Why Orca Whales Are Close To Extinction | Dammed Extinction | Real Wild
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- Orca whales have hunted chinook salmon along the Pacific Coast of the United States for years. For the last 40 years, renowned whale scientist Ken Balcomb has closely observed them. Orcas need roughly a million salmon a year but as salmon numbers plummet so do orcas. This documentary takes an insight into how four dams are causing a scarcity of chinook salmon and pushing the critically endangered southern resident orcas toward extinction.
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This is an excellent piece of documentary truth. I grew up on Vancouver Island, with these whales, and the loss of the Orcas is criminal. The river systems the salmon depend on, and so the Orca as well have been in the grip of money and power for too long. I learned the stories of both salmon and Orca from my Haida babysitters…they need to survive.🖤🇨🇦
I,too,grew up on VancouverIsland and I work in Bute inlet. I can confidently say that I have never seen more killer whales. This is just more alarmist bs coming from leftist activists.
@@MrRoundwound How many babies are you seeing…and are they from this specific population?🖤🇨🇦
@@tamarrajames3590 how am I to know what population they are from?All I know is that every time I have taken the boat into Bute inlet we see killer whales. And lots of humpbacks
And for ZERO reason. Hope we can knock it down soon
@@ryanmatthew511 Agreed, I just hope it won’t be too late. Between over fishing, pollution, dams, fish farms and habitat loss there is a lot going against them.🖤🇨🇦
Brings tears 😭 of joy to my eyes and heart seeing and listening to my fellow humans standing up for the ORCAS!!! 🙏 thank you
Orcas, the most amazing, beautiful and pretty animals. One of the smartest species that still exist. I don't want orcas to go extinct.
Me too, I don't want the intelligent Orcas extinct.
I don’t think they will be going extinct as a species, but every population and subspecies matters.
@@mizubiart6230you're factually correct,but for me the intelligent animals are my favourite. All intelligent animals are very valuable to em
@@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice I see, but I meant the subspecies of orcas as some areas have become very inhospitable to them due to overfishing, dams threatening salmon’s reproductive cycle, ocean pollution… since they live basically across the globe almost, I don’t think that they’re threatened as a species. Yet…
Free Willy expresses that whales are not commercial pool creatures. Tragedy of trainer at sea world explains that. Magnificence of its beast nature in the ocean. Calm yet ferocious.
Greed, let's produce energy we don't need. That is what these people do, they always go the wrong way, whatever is the worst decision, the most destructive decision is the one they will choose, you are talking about extinction of one of the most amazing mammals on the planet. Keep on fighting.
Truly hearing ya..👍
It's a trickle effect, When one environment suffers, it can be the un-doing of another..Thats why we have to look after all..Easier said than done🤥
I agree greed and evil
Women aren't making all these destructive decisions, fat, male, greedy stock holders are.
@@lindafreudiger8022 we said humans we didn't say one over the other we said humans and women are certainly humans
Yes i agree
This really saddens me
This really opened my eyes, to see how some of these damns have proven to be a problem. I live in the city Midwest suburbs. It’s not over here. But it’s an eye opener to see how our oceans 🌊 & beloved mammals suffer!
If you take time to learn about these awesome creatures, you will LOVE THEM.
I'm crying. Because I love Orca's I've loved them my whole life
Then you will be pleased to know that new pods from the expanding population are in costa rica, the bahamas and NE usa. Places pods havent been for decades if not centuries. I was 1 day late from seeing thr costa rican pod on aug 12th. They have been there off and on.
The bahamas pod is off the abacos and i have seen them several times. I dont fish up north but friends say there are several pods now.
Orcas are so amazing. It's disgusting what we're doing to them. I hope the governments do something to help these amazing animals survive, because the people making money off of their extinction aren't going to stop.
Also that story about the orcas lining up in two lines and taking the researcher home. So magical. They're amazing.
