Why Do Pilot Whales TERRIFY Orca??

[@j.s.2281]

You don't have to be stronger to survive. You just have to be more trouble than you're worth. It's like the honey badger vs. literally anything.

[@alinapopescu872]

Very well said.

[@liukang85]

iirc honey badgers are pretty dangerous for bigger predators as well, due to their tough fur

[@kaijuar2003]

Kind of funny that you mentioned honey badgers when most of the time, this is even documented, they run into their burrows. The ONLY time they are so aggressive is when they are too far from their burrow and cannot escape. Mongoose are the same when they are too far from their burrow.

[@j.s.2281]

@kaijuar2003 youve missed my point entirely. They may run to safety IF its available but not many animals their size can survive an attack from some of the animls they encounter. You have to be more trouble than you're worth. Now Im also not saying they are the only animals in the world that do that.. I feel I need to point that out lol

[@loowick4074]

It's not the big guys that are scary...ichtyotitan, megalodons, livyatan. It's the undiscovered crackheads that were living in the water with them we have to worry about.

[@rig-a-deelio8465]

Orcas: [makes sound] Pilot whales: "Oh, they want the smoke!"

[@drelahnniedikhoff8005]

all the smoke*

[@RamenNoodlePackets]

I love pilot whales, they are so goofy looking but then they open their mouth and you see their teeth and you're like... oh.

[@jeffborelo8334]

Actually not that much. You should have a look at the false killer whale’s mouth, way more terrifying !

[@jeffborelo8334]

Nothing compared to false killer whales !

[@nathanspencer5292]

Maybe it's like a hyena-lion dynamic, with the pilot whales bullying the orcas away from food if they outnumber them enough

[@thaariqbinaziz2821]

It is ,orca have bigger size but pilot whales group is larger

[@George_M_]

So pilot whales are lions? (Lions steal food from hyenas more than vice versa)

[@nathanspencer5292]

@@George_M_ nah, I was thinking that the orcas were the lions. Maybe it's not the best analogy. Orcas are like lions? But they don't even have legs

[@jeffjones7108]

Orcas are very intelligent. The adults might not be at too much risk from pilot whales, but their young would be. It's not like they can lock them up somewhere safe while they go out hunting.

[@winoodlesnoodles1984]

Kind of what I was thinking. However, I was think more on the lines of lions and hyena killing each others young to limit competition.

[@dfacto]

Alternative theory. Pilot whale: HEY! I'm coming to see you man, been ages, how you doin, how's little Benny, ya lookin after him? Is that herring, ya got herring? Let's catch up, let's do lunch ya know, bada bing bada boom A A A A! Orca: *mumbles* Oh jesus christ it's the cousins. Oh my look at the time, must be going!

[@K-P0G-Benn]

😄😄😄

[@orenrob1914]

This theory is better. Pilot whales are the dorks of the sea

[@JRBDWD]

Very curious behaviour. It also shows how smart they are, knowing their strenghts and weaknesses. For example orcas knowing their numbers are inferior or the pilot whales knowing that speed and numbers help them bully an apex predator.

[@letitialewis9349]

It’s like a grown man fighting 20 toddlers…man is going to lose 🤣🤣🤣

[@thalmoragent9344]

Basically

[@thalmoragent9344]

​@@letitialewis9349 Maybe

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@letitialewis9349You’re going to need a lot more toddlers. A whole lot more.

[@letitialewis9349]

@@JoeOvercoat said a grown man - i didn’t say a healthy grown man

[@homersimpson5501]

Maybe they have a treaty we don’t know about

[@j.s.2281]

😂thats a good point actually lol

[@joshuapatrick682]

My thoughts when hearing about the young hostage pilot whale, like medieval royalty used to do to powerful nobles.

[@alinapopescu872]

I wouldn't exclude some kind of agreements.

[@loowick4074]

1 million pilot whales vs 50000 orcas left. We know who won the war.

[@SliceofLife7777]

Could be. By respecting territorial claims, both species live in peace, mostly. Both use coordination in an attack. The casualties on both sides would cause a sickening result. As stated, both species are intelligent. Perhaps it is a recognition of sentience in each other. Could explaine why neither species hunts humans, though they are physically capable of doing so.

[@thetnuggz7521]

I was sprayed by a long fin pilot whale when I was 12 out fishing with my dad. It came so close to our little boat i could have reached out and touched it, but i didnt notice it untill it sprayed me because I was looking away. Most magical moment of my life. Pilot whales and Sperm whales are my 2 favorite animals (and coincidentally are also the 2 loudest animals)

[@conquestanddeath4406]

Bro pranked you but ended up giving you a key memory instead.

