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Seven salmon, a seal's fill; Seachd ròin, sath mial-mòr-mara Seven seals, a large whale's fill (Mial here is archaic; killer whales eat seals, but baleen whales do not.) Seachd mial, sath Cirein-cròin: Seven whales, a cirein-cròin's fill Seachd cionaraiu-cro, [crothaiu Sath mial mhor a chuaiu.' Seven 'cionarain-cro,' Feast of great beast of ...
Predation by killer whales (Orcinus orca) is poorly documented, though all ages are hunted. [23] While most predation occurs in the water, coordinated attacks by groups of killer whales creating a wave to wash the hauled-out seal off floating ice have been observed. [24]
The crew, Roll.Focus.Productions, was working on a promotional video for a whale-watching company and was not expecting to capture such a rare scene. Whales are mammals predators and they have ...
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, it is found in diverse marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.
“Humpback whales eat small fish and krill, NOT seals. ... In August, the company shared that they had an “extraordinarily epic year for killer whale sightings.” They added, “This week we ...
A new BBC documentary shows a pod of killer whales hunting a seal using a sophisticated technique. They used "wave crashing," creating a wave to break up an ice platform and trap the seal on it.
An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...
The skull of the leopard seal. The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape when compared to other seals. The overall length of adults is 2.4–3.5 m (7.9–11.5 ft) and their weight is in the range 200 to 600 kilograms (440 to 1,320 lb), making them the same length as the northern walrus but usually less than half the weight.