Over 30 Killer Whales attacking 2 ADULT Gray Whales

On March 30th, 2023 we witnessed several families of orcas attempting to predated on two adult grey whales. Killer whales are typically observed predating on grey whale calves during the months of April and May as they're make their annual migration back up to the Chukchi Sea of Alaska. The orcas were observed for 6 hours by several boats before giving up and letting the grey whales escape into shallow waters.

[@keytothegate68]

The two gray whales stood so close together facing an oncoming threat

[@KingTriton1837]

Gray whales fascinate me. The fact that they can battle orca and occasionally win is just astounding!!!

[@tomtalker2000]

They aren't called "wolves of the ocean" for nothing folks.

[@cyrusknowles8432]

Pretty inefficient and inept hunting by the "wolves of the sea" .

[@orcasocute]

@@cyrusknowles8432 If Orca hunting techniques are inept to you then the hunting employed by every other creature save for humans are abhorrently pathetic.

[@cyrusknowles8432]

@@orcasocute Wolves and lions are much more successful and efficient. Still ... Orcas are cute. 😉 hee hee.

[@richardchandler3820]

This is absolutely incredible! Very brutal and sad but fascinating to watch. Monterey Bay has always and continues to be the best place on planet earth to go see Orcas! You just never know what your going to see from day to day. Wow!

[@deborahb.gerken5837]

Friends have said the same thing, Richard. They have been whale watching up and down the Pacific coast and always say Monterey Bay is the place to go.

[@thosearentpillows5638]

They lived.

[@SHERMA.]

a lot of people commenting saying the orca's are protecting their bellies by rolling, i truly dont think thats the case i think they are rolling to protect their fins, orcas have a track record of biting the fins off sharks and whales, we can see at 4:04 the left orca try bite/headbut the left whales fin im certain the whales want nothing more other than to swim away but in order to swim they would have to extend their fins and risk them being chomped on at 6:40 you can see a bite on a unfolded fin and at 6:45 you see how folding the fin helps

[@thosearentpillows5638]

Agreed. I’ve seen similar footage of the killer whales going for the fins. I also wonder if the gray whales eyes are more on the top of their head and by rolling over they can see the attacks coming. Idk.

[@ranro7371]

Whales can swim without fins. It's for protection.

[@carterbishop2935]

I've never before seen the "rolling action" the grey whale employed. It clearly kept the Killer Whales from getting a good grip if they tried to do that.

[@moonlightelf591]

Well, Orcas can take full grown Humpback or Grey Whale if they *bite* together... This 30 orcas. Orcas don't bite, but they drown their preys, or simply immobilize them.

[@daneg]

@@moonlightelf591i think it's the ramming that the roll is meant to evade.

[@Orca_mammal]

Would a ram even hurt the giant whales?​@@daneg

[@daneg]

@@Orca_mammal maybe. those horns are pointy! 😁 hehe. I believe the ramming is the primary way in which the orcas wound the larger cetaceans. they tire them too, of course. but I think they soften them up by with ramming before they try to drown. but I'm no expert and I've mostly only seen them do this to calves.

[@Felix9lives]

Their backs have thicker blubber and harder skin with lots of barnacles, so they roll to shield their delicate underbelly from the orcas' battering. :)

[@suzywright1521]

Absolutely incredible footage. Thanks for sharing. So glad the grey whales made it in the end! ❤️

[@Ideqq1]

A última Morreu tempo depois

[@Icarus_II]

Yes and no, they spent so much energy trying to get something to eat and weren't able to.

[@carlacarlacarlacarla5235]

Orcas can find prey pretty much anywhere. I believe they enjoy the challenge of trying to bring down animals larger than themselves.

[@bosshog8277]

Are you sure they made it?! It was only one left at the end at the very last thing you see is an orca biting flesh off of it as blood came out. I don’t think they made it sadly.

[@blood_blaaat_slime_slat6313]

@@Icarus_II orcas have problems with salmon stocks but it is easy to hunt anything they want

[@kazd2561]

This was really sad to watch 😢I think the whale on the left was protecting the other whale more so,and the one that ended up bleeding 😢 I would find it hard to think that whale would survive the amount of punishment it recieved! Also where did the other whale go? And do you think they where Male & Female? Did they get bk together,what was the outcome ?