[@janebaxter841]

Phew, at first I thought you said spayed.

[@junanougues]

Wow!

[@Rakanarshi2]

@@janebaxter841 pffft hahaha. made my day. :D

[@sergeantsonso3490]

It sneezed on you and you described the moment as magical. Typical human.

[@jerseyforhawks]

So, a Pilot Whale is like a Honey Badger or Giant Otter - fearless.

[@skizmondo]

and the narwhal is well... the fainting goat.

[@bessamacanna5193]

Love how you always cite your sources! I appreciate the thoroughness ❤️

[@ShaunHall-i7e]

Agreed!

[@Argh5987]

Orca: *I fear no whale... but that thing... it scares me...* Edit: wow! 630+ likes! I didn't know I'll get these high amount of likes Thank u🙏

[@misterfevillord1588]

Pilot whale: mmpff!

[@Mr.Polymonstrum901]

@@misterfevillord1588 Meet The *PILOT*

[@coffeepot3123]

@@misterfevillord1588 That's it, you're getting a thumbs up, hahaha..

[@sentboumaster3436]

Faroe Islanders: Bóghvítuhvalirnir eru bangnir fyri grindahvølunum , men vit eru teir sum grindahvalirnir skulu vera bangnir fyri (Orcas fear the pilot whales, but we are the ones who pilot whales should be fear of)

[@Mr.Polymonstrum901]

@@sentboumaster3436 you didn’t get the joke didn’t you.

[@alinapopescu872]

I suspect that these creatures, orcas and pilot whales alike, are so intelligent that they have different attitudes and behaviours towards other species. You cannot bet on all behaving the same. And I do see orcas kidnapping, as I see them adopting. Maybe it was an isolated case. As I said, they are so intellingent as to be difficult to read.

[@wildworld6264]

Yeah, I agree. It's hard to say how different populations/pods would react

[@urrywest]

@@wildworld6264 Perhaps we can see the similar behaviors with land mammals. I feel like there is a great deal of instictual behavior even among creatures that have mostly learned behaviors... Like behaviors we see between preditory species on land.

[@connordanby6275]

Female Orca comes across crying baby pilot whale separated from mother and pod, I could see it adopting it especially with them being rather similar. Can only imagine what happened when it grew up though, maybe there's pod of Orca's out there with a pilot whale too.

[@Desimere]

@@connordanby6275 maybe that's how they get the pods of orcas that don't run, a adoptive familial relationship with the pilot whales that are coming

[@hughheavens3753]

​@@connordanby6275It's not crazy at all. Orcas have adopted beluga whales before.

[@Nozawachter]

If it’s simply avoidance without ever witnessing a fight, it might not be fear but disgust. Pilot whales: hear that guys? Or Orca brothers are nearby, let us spread word of our lord and savior Poseidon. Orcas: oh crap, not these guys again….

[@joncrow3228]

You mentioned Pilot Whales among the loudest things out there. Is it possible they’re basically shouting the Orcas away? Essentially giving them a massive headache if they don’t leave, and more numbers mean faster headache.

[@Rhinogradentian]

I am inclined to think mobbing behavior, similar to how flocks of songbirds will harass a hawk or owl.

[@windhelmguard5295]

the way i see it is that predators are looking for victims, not opponents. if you behave like prey, they'll see you as prey and attack. if you act like you're equal in power, many predators will just leave you alone.

[@standingbadger]

That's a life hack right there 👍🏼

[@SuprememeCeratosaurus]

I see it more as hyena-lion dynamic tbh

[@chodak3709]

@@windhelmguard5295 What's interesting is I had always thought that Orcas were intellectually above that We need more data to test lol

[@windhelmguard5295]

@@chodak3709 it works on humans too so make of that what you will.

[@ルカ写真撮影]

Orcas : we're the toughest animals in the ocean Long fin pilot whale : Hello *Orcas terrified screams in the distance*

[@boardcertifiable]

I read that hello in George Takei's voice. Lol

[@laydeestroh4830]

😂😂😂😂😊

[@JohnSmith-ik8nt]

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[@puertoricanpapi1356]

They aren’t actually scared of them. Orcas will kill pilot whales

[@GCtwoTHREE]

Yeah, no.....Orcas literally eat the liver out of whale sharks mid-swim

[@jeffborelo8334]

At first seeing your video’s thumbail I thought it was a clickbait but it’s actually a pretty good and sober factual video. I really appreciated it. Thanks !

