These whales intentionally fighting off instinct to hunt the beaches is extraordinary. Wow, no wonder they're the top predator of the sea, their intelligence is astounding .
Sea world didn’t teach me anything like this as a child. I still can’t believe people took these majestic animals and threw them in swimming pools to live out the rest of their lives.
But probably it was Mel who taught Maga how to attack sea lions on beach. It seems Mel and Maga don`t cooperate. Mel always hunt alone after his elder brother Bernardo vanished. It`s said that Mel was chased away by Maga's brother once.
I'm not sure people actually grasp just how amazing this hunting behavior really is. For an ORCA to do this is almost unthinkable. I think there's no doubt they're the smartest animal next to humans.
I think it is hard to compare, orcas did not evolve means of precision environment manipulation like humans did so their minds did not develop the sort of small scale thinking that allow us to study quantum mechanics, complex written language, engineering, etc. Orca intelligence seems more geared toward the grand scheme of things.
@@funnelvortex7722 It blows my mind how the majority of people still want to believe that communist invented fairy tale known as "evolution", just because it was pounded into your brain from an early age by the corrupt mainstream scientific community and the leftist controlled education system. Today, there is IRREFUTABLE scientific evidence via REAL scientific studies, that prove what a pathetic lie "evolution" is. NO creatures ever "evolved". Now watch some incredibly stupid moron respond by saying something like: "Evolution is real, just look at dogs and cats for proof". NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. For crying out loud, there are tons of videos of seminars & lectures hosted by REAL scientists who are now coming forward to expose the greatest lie ever told. Evolution is dead, and only a fool would choose to believe otherwise. This is the information age, and anyone can quickly & easily find tons of proof for themselves right here on youtube.
My greatest wish is to meet Dr.Ingrid Visser! She is so compassionate to the orcas & has great knowledge of the individual orcas around New Zealand etc. I would like to spend some time interning with her, although I don't have any credentials, just a love of orcas & animals in general. Here's to you, Ingrid!
36:57 is where you can actually observe how intelligent these animals are, when the whale deliberately blocks the other one from going back to the sea. She was observing it just like any other instructor. Amazing!
Sharks can also be taught by observing other sharks. Scientists back in the day made it seem like animals weren't very smart, or sentient beings, because that made it easier to experiment on them without guilt, or use it as an excuse to try and "tame" them for our own entertainment and $$. Anyone who's owned pets knows they're much smarter than we were once taught to believe. Even reptiles, are intelligent and can learn. Amphibians as well. I've observed toads hiding when kids were running around, and they might get harmed. But then when the kids were gone, and it was just me, an adult who's no threat to them, they came right out of hiding. I was able to gain their trust fairly easily, after a few nights of presenting them with insects they feed on. They quickly learned not to fear me. And my neighbors started calling me the toad lady 🤣 I love all animals. Not just the cute furry ones, I adore my 2 captive bred snake friends. One I rescued from a chain pet store. He's a gorgeous Cali kingsnake who thinks he's a watchdog 😂. I named him Sid Vicious, who am I to insult his little snake ego ? I gave him a bada$$ name to match his self image 😎👍🏼 We won't ever be fooled into blindly "trusting the science" again. Animals form bonds, defend their young, even some snake species do this. Related females of some rattlesnake species stay at the same den sites & protect their babies for at least the first week or 2. 😊
Mel was one of the two male orcas who taught the Patagonian orca population how to successfully catch sea lion pups off the beach. He was approximately 50 years old when he died. Rest easy Mel.
10:10 never ignore ur moms advice,evn if she beats u,scolds u,or do whtever to make u undrstnd.""HER WAYS MAY B WRONG,BUT HER INTENTIONS R NOT"""". From birth till death,she will be the only one who just cares about u,ur fathr will see ur earnings,success,wives will see ur looks or money,ur sons,daughters evry othr relation will see ur roles ur nd contribution to there lives,thn thy will give u respct and care and love. It is only ur mom,tht evn if u r bloody drug dealer,murderer or a scientist,engg,doctor,she will always think about ur well being 1st,how much older,richer u become,there ways may b wrong but her intensions will nevr be.
Intelligence. That is what make orcas so resilient, persistent, and determined in hunting and what makes them successful hunters and what make them the apex predator of the oceans.
I got to see a humpback whale about 18 years ago just after midnight right below the dock of Fairhaven Marine in the New Bedford Harbour (Massachusetts) INSIDE of the Hurricane Barrier. It looked like a huge black submarine was pulling up to the dock and then it floated up and spurt water out of it's blow hole and disappeared. One of the most special and amazing moments of my life. What made it swim inside the Hurricane Barrier I'll never know.
These beautiful creatures are surely as intelligent as we are. Intelligence takes MANY forms. It is an indescribable tragedy that anyone ever thought to keep them in captivity. They have the 2nd largest brains of all known animals, and live up to 80 years, in their natural habitats. Additionally, in recent years, linguists, who specialize in the study and analysis of orca communication, have been able to detect actual language, embedded in their vocalizations. I am not referring to specific tones, or calls, being meaningfully exchanged, but rather, literal language; comparable to that of human language.
Humans are the crown of creation , they analyze the past ,present and future , non others get even close ,regardless of all when you look close intelligence is mostly the product of born instincts and is limited ,all one can do is to preserve the future generations the same way they were brought about or cease what others managed to accomplish .
Imagine if great white sharks hunted in packs of 5 and worked together to hunt prey. Scary. Thankfully they don't and thankfully humans are not on the Orca menu.
Great whites with instinct and their senses alone are terrifying enough. Add genuine intelligence to them and I think it will just wipe out the oceans population in a couple of years.
