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This orca is thought to be one of the first of her kind to use the rising of the tide to her advantage.
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This video is like: Hey, how cute are these seals eh? Wanna see them get eaten?
Me: um, no thanks
I don't mind, because orcas are cuter.
Orcas are cute too. Do hear them?
Yep! Taste like chicken 🐔! 😋 The Orcas told me so!😁😃
If you see seals eat penguin they're not cute anymore
As much as it horrifies me how the cute seals get eaten, it's a joy to see some orcas with healthy, firm, and straight fins
Dddb Dr vv
I think straight fins are males and curved fins are females
@@luciferseventh1679 I think they are mentioning how they aren't flopped over from being in captivity. Though since the females dorsal fins are shorter than males, in captivity with orcas that have collapsed dorsal fins tend to be males since they are longer and more noticeable, though it does happen to females as well.
Ignorant comment, do your research.
@@jnightshade4379 If you're bothered by the academic integrity of youtube comments, I would like to take this moment to welcome you to the internet.
orcas are simply incredible. so intelligent. this is why im in full support of them NOT being in theme parks. it's borderline indentured servitude because of how intelligent they are.
and because of how dangerous they are. You can never trust an Orca. They kill for fun
You’re literally wrong though, in zoological parks they get fantastic care and they contribute to research that benefits wild orcas. Don’t spread your propaganda on a harmless video lol
@@katherinee.1213 Sorry, I don't agree with you. It is known basic knowledge at this point that orcas are highly social animals and are way more intelligent than we can understand. Not 100% like us, but a bit like us. I don't think I would like to be isolated within a 8ft×8ft room to entertain another species, EVEN if they gave me eternal food, water and health care. I would go crazy. How different do you think orcas are from That?
@@katherinee.1213 also, captive bred orcas display basically nothing of that of their wild relatives, since they have no matriarch or a pod to teach them the techniques to live in the ocean. You can only learn the basic biological (intelligence, which vary from wild orcas) and anatomical features from these captive animals. They are very different from wild ones.
@@nipuniherath1451 The last part you mention kinda sounds like jail, especally When killer whale's back yard is the whole ocean.
Some other orca is saying, "I've been doin this for years. She didn't invent it."
Indeed - why would they assume otherwise? Some orca taught her, and some orca taught the one who taught her - as has been going on for countless generations.
@@deloachapproach4273 I agree, to some extent. They are mammals with brains that learn. At some point, one orca tried it and succeeded and it became "aware" of the possibility. It, then, teaches it to the next. This could be something that developed recently. Maybe two or three generations ago. Just recently observed. Still you could be right.
@@eddievazquez6874 I hear you, Eddie. I think those who saw it wanted credit for being the ones who filmed a first generational, breakthrough event, but there is no way they can prove it isn't an action taught, and passed down, for eons. It being an action they've done for eons is much more likely, for a original breakthrough event that so helps a pod survive only happens once - ever.
Her mom showed her
@@deloachapproach4273 While there is the possibility that other orcas have hunted like this in the past, there is no concrete evidence that this behavior originated earlier, so you also cannot disprove that this orca could indeed be the first of its kind to do so.
Orcas are one of the most fascinating animals out there, and there's still so much to learn about them!
@PewDie-Ton EX True that! And we do need more research on their environment. Due to climate change & the dramatic ice loss, the animals now have access to parts of the Canadian Arctic they previously couldn’t reach. And that's changing their hunting skills.
@PewDie-Ton EX You're right, it definitely is! There's still much research needed but we tried to shed some light on the status quo in our "How Killer Whales are Changing the Arctic". Looking forward to your opinion!
@PewDie-Ton EX Nice! 🤘🏽
@PewDie-Ton EX true
There's so much to learn we don't even know if the different populations are populations of a same species, sub-species of the same species or different species of a same genre XD
2:34 look at the birds to the right, they're already "nope, this isn't happening, I'm outta here"as soon as they spot the finn
Rotflmao
If orcas ever decided to put humans on their menu, I'd be afraid to go back into the ocean knowing that some super intelligent mammal that hunts great whites is out there looking for a snack.
Dont worry Human r evil and greed, orca dont eat trash
The only recorded attacks on humans by orcas are the ones that have been forced into aquariums or theme parks. So the ones that live in uncomfortable conditions and suffer from anxiety and depression. In the ocean, orcas are very unlikely to attack humans. The most common cause of death for humans at sea is actually heart attacks, with being hit by objects, and suicide being the next most likely causes of deaths. Animal attacks are generally pretty low and the deaths tend to be caused by either human health or error (i.e. alcohol)
Orcas are inteligent enough to not pick a fight with humankind. They know how we are cruel to animals.