[@SharkNinjaBlueStar]

Huh, I didn't know about this, but if I had to guess, I'd wager that it's a similar dynamic that lions and hyenas have, that being two social predators that have a rough overlap in prey that they consume, ergo leading to a natural tendency for aggression between the two competitors.

[@KevinAugustt]

The video explains what the top experts think is happening but who needs that when the comments are the real expert's 💀

[@lilylilylily2675]

​@@KevinAugustt Commenters are random people( could be an expert, could be a normal citizen ) Top experts are adept practitioners in their fields

[@Player-pj9kt]

​@@KevinAugustt No need to get hostile over an educated guess

[@jamespostle6894]

@@KevinAugustt vid is just a random guy not an expert.

[@chodak3709]

@@KevinAugustt It's normal for people to ponder and consider new information while relating it to things they already know. Stop getting in the way of self-expression and free thought.

[@Leviathan1000]

I thought it was a joke at first, but after the resource, I was like wow the bully got bullied.

[@frisk151]

I don't know where you are researching.. But, if you are calling an Orca a "bully" that got "bullied".. You should check into legit peer reviewed analysis and then come back and pontificate... Orcas DO NOT get bullied ever.. That is a legitimately tested fact... They don't hunt solo either.. So, you get to f-a-f-o with a huge pod of them gunning for anything... Welcome to reality.. Don't need to be a marine biologist to figure this one out..

[@paxwallace8324]

Dumb anthropomorphic reaction.

[@Martin-hb4il]

Orcas are the only species that wouldn’t change at all if taken over by a “Venom” symbiote.

[@johhnybins6037]

I wouldn't say the only species

[@chodak3709]

@@johhnybins6037 they're the only ones that would even look the same though lol

[@AifDaimon]

Never thought this would even be possible

[@albatross4920]

No problem taking out big baleen whales, jumbo sized pinnipeds, and dangerous sharks. And yet they're nervous around their own cousins... go figure 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@gildatheplant]

I mean, we've all got at least one cousin like that in the family.

[@timw4432]

They know crazy when they see it lol

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Nice to see you only speculated within the data, rather than making up an answer to the question. Responsible coverage!

[@Stoneface-SD42]

This may seem irrelevant to the topic, but man I loved the two videos on the man-eating big cats.Therefore, I humbly request you to continue the series 🙏🙏🙏 Sincerely, Your Subscriber

[@Truthisscarierthanfiction]

@wildworld mngwa

[@TimFaulkner-qb5kl]

I agree lived your man eater video

[@RoySATX]

@@TimFaulkner-qb5kl If you lived they weren't true man eaters!

[@mikewilliams-no9cm]

One thing they didn't mention was numbers When I see pilot whales I seems to be a pretty significant group High numbers of more agile smaller foes would be enough to make you turn around

[@ambassadorcartwright9127]

Been here for a few years now and it's super cool to see you at 100k subs. It was pretty clear you'd get there from the beginning, you make fantastic videos.

[@porschecollector727]

My man, with another video! My most favorite “yet undiscovered” channel! Love your videos!

[@wildworld6264]

Glad you like them!

[@owl8074]

The pilot whale every time an orca call is heard: *wee woo wee woo* *beep boop beep boop beep boop beep boop* "Over G, Roll Left" "Over G, Roll Right" *eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* "Lock"

[@mrcat5508]

Technically they would use HEAT instead of RDR missiles

[@brilobox2]

@@mrcat5508 Technically, they are whales and this is a funny analogy bit.

[@mrcat5508]

@@brilobox2 technically, they are PILOT whales and funny is subjective

[@eestaashottentotti2242]

They just go: "Hello neighbor!". And start to tell the most boring travel stories.

[@shrimp708]

Were the orcas in question transient or regional? Do the pilot whales bully just the regional killer whales who feed on fish or/and the transients who eat marine mammals. This could help explain the reason if the pilot whales were looking for food or just bullying

[@beautifulgudrun8802]

This behaviour occurs across multiple populations of Pilot Whales, towards multiple populations of Killer Whales, with absolutely zero regard to the prey type preferred by the Killer Whales. They do it here in Australia, for example. Pilot Whales have charged at and scared off Killer Whales in Bremer Bay, and those guys are very much marine mammal eaters, in fact, they seem to specialise on Beaked Whales, which are approximately Pilot Whale sized. The Pilots don't care though. They've charged at the Orcas when they've been literally in the middle of killing a Beaked Whale.