White sharks absolutely can and do hunt in packs. And there are documented cases of them doing so. Go watch Sharks Happen here on TH-cam. One horrific case involved two teenage boys finding themselves in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy. Witnesses recall seeing at least one boy thrown up in the air only to be caught by another shark. They were completely consumed. My God bless their souls. Truly nightmare fuel.
@@anthonyvega-fujioka4464You are an incel. UNBELIEVABLE how they now have to extend their hatred for all females to the animal kingdom. Trying to suppress, belittle and deny all female achievement, whilst over-emphasizing and praising over the moon any male. Or even attributing female successes to a male, no matter how ridiculous that is. Orcas are a matriarchal society, they are led by females, deal with it. That's maybe why they are so successful, because female societies are about cooperation and social bonds, while the males are just about brutality and warfare. Marga was the first to hunt this way and she taught her pod. The males in her pod have to follow her. Have you even watched the documentary? Or probably you don't care for facts, you just invent your own reality. WHERE does it say that Mel taught Marga, WHERE ? Timestamp please? 13:06 "Marga belongs to a separate band from Mel and Dona Blanca" - they are not even on the same pod ! 25:09 Mel hunts alone and does not teach others. Marga hunts with her pod and teaches them her skills. It's exactly the opposite of what you were claiming. You incels are a pest.
Excellent video! Very intelligent creatures. So awesome to see them using their brains to strategize the way they catch these seals. Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing this video.
Orcas seem to recognize us as fellow intelligent mammals, (and are probably amused by how pathetic we are when in the water), so choose not to slaughter us, which would be incredibly easy for them. Sometimes they’re even very playful towards us, like their smaller dolphin cousins. I think they’re INCREDIBLY intelligent, and hope we can find a way to communicate more directly with them in the future.
They also recognized dolphins as fellow intelligent mammals, cousins in addition - and they choose to communicate with them by teeth. The orcas don't "like" humans, the orcas understand who we are and respect humans.
@@kilyannn Sure. Orcas know that it’s foolish to kill people, because we’re vengeful, and our technology makes us VERY dangerous. However; they obviously don’t fear the wrath of dolphins.
We are probably like aliens to them. Completly different from anything else, not in our original habitat, and armed with technology far beyond their comprehension.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef That just like them, we R cruel, territorial and vindictive and R natural born killers like them. Ergo, they know we can do great harm to them and practically hunt them to extinction like we done to most animals on this planet.
“The unlucky pups provide a grim lesson.” Yes, I’d say they do, however, not for the brilliant Orca and family. They gotta eat too and this is what the food chain and the circle of life is all about. Orca’s are so perfect they almost look fake the way they’re colour pattern is. They’re extraordinary, sea panda’s. 🐼
Same! Hearing those baby sea lions scream when they’re caught 😣😭😭😭 I know the whales have to eat, and sea lions eat fish so everyone is food for something else in the ocean but it’s still just sad! Same for on land animals. When I see lions kill baby zebras/elephants/giraffes etc it just hurts my heart! I wish we all, humans and animals; were all just vegetarians so nothing has to be anyones food :/
@@Bnizzofashizzo no I don’t. I would never eat it anyway, but I can’t eat much food at all as I have gastroparesis. I live off of a feeding tube. The meat industry isn’t what it used to be. The animals lived good lives and were killed on the farm they were raised. Usually it was an instant death. But my foster parents had a dairy farm and other animals to eat. I just never have eaten meat.
This is a good documentary, it's exactly what's described in the title, and it's about orcas and only orcas. Other docs on TH-cam that say they're about orcas either don't have anything to do with orcas and talk about other animals for the majority of runtime, or if they do talk about orcas they try to portray them as terrifying villians similar to the portrayal of great white sharks, I'm glad this doc just gives the facts without trying to make killer whales sound like evil monsters just because they eat baby sea lions lol. Circle of life, humans do way worse so it's super hypocritical to judge them like that.
10:10 never ignore ur moms advice,evn if she beats u,scolds u,or do whtever to make u undrstnd.""HER WAYS MAY B WRONG,BUT HER INTENTIONS R NOT"""". From birth till death,she will be the only one who just cares about u,ur fathr will see ur earnings,success,wives will see ur looks or money,ur sons,daughters evry othr relation will see ur roles ur nd contribution to there lives,thn thy will give u respct and care and love. It is only ur mom,tht evn if u r bloody drug dealer,murderer or a scientist,engg,doctor,she will always think about ur well being 1st,how much older,richer u become,there ways may b wrong but her intensions will nevr be.
Agreed, because SeaWorld and other marine ABUSEment parks have what can only be described as a "caracture" of the real animal. Considering what it's like to see those orcas doing these unnatural and demeaning circus tricks for rotten fish dug out of dumpsters, you have to shake your head and walk away. Now consider what the orca is truly like in the ocean, where they live such an intimate and joyous life with their families, filled with social harmony and cooperation. Think about these two worlds....
"Beaching when absolutely necessary"........SERIOUSLY? Is SUICIDE "necessary"??? Because a whale beaching itself is exactly that, IF it is intelligent enough to know the outcome. Furthermore: you don't know what is going through the mind of any of these Orca's. Good grief man.
@@howabouthetruth2157 They were taking the risk to get a prey, which was why they sometimes abandoned their beaching if they felt unsure or not beaching if there's no prey.
@@vivanyatodd5036 That would certainly make sense, but "A".....how do we know for sure, and "B".....what about whales that don't chase & eat prey items.......whales that eat the super tiny creatures in sea water simply by swimming forward & opening their mouths. They sometimes beach themselves too. ????
@@howabouthetruth2157 I think the fact that not all orcas (even members of the same pod) using this technique proved that it's not an instinct but a conscious decision. And I don't really understand what you mean by other whale species. Orcas are so far the only one known to purposedly beaching themselves. Other whales that got beached was usually due to the noise pollution underwater which confused their radar.
