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Orca holds Sunfish while second orca rams it so hard it explodes
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:11 pm
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-orcas-ramming-world-heaviest-fish.html
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"We document how one orca holds the sunfish and lets go just before another orca hits it at high speed, causing the tissue to break apart into thousands of pieces," said first author of the Frontiers in Ethology article, Dr. Kathryn Ayres, a scientist at Beneath The Waves, a nonprofit organization promoting ocean health. "We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily or it could also just be for fun. Orcas are known for playing with their food."
Sunfish blown to bits
Sunfish can grow more than 3 meters (10 feet) long and weigh up to 2,000 kg (4,400 pounds). They move through various depth layers but come to the surface to rest, thermoregulate or seek parasite removal. In surface waters, they are vulnerable to predation.
In the Gulf of California, they are among the species most commonly hunted and eaten by orcas. The current observations are based on two independent hunting events that occurred a little more than one year apart.
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Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:16 pm to Shexter
I’m starting to think that Orcas are just massive dicks . They’re not noble or elegant. Just assholes.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:16 pm to Shexter
Damn nature you scary
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:19 pm to tigerinthebueche
quote:why you gotta spoil a couple orca baws having fun?
I’m starting to think that Orcas are just massive dicks . They’re not noble or elegant. Just assholes.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:22 pm to Shexter
Image of diver....
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:23 pm to tigerinthebueche
If I could head butt a cow to make ground beef it would certainly be more efficient.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:24 pm to tigerinthebueche
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I’m starting to think that Orcas are just massive dicks . They’re not noble or elegant. Just assholes.
If we're being honest, that was the quickest death that sunfish could have asked for. Those orcas were merciful. . . assuming the video shows most of the encounter with the sunfish which is assuming a lot.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:26 pm to Shexter
He was just cutting it up for him. Now errbody gets a bite.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:27 pm to tigerinthebueche
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I’m starting to think that Orcas are just massive dicks . They’re not noble or elegant. Just assholes.
Orcas rule.
They don't attack humans in the wild, only when we trap them in oversized bathtubs.
They also surgically remove the high fat content liver from sharks and discard the rest of the body. And this is after they disorient them and flip them upside down to force them to "fall asleep".
Awesome fricking animals.
ETA:
The Planet Earth or whatever scene where they synchronize their tails to create a wave to slide seals off of a floating piece of ice is also amazing.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:29 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
Yes but think about them eating just the livers from Great Whites or literally capsizing seals off ice flows. Or knocking rays and dolphins feet into the air before eating them. I’m not marginalizing their skill or efficiency, but they’re still assholes. They’re doing it
For fun.
For fun.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:30 pm to tigerinthebueche
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Yes but think about them eating just the livers from Great Whites or literally capsizing seals off ice flows. Or knocking rays and dolphins feet into the air before eating them. I’m not marginalizing their skill or efficiency, but they’re still assholes. They’re doing it
For fun.
They also eat them. They just play with their food a bit
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:30 pm to Shexter
omg shut the f up
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:33 pm to ninthward
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omg shut the f up
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:40 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
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If we're being honest, that was the quickest death that sunfish could have asked for.
Yeah if I am remembering correctly sunfish get eaten alive a lot of times. Like bites taken out of them.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:52 pm to CatfishJohn
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They also surgically remove the high fat content liver from sharks and discard the rest of the body.
Only a few (I believe it was a pair of brothers that had no pod) do that and they ran off all the Great Whites from the tip of South Africa.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:57 pm to dupergreenie
I don’t think they feel pain or something like that.
They are basically retarded floating meat bags.
They survive by laying hundreds of millions of eggs at a time.
They are basically retarded floating meat bags.
They survive by laying hundreds of millions of eggs at a time.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:57 pm to IAmNERD
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Only a few (I believe it was a pair of brothers that had no pod) do that and they ran off all the Great Whites from the tip of South Africa.
That's almost cooler. Single generation learned behavior at that level is incredible. Brilliant animals.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 1:03 pm to Shexter
I'm amazed that oceanic sunfish even exist. They're just big, slow balls of meat.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 1:06 pm to blueboy
NM
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 7/23/26 at 1:06 pm to Shexter
Orcas to the sunfish
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