[@bonnyjeanaustin8801]

As a born and raised Seattlelite as well as a strong Advocate for the Southern Resident Pod that lives in our waters; I can testify to the strength of love mother Orca's feel for their babes. One mother lost her babe and carried the corpse for months refusing to give up her child. The mental health of this mother Orca was a great concern Washingtonians did not ignore and prayed on every day. Not only that but when the young are threatened in the pod as many Orca's were in Washington in the 60's until the 80's. When the pods were hunted and attacked (because SeaWorld and other such places wanted captive Orca's) these Orca's knew that it was their young the humans wanted to steal. The mother's and other female would dive very deep with their young so as not to be seen. The male Orca's would stay at the surface drawing the hunters away from the females and young taking them miles in the opposite direction. They are massively intelligent, on a level most humans are unwilling to accept. Sadly as the hunts became more sophisticated helicopters were used. The spotters could tell that there were no calves at the surface with what they now know was the males. Also Orca's as truly Dolphins and not Whales can not dive as deep. Especially with small babes. Which meant the spotters from such heights were able to follow the calves and catch them. I do not see a Southern Resident Pod mother stealing another mother's child. Adopting an orphaned calf, definitely. However all Pods are different.

[@ghostshirt1984]

Im in Seattle to and whale watch a lot.

[@gordonsmith5589]

I live in Washington and wish the picky ones would learn to eat sea lions instead of only fish. Then our fruity Governor and Sideshow Bob want to breech the damns for a few whales. Sure, crash the local economy and cause more overall environmental harm 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ryanm5578]

Great content. Thanks for digging through the research to present us this video.

[@SueDwyer-r3v]

Recorded Pilot Whale sounds may then help to protect yachts being attached by Orcas! Just a thought 🤔

[@MmpM123YT]

dont give ideas because that could hurt some ecosystems big time. I also heard the theory that because pilot whales are extremely loud it may be because the noise is too much for the orcas that they leave. if thats the case it would be another sign pointing to a very dangerous idea

[@joshuapatrick682]

The case of the Orca with the Pilot whale calf is an example of a classic human trait where a hostage is given to ensure they don’t attack? Truly fascinating stuff. Also, it makes sense the Orca would be protecting it since it’s their insurance policy against Pilot Whale aggression?

[@liukang85]

haven't thought of it like that lol.. interesting for sure

[@AncientWildTV]

yea this kind of interaction suggests that marine mammals might have more nuanced social strategies than previously understood.

[@loowick4074]

Humans have generally severely downplayed the intelligence of animals in history. And even now people refuse to believe stuff like chimpanzees having better short term memory than humans.

[@mikey2555]

I doubt this is why the Orca was protecting the Pilot calf. I think its just the unique personality of that particular Orca. Its also a Dolphin species and Dolphins are known to interact, bond, befriend other Dolphin species.

[@gildatheplant]

This seems pretty unlikely. I would bet the female orca lost her own baby, and given that baby pilot whales are close to the same size and shape of baby orcas, her maternal instincts imprinted on the baby pilot whale. Interspecies adoption isn't uncommon in the animal kingdom, especially among female mammals who have recently lost their own offspring.

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

There is precedent for what one might call “generational beef”. You know some African herbivores are ON SIGHT with Lions, attacking them ruthlessly and preemptively. It may be a social behaviour that’s just evolved over time, group-behaviour. Pilot Whales just gradually learned they can bully Orcas away and Orcas learned from each other that other toothed whales aggressive towards them and close to their size aren’t worth the trouble. There is also precedent for mobbing behaviour, such as with seals grouping up and harassing Great Whites hunting them, and while the shark could take the chance to snatch one, having a dozen pinnipeds with sharp teeth biting you isn’t worth it for a meal and so even the modestly intelligent whites back off. For pilot whales it makes sense with Orcas because they are certainly big enough to effectively harass and threaten Orcas, as well as being social enough to know to mob them regularly.

[@liukang85]

Maybe pilot whales have some specific smart strategy for aggression that makes them a threat on top of competition for food.

[@tigerstallion]

yea i wanna see the fight, just to know the strategy. i bet its like 35 little ninja whales ramming an orca into the abyss, nipping at its fins

[@biagiosancetta8876]

The "title" of this video is pretty off topic: the observations cited at best document a few occasions of avoidance behavior among orca pods, certainly mot evidence that the orcas were "terrified". Rather better and more confirmed observations of interspecies coperative behavior (orcas with humpback whales, dolphins, sharks) when feeding on herring or sardine schools might suggest that the pilot whales could be anticipating the same.

[@lazurusknight2724]

Off-topic? That's clearly not the case. Maybe not fully supported by the evidence, but to be off-topic sounds clearly wrong. Are you AI?