Absolutely fascinating creatures. There has never been an attack on a human from these animals in the wild which proves how emotionally sensitive and intelligent they are. But there has been over 70 captivity which also proves how emotionally sensitive they are. I wish mankind could say the same when it comes to attacking them.
I just saw a video of several orcas a group of three friends in a boat from Spain to Netherlands. They attacked the boat like bumping on the boat like when they hit their prey. They had to turn off the engines and the sails for an hour until they left. Orcas can attack humans if they by mistake think you’re a sea lion. I’ve seen it caught on camera.
@@ivanvillamil2764 I've seen that as well. I think the humans may have been disrupting a hunt or maybe causing some sort of sound in the water the orcas didn't like. Also they are the humans of the sea so maybe there just a pod that are out for revenge and hate humans. They definitely have a vengeful side to them considering all the attacks in captivity.
@@ivanvillamil2764 I've seen dumbass drunk out salmon fishing jump in the ocean with them i thought for sure this moron was gonna be ripped apart but it was like they could smell that he was full of toxins and wouldn't be a healthy meal lol. Idk why they didn't kill him but they didn't. Not gonna lie I was pretty terrified for the guy but at the same time thought well if they do use him as a beach ball he was definitely asking for it🤷🏼♂️
I hear some of them got so good at beaching you can go hang out with them down at the local beach bar - as long as you keep those Gin & Blubbers coming, of course.
He is a very experienced hunter I like his hunting strategy...I feel sorry for the seals but they are sometimes dumb because they know when a killer whale is approaching but don't move away in time
Orcas are like the cats of the ocean - almost like lions teaching their young to hunt. They nurture their young and stay in groups just like a lion pride. I saw a video where one chased a waterski line like a kitten chases a string. The females are the core of the group. Belugas are like the canaries - always singing, communicating. Dolphins are like dogs - loyal, playful, running in packs. humpedback whales are like the elephants of the ocean with their deep rumblings that can be heard over many kilometers and they are always remembering where they need to be and when over many many years. Amazing. Ocean mammals are just so amazing. How dare anyone capture and keep them against their will and make them do silly tricks under the guise of teaching. All that teaches me is how horrible greedy humans are.
Yeah.When you think about it.But the same can be said about many groups of animals,birds and insects.Just taking an advantage of a niche in an environment.
@@bari2883 it disgusts me how horrible humans treat any species other than themselves, AND themselves! Humans are more horrible to each other than any animal to another animal - food or prey, they still have mercy - many humans usually do not!
Thankyou. It is always amazing to look at the animal’s skills. How they learn since getting born to sort the difficulties and avoid big predators. It is a matter of senses and patience, what is imperative to dominate the territory. Either ocean or land.
@@anthonyvega-fujioka4464 They say that the Great White is the top of the food chain but in reality it's the Orca's who are at the top of the food chain
I’m so glad I’m not a sea lion! I mean can you imagine? They’re constantly hunted!!! And I know the whales have to eat I get that, but man seeing them screaming as they’re caught is just really hard :/
Not only that but it’s the older orcas that show the young orcas of their pod how to hunt, they would make sure that their young would practice until the master the techniques, not only that but orcas are also showed how to stay put if they get lost, they are to send out a specific signal and stay put until the rest of the pod comes back to get them something that can take up to 2 hours or more sometimes, they are highly intelligent, they have a different hunting technique for each of their different preys
You’ve got to believe that these Orca enjoy this challenge. They are the ocean’s top predator. They can eat any damn thing they want. They don’t have to risk stranding themselves.
Na, not all of them. The ones that were caught at an early age and forced to grow up in an artificial land-based environment like SeaWorld simply wouldn`t make it out there if set free after decades in captivity. They certainly ought to be set free from the aquariums they grew up in, but it would be foolish to set them free in the very places where they had been caught many years earlier (which in the case of most SeaWorld orcas, to my knowledge, is the North Atlantic around Iceland). Even though the youngsters when they were introduced to their aquarium`s killer whale population, didn`t even understand each other`s dialects, they most likely grew close to each other during the course of their shared captivity; so why not release them *together* into the nearest ocean ? Once set free, they shouldn`t be left to their own devices, but should have a point of reference on the coast where they can meet their former trainers as reference persons. Given that these killer whales, after decades in captivity, wouldn`t find their blood relations in the vastness of the ocean, they would probably be better off avoiding any contact to wild orcas whatsoever - not knowing the unwritten rules of social intercourse among wild killer whales, they might very well end up getting hurt or killed by their wild conspecifics.
Sea lions use their front flippers like feet, touching the ground. Seals leave their front flippers up and hump along without using their front flippers.
Yeah they're my favorite Orcas. They are so intèligentes that no other Sea life can no match with them cuz one thing they're alway's together Teaching how to hunt and kill fast they are so powerful waoo l love Those Beautiful Orcas oh yeah what they need is learn to talk and don't Be impressed if you see one of does beauty talking jaja well anything's It's possible in this life nothing impress me anymore ok
My understanding is, our J Pod on Vancouver Island do not feed on seals, sea lions and other mammals, their diet is exclusively salmon. Ironically this accommodates a huge overpopulation of seals and sea lions. They have played a huge part in decimating salmon stocks, in absence of their own higher predator, leaving our local Orcas food challenged. 🙏🇨🇦
As far as I know Southern Residents are in danger of extinction, among others because of decline of salmon. Therefore you should teach them to hunt sea mammals, so it would be both more food for orcas and more fish.
