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- The following video contains selected clips from an encounter with endangered Southern Resident killer whales in Haro Strait in the Salish Sea as part of Wild Orca’s conservation research program on July 25, 2022.
During this event, members of J Pod were observed to engage with, and ultimately kill a harbor porpoise, demonstrating a behavior known as Phocoenacide.
The Video and images taken under National Marine Fisheries Service permit #26288 by Wild Orca.
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Amazing photos and footage!! It's so interesting to watch them teach their young how to hunt and all the team work that relies on it.
Thanks for sharing!! 💕
Dont think that's happening here. These orca only eat fish.
I still wonder why they'd kill without needing to hunt nor eat them for survival. When dealing with highly intelligent animals like humans, maybe I don't have to look too far to see why orcas kill not for food all the time.
I saw a photo after this where a member of Jpod was pushing the dead harbor porpoise around on its rostrum. Interesting.
@CN ya, they'll do that. It's almost like they parade their prey around for a lil bit. Usually the young ones. Part of their training and probably a bit of pride as well lol.
@@leahsyl81 These whales DO NOT eat marine mammals. They are strictly salmon hunters.
Absolutely! They certainly like to parade their prey around too, it's something that their parents have taught.
I wish they had eaten it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they decided to hunt mammals? I know it's highly unlikely to ever ever happen but wouldn't it be great if they ate something other than salmon?
Really. It's preferable for them to eat mammals rather than fish, huh? Well, then you ought to be a big fan of transient Biggs killer whales. Shits love eating other mammals, especially the young of other mammals.
@@KrisKringle2 I'm a fan of all orca. I'm not a fan of any animal starving or having their whole gene pool cease to exist because the females are too hungry to produce a viable calf. Neither of those things sound like a pleasant way to go out. There's more than enough seals to feed them all. There's too many seals in the orcas' range. I understand what happens to the ecosystem when there's too many of any animal. Theyre so many seals that the transient orcas don't really go any where and are now basically a second set of residents.I also understand that these animals are iconic and mean a great deal to the first nations people. So seals, dolphins, sea lions, some whales, I'm good with it.
@@JenAmazed42 Resident orcas weren't in danger until humans began industrial fishing, and salmon weren't endangered until humans dammed their breeding rivers in the Northwest. I'll trust the Humpbacks' feelings about transient orcas. I wish the other whale species had the same knack for fighting back. They're at higher risk of extinction than Biggs orcas are. Are you aware that the Northern Fur Seal and Steller Sea Lion populations have experienced massive declines in the last 40 years, and evidence seems to show that transient Orcas eating the young is a substantial reason for this? You're good with that?
Could they be seeing the Bigg’s Killer whales playing with their food and thinking it looks fun? I know they don’t have anything to do with each other…
Maybe they wanted to eat it, but they just couldn’t bring themselves to do so….
Any idea why they do this?
x-men would be my guess, x-men legacy if you read the comics