This an extremely interesting video of 5 Orcas, or Killer Whales, attacking a single seal that is trapped on top of some floating ice. The Antarctic orcas use the cunning tactic of hunting in packs and making waves to wash the seal off floating ice. It is a fairly tense little clip and I don’t want to give away the ending so … check it out:
If you are interested in this orca behaviour, read more here.
June 13, 2008 at 7:10 pm |
hi mr barlow do you know if the seal survived
June 14, 2008 at 12:53 pm |
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it did Fedele.
February 23, 2009 at 11:22 am |
as if it survived
June 24, 2009 at 7:26 pm |
very impressive mr barlow
i hope the seal lived. tilly
July 3, 2009 at 10:04 am |
Yes. If you can’t watch the bullfight then leave. You’ll have to mute the audio if you want to watch this video coz a stupid woman just keeps going ‘oh no oh no oh no’. It’s nature!
July 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm |
that is pretty cool, im glad it survived:)
August 25, 2009 at 12:51 am |
Amazing at the whales awarness of how it’s movements manipulate the surface of the water!
The effect would be something the whale would n’t be able to easily see and cross communication may be the only way to know/learn how to do this.
September 13, 2009 at 8:10 pm |
how isnt that seal dead!!!
November 25, 2009 at 6:46 pm |
Killer Whales are amazing creatures..just had to share this beautiful pic:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/andrewpatsalou/art/4189923-1-killer-whales
gotta love killer whales…hope to see some real ones soon..
June 2, 2010 at 5:17 am |
Orcas are the real killers of the sea. White sharks are dangerous but I never want to meet an orca while swimmeing or diving. But the seal was lucky here^^
February 1, 2011 at 4:26 pm |
i reckon thats a different seal at the end it couldn’t have survived.
February 2, 2011 at 8:45 am |
pretty cool scary tho…