They wont think twice about f*ckin with your boat
Orcas seem even more intelligent than humans:)
Thumbnail was like Seal 1: "BRO SWIM!!! ORCA!!!" Seal 2: "FFFFFUUUUUUUUU---
I spent the summer with the orca on the west coast of Canada. Some of the transient families use a similar technique for catching and inshore seals and sea lions. The difference with our orca is that while one or two hunters wait silently beside the seal colony, another one will circle 'round to the other side and work to scare the seals off the rocks and into the water.
clever girl
i think that’s a particular family…and others have learnt. i want to say it’s Artemis’ group (t65a)
Incredible!!
@@banaritz The T65's are familiar friends around here.
Amazing orcas❤
I see orcas and I click
Orca's eats u right? penguin
@@ijustrobabank6895 right 😂
@@natalia-mn3li you see orcas you better *run*
I love them so much, I can't explain it
Always
orca's hunting strategies are incredible. with no question, the smartest and biggest predator in the ocean and in the world. queens
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Yea, there finding a prey like you penguins...
@PewDie-Ton EX doesn’t the blue whale count as a predator? It eats krill
We don't even know all of the animals in the ocean
@@roccotaco1843 I meant biggest in a metaphoric way, not really meaning the size
Ultimate badass of the ocean. They are so adaptable.
This is not the same without David Attenborough's voice..
Why isn't he voicing tho
Better get used to this then. He won't be around with us much longer.
@@nqh4393 - lol all the more reason to make full use of him now.
I think Keneth Branagh did the voicing well for walking with dinosaurs.
Yea we actually need someone more natural and much better voice than this
hey, that's spawn killing. report them to the admin
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How silent did that Orca had to be to not get noticed at THAT close a distance to that seal??? SUPERB!
It's not that the orca was so silent, it's that these seal pups are not yet aware of the danger posed by the orca. They don't know yet that they are supposed to be scared. They haven't been taken out to deeper waters by their mother yet, and were assumed to be safe in the shallow pool.
@@AGDinCA even so I could assure you is that if that work a mother had made some mistake and allowed noise was made the seal pups will likely would have been spooked out of the water by something they had never seen or heard before.
Orcas are amazing, beautiful and at the same time quite frightfully intelligent creatures
The Orca has no predators, they are up there with their hunting technics & are extremely clever.
They are the rulers of the sea. No doubt.
Sometimes humpbacks will attack them
“The first orca in the world to hunt like this” yeah that’s a bit presumptuous to say the least.
Lmao, I was thinking the same thing
Yea 1700s orca name kristi probably did it..1st
Exactly!
@GABRIELLE GREENBLATT considering how many different pods of orca there are and how long orcas have been around, without full documenting I would say it is possible, but not probable
Loathe hyperbole and unbased sweeping statements. It might not have been seen before, but that does not justify that statement.
Riding a tide - it is incredible.
Who else imagines attenborough's voice, when the narrator speaks.
Me :)
Well, now I do
Isn't that him narrating this? I thought this was from BBC's A Perfect Planet which was narrated by David Attenborough. If this clip is not from there can you tell me where it is from?
@@trueblue6201 i dont know where it is from
@@trueblue6201 Might be American version
It is believed she is the first one to do this hunting technique...and passing onto her young. This could have been done over a million generations.
RIP Sea Doggo.
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RIP Thicc seal pup you will be missed
Definitely ripped....
The way families stay together for lives of 80 years. Even after taking on mates and having babies. Humans could learn a lot from these amazing family groups.
just like mexicans
I heard some years ago about “grandmother” orcas babysitting the youngest whilst other adults hunted.
This is just top class. The research itself makes us unique observers.
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This is Mother Nature and this is why everthing on Mother Earth exists and dies are great planet Mother Earth it’s brutally the way of life we will all die someday and live life to the fullest ever day cuz you will never no the last day until you die die easy or fight for your life but that’s life that’s death don’t be afraid embrace it because that’s the struggle
Orcas are literally the smartest animals and literally the apex predator of the ocean absolute legends
well, no they are actually a bit less intelligent than dolphins.
@@hector-nu6gl Orcas they are dolphins after all, their intelligence are second to humans .
@@hector-nu6gl Orcas are more intelligent than common dolphins - they hunt them thanks to their smarts, have more developed social structures and languages.
The fact that they're this intelligent and can do this on their own, proves they're way to good to be kept in captivity
That was fantastic, and quite well narrated, I truly enjoyed this video
Thank you BBC Earth for showing us this! Very grateful.
I can't even imagine an animal nearly as amazing as these Orcas
That was astonishing! Orca are such adaptive predators!
Thx 4 the upload..Totally obsessed with the Orca.Always luv seeing a new upload of them.Thx again💋
Always such perfect, interesting and incredible videos, thanx, I've never been regretted that signed up this wonderfull channel! 👏👏👏
We need an entire series on Orcas!