A century ago or so Australia had an active whaling industry in Eden in Southern NSW. The Orcas co operated with the whalers, alerting them when a whale was offshore then herding them to the men in boats, the whalers would leave the captured whale for the Orcas to take the tongue. When a boat was overturned they would repel the sharks from the men in the water even pushing them to the surface, it was a wonderful symbiotic relationship till one day a tourist bludgeoned a beached Orca to death on the shore and they left, never to return.
No creature on this planet rules their environment like orcas, graceful, highly intelligent, absolutely deadly.
@John Shields There not deadly towards Humans in the wild.
I think we outdid them by a pretty large margin in the whole 'rule your environnement' stuff
@@ShiningGalaxy01 Orcas are even the creatures that show us the most warm affection.
These whales intentionally fighting off instinct to hunt the beaches is extraordinary. Wow, no wonder they're the top predator of the sea, their intelligence is astounding .
Sea world didn’t teach me anything like this as a child. I still can’t believe people took these majestic animals and threw them in swimming pools to live out the rest of their lives.
@Colin Clark the killer whales?
I LIKE HOW U JUST MENTION SEAWORLD, THERES OTHER MARINE PARKS THAT HAVE THEM, ALSO, ORCAS AT SEAWORLD ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
They regretted it later!
They didn't threw them into the swimming pool. They threw them into the prison for our amusement and it's sick.
@@sansebastiansj its not a prison, its a rescue place.
Maga: SEALs spotted on beach.
Mel: Going tactical.
Maga: Be advised, use attack route 4.
Mel: Roger!
But probably it was Mel who taught Maga how to attack sea lions on beach. It seems Mel and Maga don`t cooperate. Mel always hunt alone after his elder brother Bernardo vanished. It`s said that Mel was chased away by Maga's brother once.
Mel was Mauga’s master. He taught her everything.
Maga: Use the Picard Maneuver.
Mel: Roger.
I'm not sure people actually grasp just how amazing this hunting behavior really is. For an ORCA to do this is almost unthinkable. I think there's no doubt they're the smartest animal next to humans.
They aren't next to shit. We're in a tier of our own and nothing is anywhere in sight.
I think it is hard to compare, orcas did not evolve means of precision environment manipulation like humans did so their minds did not develop the sort of small scale thinking that allow us to study quantum mechanics, complex written language, engineering, etc. Orca intelligence seems more geared toward the grand scheme of things.
@@funnelvortex7722 It blows my mind how the majority of people still want to believe that communist invented fairy tale known as "evolution", just because it was pounded into your brain from an early age by the corrupt mainstream scientific community and the leftist controlled education system. Today, there is IRREFUTABLE scientific evidence via REAL scientific studies, that prove what a pathetic lie "evolution" is. NO creatures ever "evolved". Now watch some incredibly stupid moron respond by saying something like: "Evolution is real, just look at dogs and cats for proof". NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. For crying out loud, there are tons of videos of seminars & lectures hosted by REAL scientists who are now coming forward to expose the greatest lie ever told. Evolution is dead, and only a fool would choose to believe otherwise. This is the information age, and anyone can quickly & easily find tons of proof for themselves right here on youtube.
Sharks can hunt like that too.
Definitely
I love to watch the Sea Lions swimming, they are so clumsy on land yet incredibly graceful in the water.
My greatest wish is to meet Dr.Ingrid Visser! She is so compassionate to the orcas & has great knowledge of the individual orcas around New Zealand etc. I would like to spend some time interning with her, although I don't have any credentials, just a love of orcas & animals in general. Here's to you, Ingrid!
36:57 is where you can actually observe how intelligent these animals are, when the whale deliberately blocks the other one from going back to the sea. She was observing it just like any other instructor. Amazing!
And this is just a *practice run* with no sea lions within reach.
Orcas are also very good at sudokus.
Sharks can also be taught by observing other sharks.
Scientists back in the day made it seem like animals weren't very smart, or sentient beings, because that made it easier to experiment on them without guilt, or use it as an excuse to try and "tame" them for our own entertainment and $$.
Anyone who's owned pets knows they're much smarter than we were once taught to believe.
Even reptiles, are intelligent and can learn. Amphibians as well.
I've observed toads hiding when kids were running around, and they might get harmed. But then when the kids were gone, and it was just me, an adult who's no threat to them, they came right out of hiding.
I was able to gain their trust fairly easily, after a few nights of presenting them with insects they feed on.
They quickly learned not to fear me.
And my neighbors started calling me the toad lady 🤣
I love all animals. Not just the cute furry ones, I adore my 2 captive bred snake friends. One I rescued from a chain pet store. He's a gorgeous Cali kingsnake who thinks he's a watchdog 😂. I named him Sid Vicious, who am I to insult his little snake ego ? I gave him a bada$$ name to match his self image 😎👍🏼
We won't ever be fooled into blindly "trusting the science" again.
Animals form bonds, defend their young, even some snake species do this. Related females of some rattlesnake species stay at the same den sites & protect their babies for at least the first week or 2. 😊
RIP Mel and Bernardo.
The first two Orcas to hunt this way in Patagonia. Thank you Ingrid for posting this documentary.
Why did you say r.i.p ?
@@velvetanderson592 Bernardo not been seen since 1993 and Mel not been seen since 2011. Unlikely to be alive.
They will both be dearly missed
@@ItsTooBrutalOrcas can live to be 80 to 100 years old though.
@@clayharris7740 Another male orca shown on Disney+ was learning to this technique after being adopted by the pod as a young adult.
Mel was one of the two male orcas who taught the Patagonian orca population how to successfully catch sea lion pups off the beach. He was approximately 50 years old when he died. Rest easy Mel.
