the whale shark's size is its main advantage. But young whale sharks aren't any larger than full-grown orcas, making them prime targets for the killer whales. “It’s a big, big fish that is ...
The orcas would work together to hit the whale shark until it turned upside down. Image: A killer whale hits the ventral side of the whale shark. Pic: Kelsey Williamson Image: A killer whale hits ...
These predation events, documented between 2018 and 2024, reveal a coordinated and strategic approach by a pod of killer whales ... hitting the whale shark to turn it upside down.
The Center for Whale Research has named the newborn killer whale female J61 Dave Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research Tahlequah, the killer whale who carried her dead calf and swam with him for 17 ...