[@tonydelatorre7265]

I'm so curious as to what happened to the other whale ? Did it make a break for it and leave the other one, or did it parrish?

[@eRiCa88wise]

@@tonydelatorre7265 they killed one. Clearly, this footage isn’t playing without any edits. No it is. It’s been changed and out of order. I do believe they killed one of the whales they took it down and drowned it. That’s why we don’t see one.

[@tonydelatorre7265]

@eRiCa thanks for the reply😁I didn't know they would take down adults ,thought it was only the calves. They truly are the wolves of the sea

[@philcollins1255]

Says they both escaped in the description

[@amvrsa]

​@philcollins1255 did they escape these dreadful orcas. They look cute but are causing huge imbalance. Truly can't stand them. Time someone wipes them out. They are ruthless

[@m.denonsens]

Thanks again for posting this; filming it couldn’t have been easy to watch. They were really trying to drown the grey, weren’t they. Does anyone have info about the wounded greys?

[@meaghanclark1278]

No info but they’re probably okay. They have so much blubber to protect them from exactly this! The injuries will scar over they most likely didn’t hit any arteries or muscle bc it’s buried so deep.

[@karynpappel1318]

​@@meaghanclark1278 ah no they killed one, at the end. I'm presuming the other one got away. It's not the amount of blubber, the orcas ram and drown grey whales/humpbacks, etc

[@Room-xi6nb]

​@@karynpappel1318 But...but it says in the description that they were allowed to escape at the end. 😢

[@KingTriton1837]

@@karynpappel1318 wrong answer. It says that they got away in the description.

[@KingTriton1837]

@@karynpappel1318 wrong answer babe. They got away in the end.

[@MH_6160]

Insane footage! Nature is so violent… Seeing the grey's take a defensive posture to protect their bellies… just fascinating.

[@kvarnerinfoTV]

Nature? Nature is nothing comapred to humanity. Ever saw male baby chicks being burned alive or grinded alive? Just because of...egg industry. If you eat eggs you oay for them to do that. Boiling of live lobsters? Slaughterhouses... Humanity....that is brutal stuff, we, god damned vermin, cancer of the planet Earth.

[@AlaskaNavigator]

Is it? This was just their equivalent to a Thanksgiving Feast.....is that also violent?

[@remyogun8270]

@@AlaskaNavigatorwhat a stupid comment

[@jnielsen90]

They are not actually protecting their bellies when you see them constantly belly-up or upside down, they are doing that to be able to see better where the next Orca ram attack is coming from so they can roll to deflect the oncomming blow, making it a glancing blow instead of a full impact ram. The Orcas aren't typically interested in any part of the Grey Whales except their tounge usually...which you will see Orcas constantly try to bite right out of the whales mouth once they are so exhausted they don't even attempt to run away any longer. I live on Vancouver Island and the Grey Whales migrate past us every year trying to dodge the many Pods of Orcas waiting for them off our coast. They try to hug the coastline as close as possible so Orcas can't get below them in deep enough water or stay near Kelp Forests so the Orcas cant be able to ram attack them from below. Many Greys like to take a short cut and cross Monteray Bay instead of hug the coastline and right here is usually what happens if you take the short cut across the Bay as the Orcas wait and listen for Greys and their calfs to do this

[@ZC.Andrew]

​@@AlaskaNavigatorMine is pretty violent 😂

[@ChristianFloydLewis]

Are the grey whales rolling on their backs to protect their underside I wonder? It seems like the roll, take a breath then roll again to protect their bellys...

[@rodnerpipas8337]

Quantas roladas ela te deu ?

[@SageRosemaryTime]

You got it . They roll as a defense against blows or bites . It makes it tougher to ram them as Orca use head butting with enormous force . In other attacks you can see this impact bend the Whale body or even lift it right out of the water. Rolling is a strategy used by several Whales and seems instinctive as very young calves do it.

[@Kindred_37]

Absolutely. Orcas have now started to learn to attack great whites from below and only extract their liver!