10:10 never ignore ur moms advice,evn if she beats u,scolds u,or do whtever to make u undrstnd.""HER WAYS MAY B WRONG,BUT HER INTENTIONS R NOT"""". From birth till death,she will be the only one who just cares about u,ur fathr will see ur earnings,success,wives will see ur looks or money,ur sons,daughters evry othr relation will see ur roles ur nd contribution to there lives,thn thy will give u respct and care and love. It is only ur mom,tht evn if u r bloody drug dealer,murderer or a scientist,engg,doctor,she will always think about ur well being 1st,how much older,richer u become,there ways may b wrong but her intensions will nevr be.
How do you know Mel died? Did you read it somewhere I'm facinated by this
@@rahulsharma-ht7ut needed this more then you could even think💯reall shit
@@rahulsharma-ht7ut my mam give me away and got married and had 3 kids while I was tossed from home to home
oh and I've never seen my Dad either
@@TheSilverback-p9y Sorry 🥺 There was Definitely something with HER! Has Nothing to do with You. Hope you know that. 😘😘
Intelligence. That is what make orcas so resilient, persistent, and determined in hunting and what makes them successful hunters and what make them the apex predator of the oceans.
Well, the strength, size, speed, endurance and sharp teeth are also very helpful.
Yeah int is not enough when you dont have the bulk to back it up
Yes Orcas are the most Smartest mammals in the Ocean Along with it's cousin,,The Bottle Nose Dolphin..930 PM
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They can take on the great white shark and win!
Mell can hear a sea lion scrap rocks and yet we send them to concrete tanks with loud circus music and clapping all day
They are forced to do tricks for food. And if they get it wrong, no food! It’s criminal.
I got to see a humpback whale about 18 years ago just after midnight right below the dock of Fairhaven Marine in the New Bedford Harbour (Massachusetts) INSIDE of the Hurricane Barrier. It looked like a huge black submarine was pulling up to the dock and then it floated up and spurt water out of it's blow hole and disappeared. One of the most special and amazing moments of my life. What made it swim inside the Hurricane Barrier I'll never know.
You saw a humpback come all the way into a harbor and blow next to a dock?
I would pee myself.
These beautiful creatures are surely as intelligent as we are. Intelligence takes MANY forms. It is an indescribable tragedy that anyone ever thought to keep them in captivity. They have the 2nd largest brains of all known animals, and live up to 80 years, in their natural habitats. Additionally, in recent years, linguists, who specialize in the study and analysis of orca communication, have been able to detect actual language, embedded in their vocalizations. I am not referring to specific tones, or calls, being meaningfully exchanged, but rather, literal language; comparable to that of human language.
Very good Documentary no music just a very well put together Programme.
I agree with you 100%. Just the soothing sound of the ocean waves & soft narration.
THIS is how an orca should live! In the ocean, their natural habitat!
Not in captivity....they're too gorgeous for a water pen
They’re to big for one
@Der Alte Fritz, they've also been known to kill sharks when humans are in danger. Maybe they'll make an exception in your case.
I agree
@@ashleybrabham2313 l agree
We humans are fucking greedy parasites.
Highly intelligent and majestic creatures are the Orca....The Octopus , surprisingly enough , also is very intelligent
Humans are the crown of creation , they analyze the past ,present and future , non others get even close ,regardless of all when you look close intelligence is mostly the product of born instincts and is limited ,all one can do is to preserve the future generations the same way they were brought about or cease what others managed to accomplish .
Imagine if great white sharks hunted in packs of 5 and worked together to hunt prey. Scary. Thankfully they don't and thankfully humans are not on the Orca menu.
Great whites with instinct and their senses alone are terrifying enough. Add genuine intelligence to them and I think it will just wipe out the oceans population in a couple of years.
White sharks absolutely can and do hunt in packs. And there are documented cases of them doing so. Go watch Sharks Happen here on TH-cam. One horrific case involved two teenage boys finding themselves in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy. Witnesses recall seeing at least one boy thrown up in the air only to be caught by another shark. They were completely consumed. My God bless their souls. Truly nightmare fuel.
We are on thier menu.. and not just at sea world.. they have been known to eat is in the wild
Orcas have no comfort zone, Apex predators know no boundaries...
I just saw a couple videos with Dr. Ingrid in them and was hooked. I am so grateful there are people like her in this world.
Thanks for sharing Ingrid. We finally saw Maga in action this year. Amazing. Hope to see you all again next year.
Mel has taught her well
Its Mega...
@@amyisaak8530 i want too do that be a trainer ?. .
@@anthonyvega-fujioka4464You are an incel.
UNBELIEVABLE how they now have to extend their hatred for all females to the animal kingdom.
Trying to suppress, belittle and deny all female achievement, whilst over-emphasizing and praising over the moon any male. Or even attributing female successes to a male, no matter how ridiculous that is.
Orcas are a matriarchal society, they are led by females, deal with it. That's maybe why they are so successful, because female societies are about cooperation and social bonds, while the males are just about brutality and warfare.
Marga was the first to hunt this way and she taught her pod. The males in her pod have to follow her.
Have you even watched the documentary? Or probably you don't care for facts, you just invent your own reality.
WHERE does it say that Mel taught Marga, WHERE ? Timestamp please?
13:06 "Marga belongs to a separate band from Mel and Dona Blanca" - they are not even on the same pod !
25:09 Mel hunts alone and does not teach others. Marga hunts with her pod and teaches them her skills.
It's exactly the opposite of what you were claiming.
You incels are a pest.
Excellent video! Very intelligent creatures. So awesome to see them using their brains to strategize the way they catch these seals. Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing this video.
Those pups are hardheaded like human toddlers
Yes. Toddlers between ages 2 to 4 act suicidal everytime and throw tantrums when you want them to stay alive 🙄
When they swim together in a row like a family its a beautiful sight
lol yup, vibing to kill. But also love and play. The Ocean is intense politics.