[@Abdi-libaax]

It’s difficult for some to picture orcas running away

[@corey1106]

maybe the orcas's "retreating" is just seeing a large pod ofpilot whales and going to alocation where they dont have to compete for food

[@tigerstallion]

na they get swarmed, especially if they have a history of going after a pilot whale

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Elimination of competition. Just like lions vs hyenas or hyenas vs wild dogs. When prey is abundant there is no reason to risk an injury unless the odds are overwhelmingly in one's group favor. When prey is scarce they'll go after each others throat.

[@dingledorthefirst]

Great vid. I really like that actual scientific research is quoted here good work :):).

[@CrimsonReapa]

im curious as to whether or not they tried to see how pilot whales react to the sounds of orcas that specialize in hunting mammals aka whale and other dolphins to see if the pilot whales react in the same or a different way similar to how they tested different eco type orca sounds on sharks and found that the sharks will actually ignore orca sounds from eco type that don't hunt sharks or ones that don't exist in here area but as soon as they started playing the sounds of the eco type(s) that are known shark hunters that exist in there area the sharks would flee the area and/or dive to deep depths to hide, that same test would let us now if pilot whales treat all orcas the same or just act aggressively to the squid and fish eating ecotypes but avoid/run from the mammal/dolphin hunting ones that are known to prey on other dolphins.

[@beautifulgudrun8802]

Pilot Whales have been observed charging at (and scaring off) marine mammal eating Orcas here in Australia, so it's not a uniquely food-driven response on either party, though that may still play a role in some cases.

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

An interesting fact about Orca behavior that might play into this is that female Orcas will gang up on the larger, slower & less agile males to keep them at the fringes of the pod. There has been cases in captivity where there's limited space where females have seriously injured & even killed males because of this. This shows in the Orca world might doesn't make right, as speed, agility & group size is far more important in altercations. What I'm getting at here is this, the fact Pilot Whales are faster & more agile they can out maneuver the larger Orcas like how the females of the latter do with the males... And from what I can find, both species are very closely related both belonging to the subfamily (Globicephalinae) so they can have a lot of shared social behavior. In short, this can all play a factor in the two species interactions...

[@wildworld6264]

Very interesting. Thanks for the info

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I remember hearing an interesting bitbof info about some breeds of dogs. Apparently their response to being surprised, scared, or threatened by something is to chase, confront, or to do fake charges against the perceived threat. Perhaps pilot whales just have that natural kind of instinct to confront a threat rather than retreat like most animals? And Orcas figure that messing with an animal whose natural instinct is to confront directly makes them figure that they're more trouble than their worth most of the time. This odd orca-pilot whale response also makes me wonder if one of either species do occasional culling of the other? Humans can't be the only species that does something like this?

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

What a great video, and a great channel. I’m thoroughly enjoying it. Subbed. Thanks 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@wildworld6264]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AfroRyan]

I assume one reason in general for whales of different species to avoid one another is their differing "languages." It may become exceptionally difficult for them to coordinate a hunt with another pod of a different species also doing their thing nearby.

[@ajayempee]

Eeexcelleeent video! I love learning about animals that stand up to orca. I read about rhe relationship between orca and pilot whales but it's so niche it's hard to find material that covers that topic. So thank you for your evidence-based summary of the peculiar relationship between these two dophin species. 💯✅

[@girlbuu9403]

Shamu: How are you enjoying the party? Willy: Its great, plenty of seals to torture, just got back from rip the liver out of the shark, but the squid buffet was empty. Shamu: Empty? I just filled it, and its not exactly a favorite among our kind. Wha- Pilate: HI GUYS GREAT PARTY Shamu: ... of course. Pilate: HAHA HEY GUYS ITS ME PILATE. REMEMBER? Willy: Yes, we remember, its funny because- Pilate: I WASH MY FINS OF THIS HAHA THAT'S REAL FUNNY RIGHT? LAYERS TO THAT JOKE. Shamu: We know. You've... you've explained the joke every time we've met- Pilate: BECAUSE PILATE? PILOT WHALE? HAHA GET IT? Willy: YES. Shamu: WE GET IT. Pilate: HAHAHA AND THEN I WASH MY- Willy: Like Pontius Pilate Pilate: RIGHT? AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE WATER HAHA I AM ALWAYS WASHING THEM HAHAHAHA Shamu: You're alone, right? You didn't bring any of your friends right? We could salvage the evening. Pilate: OH NO I CALLED MY WHOLE POD OVER THE SECOND I FOUND THE PARTY HAHA WEIRD HOW YOU DIDN'T INVITE ANY OF US Willy: Anyway I gotta go beach myself bye Shamu: No no no Willy wait we can... argh! Pilate: HEY WHERE'S EVERYBODY GOING? WAIT UP! CAN YOU BABY SIT MY KID? Humans observing: The orcas are afraid of the pilot whales

[@letitialewis9349]

I cannot stop laughing at this. They are such little shits….they are like the hood crackheads 🤣🤣🤣

[@Vishalkothari5800]

This is called pure educational content with proper research and also don't jump on to conclusion. Orca and sperm whales are my favorite and I am really shocked to know orca back down on smaller sized pilot whales.