[@vincevincent6984]

They don’t usually attack adult grey whales they typically target the calves or weak & injured whales . Very brazen attack. The grey whales put up a great fight! I’m sure glad orcas don’t hunt us , yet lol. I’ve seen them in the wild in person off our coast . Amazing beast!

[@NickMcdermott97]

​@@SageRosemaryTimedo Orca have a plate or hardened bones in the front of their face? That would give them the ability to be able to ram so hard without breaking their own heads

[@keitakishima4890]

It should be 15 orcas or less not 30, coz if 30 orcas you cannot count them coz its too many... misleading title of this content

[@Specogecko]

Unbelievable seeing how two grey whales cooperate in defending themselves against the orcas, I wonder if this is an improvised, learned, or common behaviour

[@daMillenialTrucker]

well.. animals kinda dont just let things kill them lol

[@Specogecko]

@@daMillenialTrucker 🤦🏻‍♂️ did you even read the comment? Or did you mean to reply to a different comment

[@GetErrDun]

​@@Specogeckohis name has "millennial" in it so that should explain it all 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ConsciouslyEating]

@@Specogecko i think its learned behavior - mom tells child kind of thing I guess.

[@ranro7371]

learned how? It's improvised.

[@RobertSchinhofen]

They are the gang members of the sea for sure. Just screw it with other animals for no reason and with a bunch of them at once helpless animals mining their own business

[@meaghanclark1278]

I’m so proud of the whales 🥲

[@joezic]

im proud of you :)

[@MK-ik8nx]

30vs 2 and you are proud ?

[@joseluispocerosgasperin]

@@MK-ik8nx the grey whales won , the battle was 6 hours long and still won

[@Jd_JDKKK45]

​@@MK-ik8nxhe's talking about the grey whales

[@amvrsa]

​@MK-ik8nx time orcas get wiped out. Causing a huge imbalance and dreadful deaths. As cute as they are they have no mercy.

[@onetwocue]

Amazing. If cetaceans have evolved to eat each other, what will happn to humams when we evolve? Will the meat eating humans go after the vegans?

[@Johndavis6192]

Seems like your planning on it lol

[@avn9542]

🤓☝️

[@avn9542]

Bro didn't attend school Bro likes Andrew Tate Bro is vegan Bro calls himself a "Sigma" Bro uses "women☕" Bro is 30 and a virgin

[@holycow7195]

These Whales have no teeth unfortunately; so they have a hard time protecting themselves.

[@BorisKOUKA]

They can kill you with one tail hit Becoz they are really big. That's the way they survive. In eating lot of food quickly than if they had teeth

[@timlombardini3556]

watching at 2x speed is actually much better

[@michelewelsh2273]

Wow you’re not lying. Much better this way!!

[@fragelicious]

Damn, that was brutal.

[@juliuscosta479]

It’s amazing Thank you so much for sharing!

[@khaisangdantri7314]

Playing it in x2 speed and you got easy to understand!

[@EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ]

Poor gray Whales

[@michaelak1719]

Was ist den Grauwalen Passiert?😟

[@orbitflyer9275]

Those poor grays.....they needed backup. A dozen humpbacks.

[@jcas4640]

If they was in the area they would've helped definitely

[@GorgyPorgy65]

Who said they survived....the end of that footage didn't give that impression ?

[@aiciaangwyn443]

The left whale already bloody😢

[@rosco3866]

This is why KZbin was created, to sharing amazing moments like this!

[@vinsmoke4155]

give full version bro no cut

[@silverfist21]

Очень напоминает, как европейцы уничтожали индейцев в Америке: ружья и пушки против луков и стрел. Выживает сильнейший.

[@njxx1a]

Ugh excuse me but the video shows the gray whales not escaping.......

[@kngez]

People don’t relies the scale pf this battle, i know how big an orca is and those whales are massive next to them

[@rickwhite4137]

9:30 The first sign of blood in the water. Watching this video is like watching a suspenseful movie. As the whales slipped away tells me that the orcas was just having "fun." They could easily killed both of them! Orcas only eat the whales tongs.

[@MartinezC.]

