Category: Group hunting
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Orca group hunting
While hunting, an orca (identified as pod matriarch Dakota) propels a dusky dolphin (left) into the air. Credit: Maikol Barrera In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it flying out of the water. Within minutes, the unequal battle was over and the orca began…
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Bubble net feeding
Humpback whale ‘bubble net feeding’ in the Antarctic Peninsula. An individual whale, or a group of cooperating whales, swims in a shrinking circle and blows bubbles below a school of krill to force them towards the surface. The photos on left and right are drown shots, the one in the middle was taken by a…