Arguably smarter. They have evolved a society without mother-in-laws.....
Orcas seem to recognize us as fellow intelligent mammals, (and are probably amused by how pathetic we are when in the water), so choose not to slaughter us, which would be incredibly easy for them. Sometimes they’re even very playful towards us, like their smaller dolphin cousins. I think they’re INCREDIBLY intelligent, and hope we can find a way to communicate more directly with them in the future.
They also recognized dolphins as fellow intelligent mammals, cousins in addition - and they choose to communicate with them by teeth.
The orcas don't "like" humans, the orcas understand who we are and respect humans.
@@kilyannn Sure. Orcas know that it’s foolish to kill people, because we’re vengeful, and our technology makes us VERY dangerous. However; they obviously don’t fear the wrath of dolphins.
@@kilyannn "understand who we are"? What do you mean by that?
We are probably like aliens to them. Completly different from anything else, not in our original habitat, and armed with technology far beyond their comprehension.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef That just like them, we R cruel, territorial and vindictive and R natural born killers like them. Ergo, they know we can do great harm to them and practically hunt them to extinction like we done to most animals on this planet.
it was at this moment when Gordon Ramsey ran into the scene and yelled....
" That's fn Raw "
“The unlucky pups provide a grim lesson.”
Yes, I’d say they do, however, not for the brilliant Orca and family. They gotta eat too and this is what the food chain and the circle of life is all about. Orca’s are so perfect they almost look fake the way they’re colour pattern is. They’re extraordinary, sea panda’s. 🐼
What point are you trying to prove? The unlucky pups provide a grim lesson for the other pups of why to associate orcas with danger.
They really watch it like “Damn they got Fred”
I mean I know it’s part of nature and the ecosystem, but I still feel sorry for the one who gets killed.
Same! Hearing those baby sea lions scream when they’re caught 😣😭😭😭 I know the whales have to eat, and sea lions eat fish so everyone is food for something else in the ocean but it’s still just sad! Same for on land animals. When I see lions kill baby zebras/elephants/giraffes etc it just hurts my heart! I wish we all, humans and animals; were all just vegetarians so nothing has to be anyones food :/
@@jessicawilson4655
Yeah but they need to eat meat after all......
Jessica
Yeah, I can't deal with it either. I feel every word of your comment.
Do you eat meat
@@Bnizzofashizzo no I don’t. I would never eat it anyway, but I can’t eat much food at all as I have gastroparesis. I live off of a feeding tube.
The meat industry isn’t what it used to be. The animals lived good lives and were killed on the farm they were raised. Usually it was an instant death. But my foster parents had a dairy farm and other animals to eat. I just never have eaten meat.
2:24 Researchers have been studying them for thirty years, giving them names like “Smashy” “Grabby” “Slammy” and “Yeet”
The fact that they can turn on and off their brain is big brain 🧠
It's called sleep
This is a good documentary, it's exactly what's described in the title, and it's about orcas and only orcas. Other docs on TH-cam that say they're about orcas either don't have anything to do with orcas and talk about other animals for the majority of runtime, or if they do talk about orcas they try to portray them as terrifying villians similar to the portrayal of great white sharks, I'm glad this doc just gives the facts without trying to make killer whales sound like evil monsters just because they eat baby sea lions lol. Circle of life, humans do way worse so it's super hypocritical to judge them like that.
Orca parent: Kids, today we are going to teach you all about catching fast food. Thank you for this amazing look into the REAL lives of Killer Whales.
Killer whales
Well
10:10 never ignore ur moms advice,evn if she beats u,scolds u,or do whtever to make u undrstnd.""HER WAYS MAY B WRONG,BUT HER INTENTIONS R NOT"""". From birth till death,she will be the only one who just cares about u,ur fathr will see ur earnings,success,wives will see ur looks or money,ur sons,daughters evry othr relation will see ur roles ur nd contribution to there lives,thn thy will give u respct and care and love. It is only ur mom,tht evn if u r bloody drug dealer,murderer or a scientist,engg,doctor,she will always think about ur well being 1st,how much older,richer u become,there ways may b wrong but her intensions will nevr be.
@@rahulsharma-ht7ut you clearly don't seem to know what an abusive mother is. Please stop saying incoherent bullshit like that.
Agreed, because SeaWorld and other marine ABUSEment parks have what can only be described as a "caracture" of the real animal.
Considering what it's like to see those orcas doing these unnatural and demeaning circus tricks for rotten fish dug out of dumpsters, you have to shake your head and walk away. Now consider what the orca is truly like in the ocean, where they live such an intimate and joyous life with their families, filled with social harmony and cooperation. Think about these two worlds....
Orcas have evolved into the ultimate apex predator.
I keep hearing "instinct". But orcas are intelligent. They know what they risk by beaching, and only do it when absolutely necessary.
"Beaching when absolutely necessary"........SERIOUSLY? Is SUICIDE "necessary"??? Because a whale beaching itself is exactly that, IF it is intelligent enough to know the outcome. Furthermore: you don't know what is going through the mind of any of these Orca's. Good grief man.
@@howabouthetruth2157 They were taking the risk to get a prey, which was why they sometimes abandoned their beaching if they felt unsure or not beaching if there's no prey.
@@vivanyatodd5036 That would certainly make sense, but "A".....how do we know for sure, and "B".....what about whales that don't chase & eat prey items.......whales that eat the super tiny creatures in sea water simply by swimming forward & opening their mouths. They sometimes beach themselves too. ????
@@howabouthetruth2157 I think the fact that not all orcas (even members of the same pod) using this technique proved that it's not an instinct but a conscious decision.
And I don't really understand what you mean by other whale species. Orcas are so far the only one known to purposedly beaching themselves. Other whales that got beached was usually due to the noise pollution underwater which confused their radar.