Agree
Very sad. I really hope we humans become better stewards of our world.
not so far....seem to be on some sort of "seek and destroy" mindset these days. peace.
There need to be a salmon santuary where u breed them and release them at a specific time for the whales
Orcas are highly intelligent mammals . So beautiful and they stick with their pod. Teaching their young how to hunt . What I amazed is one of strageties is beaching . Please we must do what we can to protect them. Ban captivity and no admittance to places keep them too. Government needs to help. Whale sanctuaries are good way to help also
I am gonna be so sad if these amazing creatures die off
Wonderful Orcas ❤️❤️❤️❤️
POOR ORCAS! 🥺💔💔💔
This was so disturbing I couldn't even finish watching it. I live on the island so it's a personal issue to me. Since Fukushima's accident salmon stocks have really plummeted, and Orca sightings have dropped too... We need a miracle here...
That little girl is amazing now! I can only imagine how much she's change the future! 🌎
EVERYONE READ OF ORCAS AND MEN! Fantastic book that has a chapter explaining the salmon situation and appearances by Ken Balcomb!
Has everybody heard the amazing news about Tokitae the orca on People Magazine? She's from the L Pod of the Southern Residents who was captured on August 8, 1970 was held captive at Miami Seaquarium for 53 years. But now she's retired as of March 2022 , and officially about to be freed and return to Puget Sound where her 95 year-old mom, Ocean Sun (L25) was recently spotted just last summer!
No way!?! Her mom is still alive? And I didn’t know they were finally going to release her.. that’s awesome! I hope she is able to survive in a new environment, feed herself, etc. ❤️
@@msalyssababy She'll be placed in a rehabilitation sea pen there first to get back in shape, like Keiko was before he was set free.
Thank you for sharing this!!!
Anybody have any updates on this? I don’t think she’s been moved yet. I’m going to be very angry if they don’t follow through.
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I don’t know if it was her, but I know I saw a video clip where someone who kept up with local orca saw a tagged female and he somehow used that tag to find out she was a female, retired orca who had been in captivity and was released and reintegrated into her pod (she was with other orca). It sounds like it could be her. Let me check and see if I can find that video!!
I made that San Juan trip and never saw whales I wish I would have known, I think it was mentioned we possibly could. I see salmon at every store for fish and maybe we shouldn’t eat so much of it.
Rest in peace❤😢❤ Ken Balcomb.
I love Orcas
Luv them more..🙃lol...
You are not alone. Keep loving them.
They're going out with a bang. Destroying yachts is something I don't hate at all.
How about a river bypass? A salmon express lane south of the dams? The spawning adult fish can swim up over the dams, but not back. The adult fish go north over the dams, then both adult and juvenile fish must swim south through the river express lane. This way you don't have to tear down the dams, and the fish have a safe return to the ocean. Or else, the dams have got to go.
Sounds like the dams need to go regardless. They’re costing a lot more $ every year for no benefits from what I understood.
salute to the kid who at the very young age is making a deference by speaking up.
Difference.
It’s really sad to see species go extinct, any species, for me specially Orcas!
Good news.
Orcas are nowhere near going extinct, and they can still be found in every ocean worldwide.
Great video.
Salmon fishing has now been banned in the Northwest.
Orcas are beautiful whales🐳
Dolphins.
I agree with you accept they are not whales
Just cause I've heard granny's story I have yo say this, she "only" got to a ripe age of closer to 80
He called the damms Deadbeat. That's a great way to explain them.
Great video
That little girl is a super intelligent old soul and we need more humans like her
I can't wait to go on another whale-watching trip off the coast of Vancouver. It costs about $150 but it's worth it. The whole trip takes about 5-6 hours between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and apart from beautiful views you should be able to see orcas, sea lions and sometimes other whales.
Best day of my life, seeing orcas with a whale watching company from Vancouver. Makes you really connect with these whales and want to fight for them
Well, does that benefit these creatures?
