Monday, January 31, 2022

Orca feast on blue whales

Most of the attackers were female.

From Gizmodo

“After approximately 20 min of continuous attacks by the killer whales, the blue whale slowed and began swimming in a circle with a radius of about 200 m [656 feet]. By 09:20, large chunks of skin and blubber had been stripped off the whale’s flanks behind the dorsal fin; it was bleeding profusely and appeared to be weakening as it continued to reduce its swim speed. A few minutes later, three adult female killer whales lined up, side-by-side, perpendicular to the blue whale, and rammed headlong in its flank, pushing it through the water and then forcing it under. At the same time, two other killer whales were attacking the blue whale’s head, and its forward movement stopped. Moments later, at approximately 09:30, while it was still alive, an adult female killer whale put its head inside the blue whale’s mouth and began feeding on its tongue.

https://gizmodo.com/horrific-observations-confirm-that-orcas-feed-on-blue-w-1848442007

Link at Maggie’s Farm.

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