[@Litepak-tcg]

Very informative video!

[@wavesofzen5383]

It's like getting fast food and picking a parking spot well away from ppl and then some sob parking right next to you to stare at you eating.

[@MrForlines]

Could be the pilot whales song is a natural orca deterrent.

[@jeromegagnon8335]

Very interesting topic, thank you

[@scarletbegonias2359]

It would be interesting to play Long Finned Pilot Whale Sounds near The Strait of Gibraltar through an underwater speaker to ward off Orca from attacking sailboats.

[@shemereali551]

Orcas is just like Ali they make u fight there fight in other words they plan out how the fight is going to go just like Ali is the King of the Ring the Orcas are the King of the Sea

[@StoneTitan]

Might be similar to Lions and Hyenas?

[@thalmoragent9344]

Pilot Whales use swarm tactics and the Orca's just don't have time for that 😅

[@Foxiepawstotti]

Loving your videos!

[@wildworld6264]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@RH-rg6il]

If 10 NBA players were confronted by 30 aggressive Asian dudes, I don't think those NBA players are going to be sticking around to see what happens either.

[@SMac86]

Wait, are there no Asian NBA players? What are you saying here? 😂

[@lunamaria1048]

I'm glad you said their being afraid was an interpretation. In reality, we do not know. We use to assume a lot about the dynamic between Lions and Hyenas too. Like and sub😊

[@mrmosty5167]

Maybe they're like crows mobbing predators like hawks

[@Xiaengao]

I have seen crows mobbing an owl while I was deer hunting right around sunup.

[@CowboyMaster]

Yes! I love orca videos! I'm about to have lunch while watching it 😎 Btw, idk if you read my comment on the last video, but it would be awesome if you made a Tortoise-related video! Maybe include it on a list of some sorts, it would be perfect! I love tortoises 🐢💙

[@CowboyMaster]

Maybe on a list of the animals who live for a long time? 😮🤔

[@wildworld6264]

Sorry, I think I missed that comment. A 'How Long do they live' or something along those lines for a tortoise sounds like a cool idea

[@raddastronaut]

Well done. Any interest in covering the slightly smaller Pseudorca crassidens?

[@rickmarkgraf2617]

Purely conjecture, but I have observed that when dealing with intelligent animals, nearly anything is possible. Conjecture is only that. When a group is not confident in its leadership, or is rebellious, or its information is incomplete, or untrustworthy, or its confidence is in any way hampered, or its estimation of the opponent's worth is incorrect, it may make false assumptions that influence poor decisions. Making global assumptions is therefore totally ludicrous. Whole populations mag be lost because of it. Willy nilly rules best when we assume our assumptions must be the rule.

[@kbr2121]

What about Sperm whales? I read today that Orcas don’t mess with them.

[@petermcdougall1152]

Correct. The bulls have the loudest clicks on the planet. Can literally crush your eardrum. I am sure that has something to do with it

[@Saltfly]

Maybe the orcas are just tired of the pilots asking them to babysit. It’s getting ridiculous

[@broodjemos115]

great video

[@wildworld6264]

Thanks!

[@joshuapatrick682]

I am Starting to think the two variations of pilot whales aren’t different species at all. The straights of Gibraltar are smack dab in the middle Of the temperate ocean. Why would arctic species be there?

[@gildatheplant]

They must at some points travel through temperate waters, otherwise the same species couldn't really exist at opposite ends of the earth.

[@Jason-bz6uw]

The reason orcas can bully most other species of whale is due to their speed, large groups, and teeth. On an even field it would be all out war. So far I've seen humpback, sperm whale and adult blue whales fight orcas. All of them are slower and more defensive. Except bull sperm whale. Because they actually have teeth and use a powerful click attack and tail attacks. the reaction alone tells me that Orca pods have tangled with pilot whales before. They are very intelligent with great memories. So if orca are fleeing and pilot whales rushing toward orca sounds, it writes its own conclusion. They def fought before and orca more than likely lost.