@@barbaraseymour3437 it doesn't harm them. Perhaps they find it annoying but occasionally, they swim up close to the boat. The boats cannot go close to the orcas, though, and maintain safe distance.
So sad to see that smart beautiful little gifted girl that is truly gifted answer the question back to the Manuel that depends if the southern part is still alive when I grow up as he asked are you going to study the southern part also when you get older what a heart dropping moment to think that the way we act in neglect the world that these majestic creatures will have no longer sailed these oceans
The way the corporate overlords are taking us all , she might not get to grow up.
@@kerrymarris4260 Should we blame President Biden for all this? Or would he help?
@@CoreyMillionaire2029 blaming won't get us anywhere, I think that the only way to get what is right for these whales, is to find the people who care about theses whales like we do. Haven't a couple of the dams been blown up, just like the Georgia guide stones.& since Scarface these dams. I do think that humans have had a very negative affect on the planet, and I think that it's to late for big oil, pharma and oil.or any one else who thinks that, because I would rather see mother nature make it back,. Minus HUMANS.
I just seen a bull killer whale and he didn't have a gray Sattler pattern by his fin he was 90 percent black , approximately 70 miles off from the mouth of the Columbia River on August 31 2023
Educational experience knowing Humanity does the most damage and should be aware of the harm it does to all wildlife by polluting the environment daily
I don't like people who are not in the same thought process of not capturing any type of animals, dolphins orcas balugas but to slaughter the whales like the Chinese do to the dolphins and to have seen that in a video hurt me so very very badly I was so angry at the way they did it they said they were doing it humanly there's no such thing especially when it comes to the Chinese they're only worry is to get as many as they can as fast as they can and they don't care about the crying and the screaming that they are doing cause the familys are so worried about where everyone is and the fact that hat they are trying to get away and then the slaughtering begins with the slicing and stabbing into the blowhole it absolutely is so sickening and horrifying to have to watch. This should not be allowed and more should be done to have them somehow stopped!!?? I don't like killing of any animal!!! I love em all!!!🍁🇨🇦🍁❤️✝️🛐😇🙏🌹🕊️🦄💗💞💕💝
Thank you for take care of the orcas, really beautiful creature and must protect them
We are going to suffer if we don't stop being so entitled. And that goes for EVERYONE on this planet at this point.😢
I am from Italy
So why the dams to begin with?🤔
....ahhh for the not needed electricity.
Beautifully done.💧
No I dont want orca to extinct 😢
I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ☺
Ever see tigers much?
Hi Bangladesh, Greetings from Australia...Orca's rule !!! lol
if those good looking animals do go i will never forgive myself
I wish I could find these wonderful majestic creatures around Ireland. 😢😔🇮🇪💖
my babies 😭💔
People, please stop eating salmon, and all fish and fish products. Mother Nature needs our help to stop these extinctions. Please help.
@@mujtab8siddiqu1 The wolves, eagles and bears were eating salmon a couple hundred thousand years? (probably a heck of a lot more, too tired right now) >>> before humans decimated the salmon populations.
Let’s take away their natural habitats and than throw them in fish tanks rather than fix the problem! How ignorant are we to not see how backwards that is for these magnificent creatures 😢
I’d love to see these creatures in the wild where they belong.
Can you put the date of filming somewhere on your documentaries?
Commercial fishing is going to be the end of the world as we know it...
Very good documentary , much respect for all this people involved in watching and keeping records , respect for all this yrs they dedicate to watch and document all this life of beautiful Orcas , so sad , i write this in tears , cos i know only uw humans destroy this paradise , the 🌎 , we are the biggest poluters , we breeed with speed light , and i will say it , why a fam need 10 kids ??? Max 3 is more than enough , to be raised proper ... this take us that 🌎 cant feed us all , so the owther species need to disappear , is the exxcess , humans would end up starving , cos wont be food to eat ... and animals goes with us 😢😢😢 , never animals dont let polution behind they all set to live and take furter other species
If I was rich I would pay to save orcas. 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
Amazing video. Just one thing, Orcas (Killer Whales) are not whales, but dolphins.
