False Killer Whale Catches Mahi Mahi
Edit 10/1/2020 Please Note I have responded to some comments claiming we had injured this fish prior to the video, but I'm just going to explain here and be done with it.
We absolutely did not interact with these mahi mahi in any way. We did not catch them and deoxygenate them. We did not spear them. We did not gaff them. The wounds on the mahi mahi are from the false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) a species of oceanic dolphin. Mahi mahi are actually the most frequently documented prey of these amazing marine mammals (Baird, 2016, "The Lives of Hawai'i's Dolphins and Whales"). These predators use pack hunting and stamina to wear the incredibly fast mahi mahi down. The fish were indeed trying to use us (and our boat) for cover, but the whales always had the upper hand. An incredible experience that we were absurdly fortunate to witness.
Encounters with various pelagic critters near Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Video by Ian Roussopoulos and Tyler Bledsoe.
The dolphins and pilot whales were SOOOO clearly being social. That's so neat.
yeah, I'm more interested in that than the feeding actually
I’m not sure if it’s entirely benevolent. They very well could be communicating about something, but it also could be territory disputes for food resources. Notice you don’t see the rough-toothed dolphins when the pilot whales are getting the mahi mahi. I’m not an expert on cetaceans though, and also i have no clue whether pilot whales and false killer whales are different or not lol EDIT: pilot whales and false killer whales are not the same. Who knows what they were doing with the dolphins.
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3:56 if that's them being social then get me tha fuck outta there lmao
they were definitely not being friendly. they were pursuing the fish. Most likely a territorial issue
imagine being hunted. then finally caught and eaten alive. then having your life flash through your fishy eyes and then you hear "OOOH YYYYEAAAH!!"
Lol
I'd be pissed
Imagine being a peesh
7xXSE7ENXx7 would like but 111
Get out, voreists
Imagine receiving your order at a local restaurant and people outside the window yell “OHHH YEAAAH”
The whale was like, "hey man, you gonna eat that? Cause if not, I'll take it."
Always ask
@1323 V In the dolphin family, but literally called False Killer Whale. Other examples: Killer Whales, Pilot Whales.
@1323 V Despite all that, people still refer ro them as whales. If I had said "dolphin" in my original comment, most people would've been wondering what I was talking about, especially since the title of the video refers to them as whales. If you're on the spectrum, I totally understand your need to be literal, but this was just a joke. Not a lesson on ocean life. It's ok to let it go.
@1323 V you are correct in that these animals are indeed technically an oceanic dolphin. They are also however colloquially known as false killer whales and such is life when it comes to common names vs scientific names. We could just just call them by their actual name Psuedorca crassidens and be done with it! 😜
@@madscient1st349 Personally i call all members of (Delphinidae) dolphin in the common name, as only a few for some reason are called whales but all the porpoises are call porpoises. All the group known as black-fish which are the ones that don't have dolphin in there common names. Mellon headed whale-(Peponocephala electra) = Mellon headed dolphin. Killer whale-(Orcinus orca) = Killer dolphin. False killer whale-(Pseudorca crassidens) = Thick toothed dolphin. Pygmy false killer whales-(Feresa attenuata) = White lipped dolphin. Long finned pilot whale-(Globicephala melas ) = Long finned pilot dolphin. Short finned pilot whale-(Globicephala macrorhynchus) = Short finned pilot dolphin. And coz it's to close to common name of the Right whales that belongs to genus-(Eubalaena) baleen whales, i call the Northern right whale dolphin-(Lissodelphis borealis) = Northern smooth back dolphin. Southern right whale dolphin-(Lissodelphis peronii) = Southern smooth back dolphin. Smooth back due to the total lack of a dorsal fin.
Good lord, they look down and it’s just an abyss beneath them... horrifying
There's nothing colossal down there
I swam with sharks in Hawaii. You could see them 100 feet below you. Yes, horrifying.
@Bad Harmonics You better not say Megalodon
@Bad Harmonics Pretty sure tiger sharks don't live in the depths.
