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cummygums
There’s a reason they haven’t had to evolve for millions of years
bilborrax
That's their weakness.....spread the news
SirShmoopyofAwesomtown
Maybe that's why they are called killer whales and not ocean ponies
InspectorMonroe
It's even a mistranslation; they're supposed to be called whale killers.
goflyblind
deweydefeatstrumanagain
Remember, no orca
JustEatingBagelBites
Fun fact: there has never been a reported human death by Orca in the wild. Only captivity.
ToddStewart
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/great-white-sharks-flee-killer-whales/587563/
Khaleesi12
Good read! I wonder if they will get any footage of orcas hunting great white shark liver anytime soon?
StarkRG
Basically the sharks just ragequit San Francisco because one of their team got fragged...
TresusIbor
"HAAAAAAAAAX"
Martinikene
Imagine being able to just swim to Hawaii when something bad happens. What a life.
ThomasCornett10
Probably in the beach getting Poke or some shit
bonhomous
Dolphins use baby sharks as volleyballs
gobnaitOLunacy
Nobody fucks with the Sea pandas.
SoraHjort
"The orca held the shark upside down to induce tonic immobility and kept the shark still for fifteen minutes, causing it to suffocate."
SoraHjort
Now that shit is brutal.
MISSFANCYPLANTS
Orcas will kill Great whites to eat their fatty livers. Apparently the way they remove the liver is super precise.
BrianMFTurner
allegedly*
YurgenGrimwood
So if we just fill the beaches with something's blood they stay away? Do jellyfish have blood?...
snakeksssksss
No, they are drawn to the smell of blood normally. I presume this only works with great white blood.
YurgenGrimwood
By something's I mean a specific thing will be driven away with the blood of its own species.
snakeksssksss
Ahhh I see.
HighKingWarrior
"This one's for Willy, bitch" - Badass Orca
evbrew
If you enjoy a good sci fi read with an interesting take on sentient dolphins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startide_Rising
FubarJunkie
The orcas are after the sharks’ liver, which is rich in nutritious food!
Chewbactimus
Not many ocean creatures for an apex predator like the great white to fear in the ocean, but the orca is one of them.
ddriscoll3
How do you know it wasn’t a planned vacation? :-)
ChrisRyan36
Oh shit, Omar comin!
Khaleesi12
This Wire reference is everything!
ArmedandOverclocked
Murder dolphins for the win
aerodynamit3
Schreckstoff
DamascusFire
Your username must have you feeling very proud, or very sad at this point. Much like those with kids
landofentrapment
Isn’t it true that there is no record of a wild orca killing a human so it can eat?
Rifneno
Yes, that's true. It's odd too, they'll usually eat anything. They prey on moose who are crossing rivers FFS!
bsmithwins
Which would mean either they don’t kill humans in the wild or THEY ELIMINATED ALL THE WITNESSES!
Reboogityamen
Prove it
beachbum273
DIVE DIVE DIVE! ALL AHEAD FLANK, LEFT FULL RUDDER, MAKE YOUR DEPTH 500 METERS
SnartHelg
"Orca" is Finnish for "great white shark" meaning that orcas are the real great white sharks of the sea
CWStJdeNobbs
The word is from Latin, probably borrowed from Greek. It means "large whale." "Orc" came to mean "sea monster" later then just "monster."
nellietta
What... No
Byttemos
A great white is called a valkohai in finnish
manslut
BrianMFTurner
killed the Great White, didn't eat it, tore it open and ate only its liver.
Rifneno
The liver is the most nutritious part. And sharks aren't like humans; their livers are fucking huge. Like 20% of their total body weight.
WitchyVixen
The dead shark gives of apheromone that warns all other sharks in a 1000km vicinity to stay away for a while. Eventually they came back..
Downtake
And in greater numbers
romicra88
You should look up the story of orca brothers that drove sharks away from Africa for years.
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
I feel 1000km is kind of a stretch. That is a LOT of water
diljit
Shark can smell upto one part per 10 billion they say...
WitchyVixen
Thats fair, tbh I watched the doco a long while ago so.. i could be off a bit. Still pretty amazing tho
BenStein40
They can smell toast from miles away
Marukina
Are they having a stroke?
mazer433
Someone better tell Eugene
Slingsby
Could be 1000km^2, so like an 18km radius of the carcass...not entirely unreasonable for shark noses?
GlobalGator
You mean cubed, but you’re dead right.
vikingvampireangel
That makes much more sense
rakudaniku
No, it makes less scents.
IndianStreamRepublic
I wonder if we could use that compound or a similar one to keep sharks away from bathers
BarryAllensSole
They have something like this. A small capsule of chopped up shark, divers can take with them. Don't know if its popular though.
ThatTransformersDude
Maybe? Though it could have environmental implications if a predator is missing and ends up elsewhere it's not supposed to be
IndianStreamRepublic
True, I guess it would be ideal if you could make it work for only a few hundred meters
ViciousOtter
Like a slightly irritated shark apheromone ?
ThatTransformersDude
Yea, it would need to be so minimal because of the sharks acute sense of smell. Anyhow this is why I like pools
ImadetBandit
They tried this on a shark week special already. They used t shirt cannons and canisters filled with the pheromone or whatever
Freakayou
Wrong neighborhood man, tell your pals to leave now!
Sekolah
That's not a white but damn
HillCountryRambler
That already has a pink tint to it.
CodeChimpin
That’s fucking metal as hell. Just carrying it around like a chew toy.
giveusalol
They flip them over because some sharks go into tonic immobility when on their backs and so can't fight back.
NihonJinLover
Think he’ll be ok tho?
Lorgs
Orcas are like the giant wolfs of the sea. One of them can kill anything, but on top of that, they hunt in packs
Ispentfartoolongtryingtocomeupwithausernamebeforejoining
*wolves
HelplessRomantic
imagine evolution with them on ground
QueefBurglarSixtyNine
Cetaceans ancestors were on the ground. And yes, scary as fuck back then
Zephon
Never been a reported case of a human being attacked correct? Or adult blue whales?
chine
I think the number of attacks in the wild is like 17 or something. Only fatalities were from captive orcas.
AggressivelyPassive
They know not to leave witnesses.
goflyblind
Zephon
Lol
K2theAisle
No attacks in the wild. Orcas in captivity have killed people.
unlikelysuperhero
They are also really intelligent
Orion371
Seen video of them creating wakes by swimming side by side towards an ice float to wash off a seal. Kept on doing it until it fell off but >
hydrocarbon82
Here https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a27-d3cb-a96c-7b2f1df40000
Orion371
put the seal right back on so they could do it again and teach the young ones.