Orcas are dolphins AND toothed whales.
GYes dams cab ve built. Yje question never asked by scientists and government officials is SHOULD these dams bebuilt?
EMPTY THE TANKS FREE THE WALES IN CAPTIVITY 🧢 please spread the word
BOYCOTT SEAWORLD!!
14:45 who’s the kid?
Long live electricity 😂
LOVE ORCAS!!! ❤ and why I Hate Sea World!
Iam from india
No! They are my favorite animals
I love Orcas 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦
Why they calling whales to Orcas 🤔🤔🤔
You have no idea how long that has been bothering me, orcas are not whales.
Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).
@@indyreno2933 You have big names for these Orca's But to my knowledge they are the biggest of the Dolphin family....If you look at the way the swim, they swim with their tails up & down... Not side ways like a fish or shark....Thats what I reckon..
Hope no offence was taken..
@@kimberlina238 Your response makes no sense lol. Orcas are both the largest of the dolphin family and a toothed whale. Look up cetacean taxonomy before trying to respond to someone who knows their shit.
@Kim Werner and @A, actually, orcas are not dolphins, neither are the false killer whale, pygmy killer whale, pilot whales, and melon-headed whale, orcas, false killer whales, pygmy killer whales, pilot whales, and melon-headed whales are all blackfish, blackfish are a monophyletic group, which is a separate family from dolphins (family Delphinidae) being the family Orcinidae, both blackfish (family Orcinidae) and dolphins (family Delphinidae) are classified within the superfamily Delphinoidea (Oceanic Lesser Toothed Whales), but the two families are not closely related, dolphins (family Delphinidae) share a more recent common ancestor with porpoises (family Phocoenidae), in addition to the family Monodontidae (Narwhal and Beluga) being the sister group to the Phocoenidae + Delphinidae clade to the exclusion of Orcinidae, making blackfish (family Orcinidae) the most basal extant family within the superfamily Delphinoidea, interestingly, blackfish (family Orcinidae) are the only surviving lineage of macroraptorial whales.
People wake up
10:10 this is my point we need to build the facilities to feed all of the whales both in removing the contaminants from the areas in all of the levels but also in actually producing these types of fish and releasing them back into the environment so we can boost the whales so they aren't competing for food in that way of seeing the murders as much because we know they aren't usually murderers it just comes up when they get bored
i dont know about feeding them however the oceans are being contaminated no doubt and i would start with FACTORIES and NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS specifically FUKISHIMA in JAPAN which is killing the pacific ocean by the day ( FACT)
ORCAS feeding on whale calfs really get me going the wrong way HOWEVER it is part of nature and not ALL orcas hunt them ( THANK GOD)
mother earth will shed her skin and doubt humans will not be here when the orcas still are!
imho
Orca whales are more related to dolphins than whales due to their anatomy, and that they live in groups like dolphins. I do not know why people insist on calling them KILLIER WHALES--kind of a stupid name. They are carnivorous, just like DOLPHINS, we do not call dolphins "killer dolphins" because they eat fish. True some Orcas eat bigger prey like seals and penguins. I think this is because wherever resident Orcas live, they are naturally dependent on that food source. There are no Chinook Salmon near the southern tip of Africa. There are pods of Orcas down there too. They eat seals, and penguins. Each group or pod depending on where they are born and spend most of their time adapt to whatever food source is available. There is other food sources around the Pacific Ocean--besides Chinook Salmon. Orca's have been known to also attack sharks when in a pack. it might not be their preferred food, but they have been known to eat it, and to eat large squid. One has to ask, why are these pods in the San Juan not also eating other available food?