[@gemsaint1485]

Pretty sure the BBC has captured orcas unaliving pilot whales, David Attenborough did the narration

[@predragthedearest]

The Orca population around Iceland feeds mainly on herring though

[@jeffjones7108]

Also worth mentioning that pilot whales are faster than orcas and tend to have much larger pods.

[@mjsmith8641]

I've been saying this in KZbin for a while and ppl were laughing. Thx for exposing the truth. Nature has its own way with checks and balances.

[@crazybaby_3]

Everyone's got a plan before you get punched in the face - lil big Mike tyson

[@porfirij]

to me it seems that option 1 has not at all been ruled out by the limited findings and documented encounters yet. at least it's the first thing i thought of - very much like hyenas can be a major nuisance to lions and challenge them for prey.

[@rikfreeborn7690]

Pilot whale pods are 25 %bigger on average, and long fin pods live year round in close proximity to more pods and will band together readily ,orcas do similar but only sesonally ,so weight of numbers could well be a factor.

[@jayer.]

I'm curious about the number thing. Since I've done acoustical observations of cetaceans myself, I know that you generally can't assume the number of cetaceans that you are looking at in the recordings. It seems like Orcas have a sense of individual recognition when it comes to pilot whales, as they seem to be able to accurately assume the number of pilot whale schools.

[@ShaunHall-i7e]

There is so much to learn about our planet. New subsciber. ❤

[@Skyypixelgamer]

If I’m not mistaken pilot whales really only do this to the smaller fish eating orca types. The larger orca types seem to not have this issue.

[@raidzeromatt]

Yeah there's a huge range of orcas and it seems unlikely they're afraid of pilot whales in general I imagine they just associate orca calls with certain food, and then the orcas dip when the pilot whales show up bc they don't want to share hunting territory

[@sofwanlutfy4050]

Well, you are mistaken. Pilot whales does this to killer whales that do hunt marine mammals, which are in general larger than fish eaters. Atlantic orcas do hunt seals. Bremer Bay orcas hunt beaked whales regularly and occasionally hunt blue and humpback whales. And to the comment above, neither pilot whales nor orcas have hunting territory. They may return to the same place every year but they didn't guard it.

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@@sofwanlutfy4050 idk, there was a study done where audio of fish eating orcas and mammal eating orcas were played. They responded normally to the fish eating orca calls but would act differently such as feeding being stopped when mammal eating orca calls were played. So it seems to me that pilot whales really think of mammal eating orcas as a threat.

[@sofwanlutfy4050]

@@Skyypixelgamer Yea and the cases here proves that the study is either wrong or does not apply to other cases where the pilot whales clearly aren't feeding or that only that specific pod that acts that way. The study you referenced is very flawed because it is unknown if the pilot whales even know the sound of mammal eating orcas. It can simply be the case of the pilot whales wary of sounds unfamiliar to them. And it foolishly describes killer whales of Norway as fish eaters when that simply isn't the case, they do hunt seals.

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@@sofwanlutfy4050 You do bring up some really good points and I will say the study does seem to have its flaws. Now I will also correct myself in the fact that this mobbing does in-fact happen to marine mammal hunting orcas on occasion though from what I can tell pilot whales aren’t as common or as much of a problem for them as they are for more fish based orcas. Heck there’s a case where a giant group of pilot whales tried to scare away a orca pod from a whale hunt. But even here the orca’s didn’t just flee and stay gone they came back right after the pilot whale’s initial charge and got the kill in the end while still being harassed by the pilots. Also just because a orca type can eat mammals doesn’t mean it’s a marine mammal hunting orca like a transient. They are really only called that if they hunt mammals a majority or a lot of the time. Most northern atlantic orcas (even the ones in Norway) aren’t considered mammal hunting for this reason even though they will occasionally hunt seals. The only ones I can find that primarily hunt mammals are groups from the Eastern Canadian artic and Greenland and if I’m not mistaken the two are also the bigger ones in the northern atlantic populations .

[@bobferry55]

That was really interesting, thanks

[@adampeabody963]

5:48 they probably know that orca know where there's good eating, and every time they happen to be near orca they tend to find an appealing amount of food, and they're just taking advantage of an opportunity to get while the gettings good?

[@zacharyradford5552]

Pilot whales make Killer whales turn into the “it’s a prank, it’s a prank of the ocean”.

[@markdaniel8740]

Most humans can interpret sounds from our dogs. Alert, fear, threatening etc. Do other cetaceations differentiate when an orca is feeding on what they want to eat vs when the orca is hunting them?