I can imagine the guys who got this on video was just amazed at the footage they got ! That jump at the end was perfect
That's nothing, they can jump much much better kzhead.info/sun/oNyziKiupX2Fmmg/bejne.html
Thanks for uploading orca's video after a long time
I think it's pretty messed up that those birds saw the orca coming and yet said nothing.
If they did they'd get snapped on half.
And how would they do that?
That wasn’t their mission. The CIA doesn’t care about animal feeding habits. They’re there for reconnaissance
Birds are douchebags. Thinking they’re so high and mighty because they can fly.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
To date, there hasn't been one case of a human being killed in the wild by a killer whale. I find this to be absolutely amazing. Orcas are highly intelligent and we have much to learn from them. 😎
Like learn how to hunt seals?
@@philpietersen8700 yeah like what else is there to learn? 🤣
What if no more seals or sharks to be hunt? Im sure they will add humans to their menu in order to survive.. they are cute but still this Orca are the apex predator..
@@jadewayne9771 The way that humans are killing sharks, that might become a reality.
Maybe it's because they don't leave any evidence? 😳
We first learn the backstory of the pup seals and go awww, then the orcas come in and feast on them
Finally a new orca video, more please!
Orcas DOMINATE! I So love these mammals they are the coolest!
The sight of the dorsal fin sticking above water is terrifying
Well done, Orca. She evidently needs to eat. And when you have to eat you have to eat. Hunger.
Orcas are my favorite animal, just so beautiful
That was extraordinary footage!
Cameraman: "Don't mind me just keep doing your thing"
Lmaoo
2:34 those are some smart steamer ducks leaving the dangerous waters
Imagining the baby orca describing the event like to his siblings is so cute 🥰
Amazing spellbinding Orca moments!!
Mum : so basically if you come over here, you can spawn trap them. Pup : how come they don't swim away, arent they scared ?? Mum : they are too low elo to understand whats going on
And they don't even know the controls (how to swim) yet
I love how the narrator says that she's the first of her kind to innovate this form of hunting. So, she's a creator, what we would call in the human world an intellectual who innovates a new creative form of thinking, art or technology.
That’s probably not true though, it’s just likely been the first time the strategy has been observed and filmed
@@Dell-ol6hb trust me orcas have been studied from the north to South Pole for more than enough years. plus the bbc are the leading authority on nature documentary's, they have been filming somewhere non stop since the 1930,s.
If you watch the entire show there odd a disclaimer that explains how some of the story was recreated using unrelated footage and staged scenarios. This is a highly dramatized “documentary”. The truth is that a hungry animal that must consume hundreds of pounds of meat per day will do some very risky and desperate behaviors. More survival instinct than intelligence but they have to make the narrative more entertaining than reality
@@drdrew3 No, orcas are intelligent. Their young learn from their parents, same as ours do, instead of being born with instincts like deer are, for example. Orca pods that have no contact with each other utilize completely different hunting strategies and approach the same situations in completely different ways. Ergo orcas must be capable of creating new hunting strategies as individuals.
Orcas are the most fascinating and beautyful animals on planet earth for sure!
Many many many many cameras for 5 min. video plus giving a very long time patiently to record this extraordinary natural event. ...Hats off!
Que imponentes e inteligentes orcas!! De cima parecia um submarino...como estes gigantes podem ser tão suavemente subtis a caçar?! Impressionante...
incredible Nature
Loved the narration, really intense
: } love watching bbc channel, the wild life shows are the greatest.i can't wait until new ones start.
It would be so incredible to get a GoPro on an Orca and be able to go back and watch their movements over the course of a few months. If only!!!
Agreed! That would be so rad to watch!! I wouldn’t want to be the person who has to attach it though. I have a feeling an orca would feel very confused and threatened while your trying to strap something to it. Or if you had to pierce the orca somehow like how they tag fish, that also would probably piss the orca off and cause it to retaliate lol. I wouldn’t want any part of that at all 🤣🤣💯
nonsense to call her the first orca to do this, its just the first time they filmed it.
I know right.. that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. How the hell they know that?🤔
But everyone has eyes and has it ever once been written or recorded? You don’t need film to do that. And if not then these guys could be right.
She could be the first to do it no one has ever seen it or recored it before to the best of there knowledge, so it makes sense to say she's the first even if she's technically not, so they know when/where it began seeing as the young will likely replicate it
Exactly, she obviously learned it from her mother.
"Tidal Hunters"....love it!
Loving the series!
"So anyway, it turns out there's a way to get out of bounds and into their spawn. I've used this pretty often, and it's quite a handy little exploit for easy experience."
Lmaooo
If the orcas could walk on land, human would be in big trouble
Oh my goodness. How amazing!