Awesome right everyone you sickos! Now DO what everyone wants let out ALLL the captive orcas from Sea World bye bye sea life 👋 👋

[@cassie2936]

What happened to the 2nd grey?

[@acewhitecap]

It got killed

[@davidburgess8347]

@@acewhitecap media said both survived and made it to shallows

[@vegetaking1272]

​@@acewhitecapBruh quit lying smh! It says in the description both got away smh

[@ElizabethFort-v6n]

It's probably exhausted from all the Ramming and bites

[@bron5025]

It died

[@vlair258]

Breaking news: Orcas suspected as gang members executed two grey whales on broad day light.

[@gredos90]

Could 1 hit from the gray tail kill a orca?

[@iminzayn5442]

Definitely not

[@vegetaking1272]

Injured & stunt em yes but kill? Basically impossible bcuz an adult orca is big & strong af lol

[@akathecops]

Over fishing our oceans have consequences. Next time your dinner consists of fish remember what you did.

[@soinaru]

It doesn't look like the pod succeeded. If their goal was food, this would be a hard lesson in choosing easier targets. But there's a chance this is just fun for them

[@bonjourclash5903]

These grey sales seemed a little dick or at least weak already before being attacked, no ?

[@amitaff71]

What happened to the grey whales? Can someone share the article?thanks

[@abcgames4454]

​@@windows.10.12 both were safe in the end ?

[@raysolorzano8563]

All such beautiful animals. People no need to waste your $ going to sea world or the like. A lot cheaper going out on a boat. And seeing nature at its finest.

[@raph771]

J'aurais bien voulu savoir se qu'est devenue le baleineau !? Il était seul et ce sont des baleines à bosse qui l'ont sauvé !! Le baleineau est d'une autre espèce de baleine. L'ont elles adoptés ??? Ça voudrait dire que des espèces de baleines différentes (à bosse, baleine bleue, cachalot...) sont capables de le faire et ça aurait été une première observation....

[@karynpappel1318]

Are you watching the video? Both whales are grey whales, no humpbacks. The greys were similar in size, so I don't think cow and calf.. ya I don't think the same video...or making things up.

[@tabishahmad8101]

Wow fascinating,Allah is great

[@macoi3008]

Why no sound?

[@leezinke4351]

Even Orca loves to go whaling as well.

[@Plexpara]

Interesting how the Wahles dodge their bites with rolling back and forth. sometimes hit with fin

[@mm-hq4qh]

"The orcas were observed for 6 hours by several boats before giving up and letting the grey whales escape into shallow waters." How is that good for grays? In that spot they are fucked. Something is off ybout this story or you just dont wanna show us the end...

[@fuckthishandlething]

i think orcas were just bored and decided to bully them or teach their kids maybe? seems they couldve got one if they really wanted to.

[@Room-xi6nb]

This channel has no qualms about showing how brutal nature can be and definitely show the endings when they end in death too. It's the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Their job is literally to do research and not interfere. If they say the whales escaped, I'm sure they did.

[@tabishahmad8101]

Why dont the dive deeper where orcas cant reach

[@HOV4N]

Orcas are the gangsters of the sea!!

[@cedricgtrable]

Orcas are like the wolfs, atack on group and could kill any animal

[@whteflower]

Talk about gang violence. They ran up on them so damn quick.

[@luckypatel6849]

God damn this sea Oreos are dangerous

[@Keepler22b]

I found my cat. The tail was the only thing left of him:/

[@KFCLinan]

The Fins of the ocean

[@mauriciovelasquezjimenez8445]

Oh man,Gray Whales dont bite? No teeth?

[@Mylittlezambonipony]

"This shit is fucking crazy" - Dante, Grandma's Boy

[@SOUTHERNCALIBABY]

Crazy to think all they want is the tongues.

[@beeeps]

Do the gray whales have any way to defend themselves? As in, typically much larger animals, even if they are not predators, have various defensive mechanisms. It looks like in the footage they can only bob and weave to try and avoid damage, but cannot hit the Orcas for any damage themselves.

[@daniramadhani7290]

Love the Mega Pod Coordinate.

[@mikhailsharon4331]

30 killer whales?! WOW!