There has also been a decrease in sharks, and other sea creatures in the oceans due to pollution. When the larger species of ocean dwelling mammals and creatures start dying off, it is a signal that our oceans are no longer able to support sea life. Basically our oceans are dying.
Orcas are not "killers" they are whales that eat meat. I detest the tag. WE don't name any types of sharks : Killer great whites or Killer Bull sharks. So it is time to drop the name: Killer whale. I think it came from a stupid horror movie..
@@michellereed5638 correct and we've needed a major overhaul on that for a very long time, fortunately that's my favorite project!
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My favorite animal in the world, no doubt. Absolute KILLERS. Amazingly high intelligence. Friendly towards humans. If you look in their eyes you can see they are acknowledging you and kind of accept our friendship.
They keep taking out sailboats and they’ll disappear altogether.
They need to adapt to eating new pray right
Dammed implies damming a river. To be damned is to be cursed.
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Clickbait. It's the population of orcas off the coast of NE Pacific ocean that are in trouble.
The populations in the southern hemisphere are thriving as are some of the Arctic populations
NOT clickbait! Did you even watch it??? They aren't talking about ALL Orcas, just the ones specific to this video.
@@FireOfThePhoenix Then why did they call it "Orca whales are close to extinction" when they are quite clearly not? That's Clickbait. Oh i get it. Only privileged USA and Canada matter . The rest of the world doesn't count, despite the huge changes in orca protection in Africa, South America and Oceana which has seen orca populations grow and prosper.
Orca 4life
Omg. I GET IT NOW! I live in WA too. Up where there's ferry boats and bridges and planes. Well, HELL. We gotta TEAR That Snake River Dam DOWN! All we gotta do is get that RIVER MOVING AGAIN like it did Naturally and restore it to the BIGGEST salmon grounds in the STATES! That means MORE FISH for us too! Hahaaaa!
Orcas are not "whales"... the name 'killer whales' is a translation, which should be 'whale killers" or "killer of whales" in English.. Orcas are the largest dolphin..
Orcas are dolphins AND toothed whales.
I've changed my mind after seeing this video....TIME TO REMOVE THE DAMS ... NOW! I have pictures of my grandparents pulling 50 lb salmon from the salmon river in Eastern Idaho... Now, you are lucky to catch a salmon in a week! I am sick and tired of these criminal politicians!
Orcas won’t go excint.
Ok sry read alot of orcas are not whales stuff. Dolphin family= branch of prehistoric family tree of whales.... I'm not even an ocean guy....and i suck at spelling so ya /orcas are whales. Edited after the reply but my original statement was to say orcas are whales.
Actually, Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).
@@indyreno2933 thank you. I always appreciate knowledge .
Orcas are not whales. That a whale “researcher” doesn’t know, that is stunning. They are in the dolphin family.
That's just what I wanted to write.
The orca or killer whale (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family.
The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, (Odontoceti)) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. 73 species of toothed whales are described. They are one of two living groups of cetaceans, the other being the baleen whales (Mysticeti), which have baleen instead of teeth. The two groups are thought to have diverged around 34 million years ago.
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Bro.... I'm no expert by far. Yes you are correct. For the last (unsure on specifics) 100,000 years or so. Proposes came from whales...... so in turn. So smart. On the other note. KILL THE TREES! Nitrogen fixation ftw! Wildfires bad they only are the natural order of things that keep the circle going! And the ocean and whales are only here to keep the ocean producing the o2 we need! Do i sound stupid yet? Because i am. Damn plankton....and ppl who don't know prehistoric history....
Actually, orcas are whales, a whale is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Cetacea, the orca is specifically a blackfish, blackfish are whales of the family Orcinidae, which contains six extant species within five genera, the six extant blackfish species are the Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra), the Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas), the Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), the False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens), and the Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata).
So much for "clean" power. Still ruining the environment
Not so.
Why is this a debate take the dams down we have interfered enough with natural balance.
