Community Chat

[songbird]

For a pod of dolphins.  Getting ambushed by Transient Orcas.  Not your friendly Seaworld giant.  Just Killer Whales getting lunch.  A bunch of people went out for some whale watching.  And ended up watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjjm5Xb_9u8&feature=youtu.be

[Plaid Pants2]

It's nature!

It's survival of the fittest.

Nature never has been and never will be all cuddly-wuddly creatures get to live forever.

Orcas don't eat seaweed, they are carnivores for a reason.

eta: Since when are orcas supposed to be "friendly", whether at Seaworld or in the wild?

[AngusandBuddhasMom]

That is nature. What is not nature and is worse is Sea World.

[songbird]

Yes, I agree about Sea World.  Most of Sea World captives are Resident Orcas.  They are friendly.  Very.  They eat fish.  They love Dolphins and frolic with them.  They can imitate their language and "speak" to each other.  Resident & Transient Orcas (the sneaky ones you saw) avoid each other in the wild.  When the encounter each other they swim away.  That's why I was so opposed to Sea World.  They have a combination of Transient & Resident Orcas and they mated them.  This would never, never happen in the wild.  That why these two groups never socialize in the wild. 

[AuberriJean]

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@songbird wrote:

Yes, I agree about Sea World.  Most of Sea World captives are Resident Orcas.  They are friendly.  Very.  They eat fish.  They love Dolphins and frolic with them.  They can imitate their language and "speak" to each other.  Resident & Transient Orcas (the sneaky ones you saw) avoid each other in the wild.  When the encounter each other they swim away.  That's why I was so opposed to Sea World.  They have a combination of Transient & Resident Orcas and they mated them.  This would never, never happen in the wild.  That why these two groups never socialize in the wild. 

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Interesting. I didn't know about transient and residents. I don't support Sea World. 

[songbird]

It's very easy to tell the difference between male & female orcas.  Females have a slightly curved dorsal fin and smaller.  Males have straight towering dorsals and can get huge. Resident females rule the roost and can bully males. Transients are a bit different in behavor. The flopped over dorsals of captives is because of gravity.  Marine mammals are not meant to spend so much time out of the water.   After a while, it just flops over.