[@michaelshipman5397]

tHESE GREYS WERE LUCKY FOR THAT MANY ORCAS to focus on two truly lucky orcas have a kill ratio somewhere around 80~90 % ! try looking what is being called MEGA POD OF ORCAS THERE ARE SOOO MANY WOULD BE HARD TO COUNT BIGGEST GATHERING OF ORCAS I HAVE EVER SEEN AMAZING & MAJESTIC !

[@debdew7125]

So did the gray whales get killed? Separated? Just get picked on from the killer whales? Didn't see any blood. The gray whales kept spinning.

[@onlyfins831]

9:20 is where the blood starts. They survived because they got to shallow waters. And yes they separated them

[@debdew7125]

​@@onlyfins831 Thank you for answering my question. I was hoping they made it. I got to see JJ a gray whale that Sea World in San Diego rescued and later released. He looked me right in the eye as he swam by me in the tank. It was a spiritual moment for me! The sun rays were shining down through the water. He was so close to me! Only separated by the glass. Truely amazing! Thank you, Take care🌻

[@happychappy27]

@@debdew7125 fuck sea world. Wretched place.

[@PL.3112]

@@onlyfins831 DO YOU HAVE THE VIDEO WHERE THEY SEPARATED THEM? DO YOU ALSO HAVE THEM ESCAPING TO THE SHALLOWS? IT WOULD’VE BEEN BETTER TO SEE IT ALL AS IT LOOKS LIKE 2 DIFFERENT VIDEOS 🤔 THE BLOOD IS ACTUALLY VISIBLE EARLIER IN UR VIDEO 😔 HARD TO WATCH 🫣

[@mm-hq4qh]

@@onlyfins831 How is a whale safe in shallow water?! This is bs ...

[@adalangcauon84]

I wonder gray whales say close to each other and rolling we can survive

[@jhonclementro1546]

I wonder if the orcas were successful

[@Pawknee123]

Yes, they were rolling on their backs to protect their underside. Watch at 7:26 The orcas Were basically punching them in the stomach. What was the outcome?

[@jayluurssen2151]

They made it out Alive by swimming to shallow water

[@GorgyPorgy65]

@@jayluurssen2151 ...which answers another question for us... Beached whales may be trying to get away from orcas...

[@karynpappel1318]

​@@jayluurssen2151 isn't the last grey dead at the end of the video?

[@robbymora9989]

Tal vez nadando a las profundidades se habrían podido salvar ambas, es posible en el pasado la técnica de las grises les funcionará pero no esta vez

[@paulcorbin7495]

Pump Action shot gun even the score

[@KathleenTatone]

Again, Evan- thank you so much for this footage! To be at the right place at the right time! What a way for the younger orcas to learn the art of the hunt and kill with these whales. You truly see the hits and tail slaps, plus them using their noses to turn them over, as if to attempt to drown them so they can't breathe.

[@WaterisbetterH20]

you know i do fancy a bit of orca meat. i say if they come to our shores we hunt them to show our youngens the art of the kill. and we team up with the grey wales to end this gang violence.

[@LayneStaley-zl2iq]

They aren't turning them over. The whales are rolling.

[@timlombardini3556]

the whales roll in an attempt to protect their undersides.

[@urban_fox4658]

The orcas are most definitely capable of rolling them over in a pod of that size, but more likely, the grey whales are rolling to protecting their blowholes and to slap their pectoral fins and flukes, to ward off, hit, and frighten the attackers. Orcas don't ram repeatedly (especially not two massive grey whales) because trauma could severe a key artery in their nasal passage and other structures can be injured (this is how Kandu died at Sea World). The Orcas strategy on larger prey is to disorient, drown, "kick" with their flutes, and bite. This was a huge endeavor by 30 Orcas needing to feed their pod or starve.

[@amvrsa]

Time to wipe out these orcas!

[@gimigimi1299]

I would imagine that killer pod is tagged to make this incredible experience for us. Thank you

[@joeszalay2052]

They r ripping off here fins or flippers

[@nima761]

Gray whales will be missed us

[@fabios.253]

Killer whales....lol, 🤮

[@zohebsuleman1678]

why didnt they dive deep ?