8 weeks straight without eating!!! I can't have it once without raiding the fridge.
Mama teaches babies how to shop at the grocery store!! Go Mama!!!💚
Absolutely fascinating creatures. There has never been an attack on a human from these animals in the wild which proves how emotionally sensitive and intelligent they are. But there has been over 70 captivity which also proves how emotionally sensitive they are. I wish mankind could say the same when it comes to attacking them.
I just saw a video of several orcas a group of three friends in a boat from Spain to Netherlands. They attacked the boat like bumping on the boat like when they hit their prey. They had to turn off the engines and the sails for an hour until they left. Orcas can attack humans if they by mistake think you’re a sea lion. I’ve seen it caught on camera.
@@ivanvillamil2764 I've seen that as well. I think the humans may have been disrupting a hunt or maybe causing some sort of sound in the water the orcas didn't like. Also they are the humans of the sea so maybe there just a pod that are out for revenge and hate humans. They definitely have a vengeful side to them considering all the attacks in captivity.
@@ivanvillamil2764 I've seen dumbass drunk out salmon fishing jump in the ocean with them i thought for sure this moron was gonna be ripped apart but it was like they could smell that he was full of toxins and wouldn't be a healthy meal lol. Idk why they didn't kill him but they didn't. Not gonna lie I was pretty terrified for the guy but at the same time thought well if they do use him as a beach ball he was definitely asking for it🤷🏼♂️
It’s always a human
dayum 8:05 that female was pulling his hair like " yess daddy " LMAO
And then 8:14 he laying there like "swfeeew that was some good p****" 🤣🤣🤣
Weird mofos
ORCAS INSPIRED ME INTO MARINE BIOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hear some of them got so good at beaching you can go hang out with them down at the local beach bar - as long as you keep those Gin & Blubbers coming, of course.
He is a very experienced hunter I like his hunting strategy...I feel sorry for the seals but they are
sometimes dumb because they know when a killer whale is approaching but don't move away in time
Maga is awesome! I hope she is still alive today.
God I hope that trump's fan club don't see this one.
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@tdewgard23
They live 80 years or more......
So more likely she lives more than you
tdewgard23 She’s still alive and leading the group.
Orcas are like the cats of the ocean - almost like lions teaching their young to hunt. They nurture their young and stay in groups just like a lion pride. I saw a video where one chased a waterski line like a kitten chases a string. The females are the core of the group.
Belugas are like the canaries - always singing, communicating. Dolphins are like dogs - loyal, playful, running in packs. humpedback whales are like the elephants of the ocean with their deep rumblings that can be heard over many kilometers and they are always remembering where they need to be and when over many many years. Amazing. Ocean mammals are just so amazing. How dare anyone capture and keep them against their will and make them do silly tricks under the guise of teaching. All that teaches me is how horrible greedy humans are.
Actually they're more compared to wolves. Because of their hunting habits
Yeah.When you think about it.But the same can be said about many groups of animals,birds and insects.Just taking an advantage of a niche in an environment.
@cyril layman thanks, I learned something new!
How about kidnapping their young that is the very essence to orcas existance. Family is everything to them. We are trash.
@@bari2883 it disgusts me how horrible humans treat any species other than themselves, AND themselves! Humans are more horrible to each other than any animal to another animal - food or prey, they still have mercy - many humans usually do not!
They are beautiful creatures.
Mel is or was a killing machine, damn I love watching him hunt the beach. Only killer whale are so bold.
Thankyou. It is always amazing to look at the animal’s skills. How they learn since getting born to sort the difficulties and avoid big predators. It is a matter of senses and patience, what is imperative to dominate the territory. Either ocean or land.
Man, that seal was hitting all the hunnies.
Omg lol!!
Mel makes those sea lion pups look delicious 🤤
It's such a majestic creature , is my favorite animal.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS DOCUMENTARY, THANK YOU!!
Intelegant and absolutely beautiful!!
... it’s intelligent
I'm still in the learning stages of Orca. What is the biting strength of an Orca?
The bite force is 19,000+ psi great white shark has nothing on that
What the f**k?!?!?!?!
@@anthonyvega-fujioka4464 They say that the Great White is the top of the food chain but in reality it's the Orca's who are at the top of the food chain
@@RebelRoseJade, I know that. orcas prey on them for food.
@@anthonyvega-fujioka4464 Nah, just their livers ;)
At 37:00 is definitely teaching them too conquer there fears
I’m so glad I’m not a sea lion! I mean can you imagine? They’re constantly hunted!!! And I know the whales have to eat I get that, but man seeing them screaming as they’re caught is just really hard :/
Seal: swimming
*Narrator's voice comes on*
Seal: shit shit shit run run run 🐳 coming
As a fellow Hunter I find orca hunting ability to learn and adapt amazing and fascinating
Not only that but it’s the older orcas that show the young orcas of their pod how to hunt, they would make sure that their young would practice until the master the techniques, not only that but orcas are also showed how to stay put if they get lost, they are to send out a specific signal and stay put until the rest of the pod comes back to get them something that can take up to 2 hours or more sometimes, they are highly intelligent, they have a different hunting technique for each of their different preys
" Fellow hunter"?? Not even close. You are nothing without your gun. The Massai hunters Come close to the orca's but not you.
I remember in Wolves of the Sea, Big Mel had a brother called Bernard. Is he no longer alive?
It's better than in captivity ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
You’ve got to believe that these Orca enjoy this challenge. They are the ocean’s top predator. They can eat any damn thing they want. They don’t have to risk stranding themselves.
They so intelligent and they are definitely masters of the sea!!! ❤
even when they die, their knowledge never dies. it is passed on from generation to generation and it evolves with each generation.
