guess the name killer whales really does suit them.

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Its an animal 😅

[@TadpoleHappy]

Also, name "Orca" does suit them too

[@haroldbrooks4235]

Pretty sure that they’re more than 3 times bigger than a common dolphin

[@maga6252]

Orcas do have a taste for only the tongue while hunting for whale calf. What part do they prefer while hunting dolphins?!

[@stevebrockman6827]

You know The Orca Whale looks like Mickey Mouse because in black

[@julyseven808]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@vinnie1889]

Interesting, thanks great video…exciting too

[@davidmullet1030]

Orcas are dulphins

[@frkzd]

erm nice but where’s the full footage??