[@GorgyPorgy65]

They didn't win with these two...but they win often with a mother and her calf.

[@javiergaetano8538]

well, you already answered A CALF!!! it´s very different that two adults...

[@carloslopera6813]

Horrible disgusting depredations hunting indefensible animals can’t defend they self 😢

[@emila6]

Nature is brutal 😢

[@nigeltickner5685]

why do the whales just take a deep breath and dive deep, end of attack?

[@JakeFallis75]

According to Wikipedia, orcas dive deeper than gray whales do.

[@alliekat5272]

I bet they had to get more drones in the sky to capture 6 hours of attack! Thank you for sharing this seige, it's brutal for sure & sadness all at once. I wonder if the oras wait for the Grey whales to recoup and swim away from the shore, and then attack again in weakness.?

[@samzasap2594]

This footage is absolutely unbelievable yet amazing

[@michaelwyckoff7593]

Damn😊

[@jacquelineartis4315]

Y no sound? Kinda weird

[@dukati900ss]

2:50 tail slap!

[@mikagekaito]

Hitting their body against opponents have three times weight and hard body would be extremely painful and damaging for the orcas, so it shouldn't be possible to fire it randomly.

[@stefanmargraf7878]

dont like that

[@riseto]

Good footage! This is amazing video! A question: do you have any sounds for this? Hope you can share it...and it's a great video for research 🎉🖤

[@masterdebater2830]

Why dont the whales just go real deep??

[@sharkdeer]

With eco location killer whales would have a general idea of their positions and probably follow them near the surface to prevent them from reaching it and breath, the best way to defend was sticking togheter and rolling, at the end the gray whales are big tank like creatures that if can ménage to defend each others soft parts can withstand orcas attacks for hours, that's way they go for the cubs

[@aiciaangwyn443]

Gray whale,, u must run swin away, dont stop, dont slow down

[@vegetaking1272]

Bro that was the best strategy smh! U can't outrun a pod of 30 Orcas! Bcuz Orcas wud take turn so there's no way to outrun from em!

[@BlackHart730]

ORCAS ARE JUST AMAZING. THE BEAUTY IN THIS.......... THE 2 WHALES WASN'T NO PUNKB!TCH.

[@flydmc]

Do we know which transient orca families this was?

[@mitchellness9920]

Looks like the slightly smaller whale was probably the calf and once they separated it at the end they continue to tire it and drown it. I doubt it survived.

[@Nurmi860]

Imagine getting your a** beat for 6 hours and swimming off, wow I wish we could know the damage they endured by that. Nature is cruel

[@NahualliUoxtitla]

Jesus... each of those tail swipes are like thunderclaps. The orcas always avoid the tail, I've noticed.

[@erosgiosalmoni1925]

Orcas

[@sanjo7323]

Those grey whales maybe a mother and a calf. Good thing the calf is no longer a baby. But I only saw one grey whale in the end of the video. It seems like both grey whales did not make it.

[@patdavenport5097]

The Gray Whales could have left but they didn't. Was one protecting the other?

[@bron5025]

Left and went where??

[@folkq]

Spectacular footage but seems very inefficient as an 'attack' by 30 orca!? Looked more like harrassing and haranguing, scarcely any biting and no concerted efforts to drown the whale which they had targeted? Was this an inexperienced assault? Its certainly fascinating but not what I expected having watched many such films.

[@Girlonwheeltravel]

Who is here after seeing it on tiktok and just came here to watch it hit the subscribe ❤🎉❤

[@borneoawesomechannel1189]

why do orcas start to attack adult whale, is it because there aren't enough fish due to mass fishing by humans. the number of whales keep declining each year, it so sad to see that even orcas kill whales beside human

[@Zaya2499]

NOTICE how the Grey Whale lays on its side to protect its rear fin from an easy bite!! How thoughtful.

[@Iliveinamonsterverse]

Orcas their strength is just on numbers. Gray whales the manage to win after 6 hours fighting with so many of them

[@HamoodiClash]

The issue is 9 out 0f 10 gray whale calf can’t survive and killed by orca or die .