[@Acanofbeer]

Nothing scares orcas it is as simple as that. They are the top of the ocean food chain.

[@MyForgiven-w4k]

thank you.

[@jacquesjtheripper5922]

Im guessing pilots are faster, and often in bigger groups maybe, so they can be troublesome to orcas. Also maybe they have shouts, that can disorient perhaps orcas.

[@glprime2814]

Although I cannot find any videos or photos of this, I do remember hearing from other wildlife channels that Pilot Whales actively hunting Orcas. Pilot Whale pods seem to have more members, than Orca pods, giving them an advantage in fights. Also, there were reports (on the same channel so take this with a grain of salt) of pods of Sperm Whale pods chasing a pod of Orca, though again, I am unable to locate any videos or photos of these events. I would love to see if anyone has ever witnessed these events, and if they managed to record said events on either video or photo

[@quietpianist]

I wonder if playing the sound of multiple Long-Finned Pilot Whales would deter the Orcas that are attacking ships... Interesting experiment opportunity.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

I love your videos so much, it's one of (if not) the best channel for fascinating science stuff but I'd definitely almost every other marine mammal to be scared shitless after they suddenly hear orcas calls, they are the wolves of the sea but they have a third dimension they can attack you from.. horrifying. I'm sure they prefer weak or old whales but as long as enough of them are together I think they can take down every single one. There's a whole pod of these killing machines, I think these pilot whales came because they thought the orcas found an excellent school of fish and it's worked out for the ones in this study at least once and for all I know this running towards it part could all be based on a single pair.

[@HgHg-yp6ft]

The pilot whales have everything what the orcas does - highly intelligent, strong family connections, sonar. Smaller in size but still bigger than the average great whites for example, faster and more agile than the orcas and forming larger pods. What makes them errr...less popular is that they don't usually pray on other marine mamals so we dont see them as often in action as the orcas. I truly believe that the alien movies monster 's jaws were inspired by the pilot whales jaws 😊.

[@Elshantonio]

So...pilot whales and orcas are like the Crips and Bloods of the ocean? 😂

[@Sharktoz]

I actually didn't know there were 2 types of pilot whales. Very interesting creatures it seems. Perhaps is more display then threat? Maybe a prehistoric rivalry? Perhaps it's like that pissed off neighbor. Definitely need to look into this one more. Really interesting and great video man!

[@Glenn-m1t]

The earth is young!!! If the entire earth was made from carbon 14 it would completely disappear in less than a million years so that proves that the earth is not even close to a million years old!!!!

[@George_M_]

Perhaps their calls evolved to resemble that of an extinct whale that orcas struggled with. Livyatan, perhaps?

[@kemsatofficial]

Probably a mix of competition over resources, and hostilities due to predation. They might eat their young sometimes, or it might have only happened in the past, and because these are smart animals that have some sort of culture, it is passed down the generations that there is beef between the species.

[@slicktires2011]

Hey there, i've got two "cryptid" sugestions for you: the Iriomote leopard (Yamapikaryaa, not the small Iriomote cat), and the Fjordland moose in New Zealand.

[@jeauxart]

What do the n = 5, n = 6 mean on the chart? Thank you.

[@krigry32]

One should be aware that being the smallest of the orca subspecies, the herring feeding orcas in Norwegian waters are actually smaller than the pilot whales. As for sperm whale bulls they will sometimes chase orcas away from their prey. Still, the orcas are to fast for them to kill.

[@leow.2162]

My hunch is that this was a strategy they developed over time. If Orcas are close, charge at them and make sure you a) are not worth messing with and b) can keep them away from food you wanba have

[@CountCraigula]

A pod of pilot whales tried to end themselves at my beach a few years ago. They all followed a wounded pod member ashore. The wounded whale had a sizable bite taken out of it and did not survive. Lucky for the rest of them they beached on an incoming tide in daylight otherwise it would have been a mass stranding at night and they would have been high and dry. People mobilized and we managed to push/ drag them back out to deeper water. The pod swam down the beach about 700 yards and attempted scuicide again. Once more people rallied and pushed them back out in a seaward direction. They again swam parralell to the beach and tried to beach themselves. Again we pushed them out and they ended up in the shipping channel. People in boats finally drove them out to sea by harrassing them with loud banging on hulls and other noises. Pilot whales aint the sharpest whales in the shed.

[@rashodm7129]

Title should be why pilot whales annoy orca. An orca would make light work of a pilot whale if it felt threatened enough.

[@Octavius8080]

Maybe they understand each others language or there is overlap in the calls and the researchers didn't understand what they where playing.