Video: First Time In World History, Killer Whales Filmed Hunting Dolphins

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A tour operator in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, along with four lucky tourists, have made the first recording of a a group of Orca whales hunting a dolphin.

Ranier Schimpf was leading a group of divers when they noticed that one dolphin had been separated from a pod by five of the killer whales then repeatedly rammed. The dolphin was sent flying through the air by the force of impact from whales that were several times its size. With the smaller creature finally left laying unconscious on the surface, the whales pulled it below.

The two 7m male, two 5m female, and a 3m calf whales were clearly working as a team against the dolphin, and it appeared it was also a hunting lesson for the calf.

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Comments

[ryan]

This cannot be the "first time in world history," unless this is an old video. I saw a program at least a year ago (maybe two, or more) that showed orcas killing dolphins. Granted, the dolphins being hunted were smaller and of a different species than the ones above.

Just noting.