VIDEO | 30 killer whales attack two gray whales off California coastline
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- Dozens of killer whales in California’s Monterey Bay were observed last week in an unusual attack on two adult gray whales, video shows.
Researchers and guests on March 30 witnessed “five hours of an attack by over two dozen Bigg's killer whales on two adult gray whales,” tour agency Monterey Bay Whale Watch said.
Bigg’s orcas, formerly known as West Coast Transient orcas, are a subtype described by killer whale researcher Michael Bigg, which feed exclusively on marine mammals and tend to travel in smaller groups than so-called resident orcas.
“Usually killer whales will hunt gray whale calves as they head up to their northern feeding areas with their moms. But these were not calves: they were huge adult gray whales,” Monterey Bay Whale Watch said.
Videos shared by the tour agency show multiple orca pods joining together for the relentless attack. “We were able to observe the unique hunting strategies of the pods and the rarely seen defensive strategies of the two Grays,” the agency said.
“The battered gray whales eventually made it to shallow water, and the orcas broke off,” the agency said.
The agency said that in more than 30 years of documenting encounters for the California Killer Whale Project, this was the first observed attack on adult gray whales in Monterey Bay.
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It's a video from Monterey Bay. 23 killers vs 2 adults. After 5 hours the Greys got away. Pretty amazing.
Please any news on the 2 grey whales that escaped after 5 hours to shallow waters off CA coast?? I pray to God they can heal and find sanctuary.
I just watched it on the news, they swam away from the orcas to shallow water
One of them is Hurt, we can see her bleeding, I doubt she can heal on her own from such deep wounds
It looked like the killer whales were targeting mostly the gray on the left maybe because it was not as big as the one on the right. The grays seemed more concerned that they kept their rostrums close together in the front as a defensive tactic and then the rolling over so that the killer whales won't ram the gray in the same spot on their sides. Awesome footage..!!
I would have loved to have seen a coast guard vessel heading to their rescue full throttle. It is so hard to see something like this. I just lift them all up to God's Healing Love with Faith in His Care.
@@rosecorley6748 its natures course, if we start defending all the whales orcas might die because they cant get any food.
@@rosecorley6748 the killer whales gotta eat
The grey whale on the right may have been the mother. One of Orca’s tactics is to try and separate a calf from its mother, as they also do with humpback whales.
Rat bastards. Look like going for that liver , smart move for the whales to try and flip upside down. Poor things.
a day that 30 gray whales will attack 2 killer whales xD
Did the whales survive after going to shallow waters from their severe injuries?
As long as they're eating it and it's not a new orca sport who are we to judge?
👍🏼Orcas have been eating other whales for a long time. Gray whale numbers didn’t plummet until they were nearly hunted to extinction by human whale hunters.
After reading the comments i am trying to understand why people are upset by this video. This is how nature works its both beautiful and ugly the Orcas are just doing what they were made to do and thats be athe apex preditor of the ocean.
Exacto
How do the gray whales even have a chance? They are baleen whales so no teeth or anything to fight with other than their size.
It's like trying to take down a bus with just your teeth. You get hella tired, even with 30 of you.
Plus, the description says they made it to shallow water when the orcas broke off, so perhaps they didn't want to risk a fight in shallow water 🤔
@@CaSCHWANK That's a good point. Thanks for your response :)
@@CaSCHWANK for some reason once it's shallow enough, the killer whales always break off, even if they're attacking a mother/calf.
@@S0ulinth3machin3the reason seems to be because they lose their mobility advantage, they’re no longer able to attack from all sides including below. Instead they’re stuck attacking the front where the whale could headbutt them or the back end which would be a death wish getting smacked by those huge tails. I know of a case where a mother gray managed to strike an orca with her tail in a similar ordeal (:
Such is nature
Hopefully gray whales survived.
Apparently they did after 5 hours they got away. I wish a sperm whale had shown up to give those orcas a run for their money.
@@primalcrittershumpbacks are the ones that hate orcas and will go out of their way to disrupt their hunts and protect other species from orcas.
How does a killer whale attack a gray whale using the method it uses to attack sharks? The belly-up attack only works on sharks!
thanks chang
not the same method
How does a whale breath.... there lies the answer
nooo 😢gray whales are my favorite
Orcas go in shallow water too, I don’t see how they survived
They probably can't kill them gray whales there though, can't ram them in shallow water. They have to eat seals or the like in shallow water
🎼in the circle ! the circle of life
A-weee-ma-yaana ahh ahh A-wee-ma-yaana 🎶
bullies! cancel orcas!
Wow...interesting
Alaskan pods are whale killers maybe they are coming south they have no predators.
Bully killer whales
Dunce. They kill to survive.
@@notsure1277 eatin good as a mf to lol
First time in nature, kiddo?
doesn't seem right the whales can swim away they look sick and docile.
how fast are you expecting a whale to go ? my homie can NOT run; he has no legs !! likely the big whales did not realize they could be killed until there were 30 other whales biting they assess
i doubt you could out run 30 whales either
lol, how stupid can people be?
Yes
Is this a surprise? That is how carnivores often succeed. They cull the weak from the herd. Natural selection at work.
Charles Darwin says that you are welcome.
@@mayowhishes you mean 30 dolphins biting their asses.
食物連鎖、弱肉強食自然界の前に人は、何も出来ません！
シャチを悪く思わないで下さい!
彼らの結束子供を守る優しさ
お互い自然界のおきてですからね～😅
Wonder if this bothers PETA, asking for a friend.
Nope.
Probably, but what the hell are they gonna do about it? 😂
Like lions, hyenas, alligators, snakes, vultures, any other, orcas are not exempt from the list of indespicable creatures ever created.
indespicable?
@@jonj8123 Created?
That word should tell you all you need to know about that comment :p
Go hide in your Safe Place and enjoy your soy burger.
@@jonj8123 oh, I almost forgot about you. I meant those videos shouldn't be shown since they are degrading. They give all the credit to these bad creatures. Thx JJ
@@Anya580 thank you for your comments. My point is these animals need to have a main purpose in the animal kingdom besides keeping the # of other species in balance. For example, alligators should be slaughtered at a certain age to make shoes, belts, purses, and so on. Others carnivorous like hyenas, etc. that you can't make a profit, feed them to the sharks whales so humans can eat more tuna. Perhaps, the rest, we can't keep them for the future when food will be scarce in the whole world. It will be a delicacy for those who cannot live w/o meat.
It's hunting season for the Orcs. The ocean will be empty if their numbers will not be controlled too.
Was thinking of the Blue Whales and the recent successful killing of them. This was an old prey for them. But since their numbers of the Blue Whale have increased, they've gone back after them. Personally I think all aquatic life is threatened with the steady pollution of the oceans.
Please leave nature alone. The arrogance to think it's human's job to "control".
Do you know that humans almost killed off all the Gray whales, Blue whales & others? Their numbers are finally climbing back up because whale hunting is very limited (I think only indigenous groups are allowed a very limited catch these days). If the Orcas left the oceans empty, then they’d die out too.
that is incorrect. Orca populations have been steady (globally) for a long time.