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Honestly, Im all for saving orcas...but I also feel that we should leave our dam eco system ALOOOONE. If they die out due to lack of food or are smaller n thinner then we should just let that be. As long as it's not due to US we should leave it. Many species over earths history have died out without our help. They will continue...
The businesses worry about making onbly a 10 million dollar bonus per CEO, VP, etc., instead of the 13 million they each got last year....while the whole world down to even the man out fishing to EAT each evening, has to have water to SURVIVE. and functioning living oceans to survive at all on earth....we keep letting corporations & governments who are usually related to the ownwes of the businesses too, to destroy what we CAN NOT buy once we destroy it.
Shame on the government! I can't even go to the website to help! My browser QUITS EVERY TIME I TRY ENTER the website! They DON'T WANT US to fight them to take down the dams! I'm so sick to my stomach over the loss of these majestic whales! I've ALWAYS BEEN in love with them. Even as a kid I always wanted to be around them and work with them.
Take those dams DOWN!!!!!
Aren't these "Whales" - Dolphins?
Yes, killer whales are the largest species of dolphin. But they are still a type of whale. All dolphins are in the Toothed Whale order of cetaceans.
I really appreciate your video and the work that has been done. Unfortunately, with all due respect killer whales are not even close to extinction world wide.
World wide yes, but there are different subspecies some that are more at risk than others. Especially the Southern resident orcas.
While orcas are one of the most widespread species worldwide (second only to humans I believe) this particular ecotype, the southern residents, are listed as critically endangered despite orcas as a whole not being threatened 🙂
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i thought they eat meat
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Orcas aren't even whales. Wth you guys? They're dolphins. Infuriating to hear "whales" over and over frying the very scientists trying to save them.
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Dolphins are toothed whales. It's not incorrect, it's just less specific. It's like saying "Cockatoos aren't birds, they're parrots."
@@SkittlesWithFeathers
Thank you. One less for me to correct.
Take the dams down
Where? Sorry but new pods have shown up in costa rica, the bahamas and the north eastern usa where thry havent been for decades if not centuries.
If you watched the video you would find out that the Southern Residents are the orcas that are on the verge of extinction
@@MissySimpleM it doesn't work that way. There isn't a divide between north and south. It's the oceans. That is like saying I have a cow herd on a ranch and overall they are increasing but in one area of the ranch they are decreasing. Are there more overall?
Oh also seals are coming back to areas they haven't been for centuries.
@@theodoresmith5272 no its not like a ranch. It's like saying oh the population of the world is rising but Jews are being murdered by Hitler. Just because the overall population is rising doesn't make it okay. 1 subtype is being killed off.
@@MissySimpleM your grasping at straws. So the overall population is increasing but in one area its decreasing and so by your definition the population is decreasing? That makes zero sense.
@@theodoresmith5272 I'm not grasping at straws, you just don't have a good enoigh understanding of orca to understand the significance of the southern residents going extinct.
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Orcas also eat seals and small whales or other fish, so I don't understand how these orcas could be starving.
They eat large whales also and the babies of large whales.
Did you watch this? These orcas don't eat seals, they're the only orcas that eat primarily salmon hence the importance of this video...
Stop eating so much Salmon Brian!
Different populations eat different things. Some, like Biggs orca, eat other marine mammals. Others, like the SRO, eat only salmon. Dietary culture doesnt change within ecotypes. Example - a transient will NOT eat fish willingly, nor will a resident whale prey on a seal.
@@CleverClover2023 I just never heard of any predatory species not switching to another prey species when their normal food can't be found.
sorry HOWEVER if there was a whale dolophin ( what i call them) i would bet on to survive it is the ORCAS!!! I am not saying that they are NOT at threat by the HUMANS at all.
They are hands down the most intelligent whale/dolphins in the earths oceans and actually keep evolving and that in itself is most impressive.
The day will come when mother earth sheds her skin and i would bet HUMANS will be gone before ORCAS
IMHO only
you can just call them orcas lol