When Orcas Get Hungry.....

[Dave H]

They will chase down, kill and eat Bottlenose Dolphins.

Apparently took an hour to catch this one.


Take care.

 

[firelight]

Holy crap is that real?

 

[Dave H]

Real as can be.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-air-finally-capture-dolphin-hour-chase.html



Take care.

 

[Sr SQ]

Wow......awesome!!!!!!
I seen one hit a seal like that when I was a kid no more than 100' from our boat, something I will always remember.

 

[Finished Business]

That is one hell of a string a photos. Thanks for posting Dave, absolutely jaw dropping! On BBC's Blue Planet series they have footage of Orcas launching seals 30+ feet in the air with their tails.

about 4:30 into this clip...incredible beasts!

[Cdp4dQ6h9Dc] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdp4dQ6h9Dc

 

[Tsquared]

Friend of mine who is a commie prawn fisher was just telling me about her and her kids watching a pod of transient orcas stalking and ambushing some dolphins in a channel where she was working her traps in June. Quite a story: she said it was like watching wolves picking a couple of reindeer from a herd.
T2

 

[adrianna3]

See? Big baits for big fish. It's all relative. Even in the dolphin world.

Dave

 

[beemer]

nice video. It happens around here on a daily basis!

beemer