2:33 The sea birds are like "Oh Snap! Lets just move a little." lol
😆 parent's: "kids, get out of the pool, get out of the pool."
I didn't cry bc the orca ate the baby seal... I cried bc it's mother left her forever at just 3 weeks
They don't have the same human parental feeling I assume. It's nature.
I'm crying bc you can't type the word because.
Don’t attribute human characteristics to animals. For them, it’s normal.
And some humans dont know what age to leave home
You'd rather see 2 dead seals
My favorite animal. But in theory it's just a modified hunt technique that's used in Argentina when they hit the beach to snag pups. But this is just a gnarly location making it twice as risky. But the way she used the waves and tide is just like Big Mel
I love wild life in BBC very much
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Very smart creatures and so very beautiful 😁🙏🏻♥️
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Jaws, the orca version
There is so much more to learn about orcas♥️
Orca are such amazing animals ❤️
Was kind of expecting a bit more drama,,, but this 'life of the Orca' is still absolutely fascinating.
And here I thought that Sir David was the narrator of this whole Perfect Planet episodes
Ya I’m confused trying to figure it out is there 2 different bbc perfect planet cause I’ve watched the Attenborough one and this is not on it but some of the footage is idk super confused
I'm Obsessed with Orcas!!! They are by FAR the greatest animal in the world.
These creatures are amazing
that was a well orcastrated move!
After seeing this I feel like I should see it in live
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Amazing footage!
I would integrate Orca hunting techniques in my naval techniques! I am fascinated in their strategies! However, I feel sorry for those seals! 😭❤ Still....I admire Orcas just the same! ❤
Seals: *Our entire existence is suffering* Orcas: *At least you make a good snacc*
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They're so smart. Won't be long before they learn to hunt on land, haha!
Incredible footage..
4:23 the calf jumps with its mother😊
I guess for the orca momma... this is like going to the grocery store with the kids...
do one documentary on the red arowana dragon fishes
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At 2:21 I was hearing the jaws scene in my head. That would have been really funny to hear in the vid.
That was well orchastrated!
As a divemaster, orcas are about the only marine life that I do not wanna meet while diving. They're way too smart at problem solving. Doesn't mean I don't like them though.
Thing is, divers wear black wetsuits and go diving in murky waters where seals are on the menu ... if I ever went diving, I'd have my wetsuit be a bright yellow - lol the colour would be accurate!
@@franl155 they love color
@@cfdby4784 - awk. I'll stick to paddling in the shallow end, then
Orcas: The real killers of the ocean.
Theyre called "wolves of the sea" coz of their pack hunting behavior but I suggest we start calling wolves "orcas of the land"😂
Excellent video and edit!
Wow. Evolution at it's finest
1:25 "Ahhhh shitt baby"
3:32 - not a whale. Orcas are the largest member of the dolphin family.
And dolphins are...??
@@patrikmagnusson4213 mammals
@@patrikmagnusson4213 Members of family Delphinidae. Although they are all cetaceans (whales), we do not really refer to all of them colloquially as whales. If it had been a bottlenose, for example, the narrator would not have said "the whale below." Since we don't refer to them all that way, it drives a distinction between orcas and the rest of the dolphin population. Its surprising how many people do not know that they are in the same family. But, with wording like that found in the video, it becomes more understandable. The same goes for pilot whales... But, who am I kidding? I'm just an opinion over here and it doesn't matter all that much to anyone else.
such an incredible video !!! wooow just amazing!!!!!
Orcas r absolutely PHENOMENAL
I always thought dolphins are cute, friendly, helpful creatures who help people in distress..But this one is deadly..
Looks can be deceiving sometimes
Orcas are like humans in the way they make a clear distinction between food and not-food. It's like how we would immediately jump to the rescue of a puppy, and then feed it with beef and chicken
Not for humans. In fact, the common dolphins are rapists, perverts and murderers of younglings and other species only for fun - but in the presence of the orcas you can feel completely safe in the ocean (safe from sharks too).
@@BlueLikeAnIKEABag nah bro I eat the puppy
@@oqo3310 Good for you...?
Orcas are extremely intelligent! They are absolutely my favourite marine mammals. Okay, they might be cruel, but it's nature. Anyway, RIP sea doggo🥺
I kind of like Orcas, but I like seals better
@@megaball-ps8tq I think it's obvious for you lol
I wouldn’t call them “cruel”, non-human animals don’t have human morals haha. These orcas are hunting to ensure their survival, just like any other predator would. I agree though, they’re incredible animals.
@@-guloluscus-3876 They might have their own moral codes. We actually don't know. There's a lot of things about them we simply don't know. Orcas are the most intelligent and developed animal on this planet right after ourselves.
Beautiful creatures
It's a WOW-video! I like watch this moments of nature!