I like the Orcas
Probably because they are members of Dolphin family and not whales
They are and so Magnificent!!!! 💙
@@markhusseymh1 Seriously? Dolphins are whales..
Whales are so smart that they choose not to mess with humans
Orcas technically belong to the dolphin family
@@TruthStrangerThanFiction Which technically belongs to the Toothed whales parvorder.
Beautiful video to watch 👌👌👌
See them hunting in Shetland, hunting birds, porpoise and seals, it’s amazing how they work together, such a smart animal.....they should all be free.
Na, not all of them. The ones that were caught at an early age and forced to grow up in an artificial land-based environment like SeaWorld simply wouldn`t make it out there if set free after decades in captivity. They certainly ought to be set free from the aquariums they grew up in, but it would be foolish to set them free in the very places where they had been caught many years earlier (which in the case of most SeaWorld orcas, to my knowledge, is the North Atlantic around Iceland). Even though the youngsters when they were introduced to their aquarium`s killer whale population, didn`t even understand each other`s dialects, they most likely grew close to each other during the course of their shared captivity; so why not release them *together* into the nearest ocean ? Once set free, they shouldn`t be left to their own devices, but should have a point of reference on the coast where they can meet their former trainers as reference persons. Given that these killer whales, after decades in captivity, wouldn`t find their blood relations in the vastness of the ocean, they would probably be better off avoiding any contact to wild orcas whatsoever - not knowing the unwritten rules of social intercourse among wild killer whales, they might very well end up getting hurt or killed by their wild conspecifics.
They'll devour you
@@faisalk379 شعندك جاي
The "pitter patter"of little flippers ..
Phenomenal creatures, awesome documentary !!!💚👍
Awesome documentary ❤
Sea lions use their front flippers like feet, touching the ground.
Seals leave their front flippers up and hump along without using their front flippers.
No orca should be in captivity they simply belong in the ocean☮️💯
Man that male sea lion is a STUD! 8 weeks straight of bangin! Doesn’t even eat!
We need a whole bunch of those orcas here on the Oregon coast to thin out the over population of seals and sea lions.
Need more sharks to thin out the humans
@@columbusohio72 Starting with you.
@@kilyannnright after you and your entire bloodline
OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I WORSHIP U!!!!!!!!! OMG! IAM THE ABSOLUTE DEFINATE OFFICIAL NUMBER ONE FAN AND EXPERT ON ORCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I seen you on a documentary about the marine park in France I’m sooo glad I found your channel ❤️🙏🏽
Can you give me the link of a documentary about Marineland?
@@logicon3060 It's called Inside The Tanks. You can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/Hy9gt-f3I6Q/w-d-xo.html
Truly Outstanding, Amazing, Beautiful Animals these Orcas
Orcas are the biggest spawn campers ever.
😂
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Ahaha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahaha
Loved every second of this
Imagine if they could run around on the land like the sealions. Nothing would be safe.
Ingrid is such an inspiration 🌊
Imagine the mother looking like: Oops
I love this video very entertaining and very educational
Great white who? These are the real Apex Predators.
They only eat their liver...seriously!
@@teheod960 you know, for power or something
Yeah they're my favorite Orcas. They are so intèligentes that no other
Sea life can no match with them cuz one thing they're alway's together
Teaching how to hunt and kill fast they are so powerful waoo l love
Those Beautiful Orcas oh yeah what they need is learn to talk and don't
Be impressed if you see one of does beauty talking jaja well anything's
It's possible in this life nothing impress me anymore ok
Why didnt they acknowledge orcas killing great white sharks 😂😂😂
Cause they're not hunting sharks
@@GravityGraveMaybe sharks attack young orcas though.
It's tough being at the top of the food chain.
Orca are highly skilled and intelligent
Just imagine if sharks worked in packs like this !
Amazing footage; many thanks!
Don't fret. The SEALs were about to write another Tell-All.
So AMAZING ❤️
Top of ocean food chain non debatable! They hunt great whites for just the liver!
They hunt seals just to sling it 20 ft in the air and to play with it like it is some sort of kickball
@@alansams4063 I seen that also....but it looked like 20 feet it was probably 100 lol
Pssh whateves,box jelly kills all with a simple sting.
39:56 😂 _(Hand on the shoulder, Eyes rolling up)_
I love this, Thank you Ingred.
My understanding is, our J Pod on Vancouver Island do not feed on seals, sea lions and other mammals, their diet is exclusively salmon. Ironically this accommodates a huge overpopulation of seals and sea lions. They have played a huge part in decimating salmon stocks, in absence of their own higher predator, leaving our local Orcas food challenged. 🙏🇨🇦
Which is why I personally support the hunting of them :) *from Seattle, love our Southern Residents 🖤🤍
As far as I know Southern Residents are in danger of extinction, among others because of decline of salmon. Therefore you should teach them to hunt sea mammals, so it would be both more food for orcas and more fish.
A century ago or so Australia had an active whaling industry in Eden in Southern NSW. The Orcas co operated with the whalers, alerting them when a whale was offshore then herding them to the men in boats, the whalers would leave the captured whale for the Orcas to take the tongue. When a boat was overturned they would repel the sharks from the men in the water even pushing them to the surface, it was a wonderful symbiotic relationship till one day a tourist bludgeoned a beached Orca to death on the shore and they left, never to return.
They remind of a pack of wolves, same deal
That's why they're called the wolves of the sea.
@@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353 ironic considering they're related to the wolves ungulate prey
@@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353The tiger of the sea would be fitting too.
Great documentary
Orcas/ killer whales are not whales at all; they are actually dolphins.
Yeah
Dolphins are whales
whats a school?
a group of fish?
or where students go to learn?
Humans are lucky that these things don't see us as prey... Cuz they are way smarter