Marine biologists recorded an orca ramming a dead ocean sunfish until it burst apart. The footage points to a coordinated feeding tactic that may be more than a one-off.

Killer whales might pulverize sunfish to break them into smaller bites for young orcas — or they might just find it entertaining, researchers report July 23 in Frontiers in Ethology. “I was absolutely ...

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Killer whales have been filmed ramming large fish so hard they exploded – before gorging on the remains. The footage shows ...

Underwater video captures the moment killer whales in the Gulf of California slam into a sunfish causing it to explode into smithereens. Researchers suspect the orcas are blowing up the fish to ...

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Seconds later, it releases its prey, right in the path of another adult orca that’s ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California have been spotted ramming into one of the world’s heaviest fish and watching them explode, seemingly just for their entertainment. Researchers captured footage of ...

Researchers for the first time have documented orcas cooperating to smash their prey. Both instances were captured on video.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orcas swim near whale watching boats in January 2024 off the coast of Huntington Beach, California. - Mark Rightmire/MediaNews ...

How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca. Barreling into large, heavy fish with enough force to blast them into instant chum is a previously unknown collaborative feeding ...