@Bad Harmonics Am aware. But I still wouldn't exactly call it an abyssal creature. Besides, I was thinking more like something that spent all its life at the bottom of the ocean. There's that silly "Megalodon" claim and the misleading "95% of the ocean is unknown" which tends to make some people believe there's a kraken down there or something... Don't get me started on those dumb videos claiming Mosasaurs living in the Mariana trench. I think I'm just too fed up about these stories...
The Mahi Mahi was trying to use the divers as cover from capture.
Exactly. The fish was keeping close to the divers for safety. Notice the first time how the whale broke off when the fish got too close to the human.
You are genius Captain Obvious.
Read the other comments guys... the mahi mahi is stuck on a line and has to stay close to the divers. A threatened mahi mahi doesn't act that. They hooked it, therefore hurting it, saw the false whales, put it in a line, and they all jumped back in the water to watch it be eaten. Its actually kind of messed up. Not liking a video like this, its cruel
@@adamkhan4451 It wasn't hooked you idiot, where is the line?
Adam Khan why is that the other comments say it’s on a line mean it’s true? We’re both of the Mahi Mahi on the line? What happened to the other one? Did it just leave, or did it just pop up out of nowhere see it’s buddy “hooked”
For those who keep saying it was caught and released before the recording, a message from some mahi mahi anglers and marine biologists: Mahi mahi produce a lot of heat from all their giant spastic muscles trying to break loose from the line. When combined with their inability to radiate heat, this causes them to overheat and die. The mahi mahi in the video were exhausted and injured by dolphin teeth, not humans. The reason it swam on its side is likely because it had been dragged into deep water (by dolphins) before they started recording it, so its swim bladder (the organ that keeps fish swimming upright) was busted and filling with blood and/or water. At no point in the video can you see the shine of a hook or ripples from the fishing line cutting along the water's surface.
Fuck, that sounds terrible >_
What’s it matter if they were catch and release or not? I just know they taste great grilled, and even fried.
@@ChrisJ-mf7cj Because people were saying the video was fake and that the fish was on a line or exhausted from being caught and released. I wouldn't mind trying some fried mahi mahi, only I live very far from any ocean. Good to know they taste good though.
Also if someone threw a mahi back that size they are fucking stupid.
@@joemarinaro8033 Amen to that. That'd be like catching and releasing tuna.
You got to love the randomness of the beautiful oceans.
I think youve confused randomness with the sheer terror
@Sin Synn cthulu and or dead eye big ass fish with teeth..either way fuck all that ima stick to jacuzzis
Y'all dumb lol, the only thing terrifying bout the ocean is the waves, not some fish who live 700m deep
Is anyone gonna appreciate this master piece poem. I feel like the last two replies just brushed it off lol and I feel bad
@@mohammedsanogo3627 nay, it just a stupid thing to fear. Thalassophobia, they call it. But people be always fearing the big blue for all the wrong reasons.
Whale: “click click” (catches mahi) Human: “Awww, Yeah!” Whale: “what the fridge!?”
Mahi Mahi: "Oh no" Kool-aid man:
Kool-aid man is my favoryte marvel character
*OH YEAAH*
Pretty cool that the fish stayed around the divers for protection
Horse shit that fish was speared and used for camera work,called clic bait,
@@klausuhlig7141 little problem.... there's no spear.
No spears involved, only cameras. Those are whale tooth marks.
@@klausuhlig7141 Then where's the spear? Smartass
...yes, lookin' for help and then he get kicked away from the Diver... But he was injured - No Chance for surviving the Whale-Attack!
Those divers were really happy that the whales found lunch.
Are you not ????
@@damienaustin8041 no 😂 cause I’m not a sadistic weirdo idk how this vid even got in my recommendation it’s quite lame I mean you can barely see the pilot whale and the highlight of the vid was the guys kool laid “oh yeah” moment
@@louievelez5097 sadistic????? So you would want them to starve ???
I rather see people saying "OH YEAH!" when a predator catches a meal, than someone, normally a girl (in most videos I've seen), going "Oh no! Are they gonna kill it, do you think it will be OK?" No mother fucker its being attacked and eaten for food by a predator, no its not gonna be OK. Are the cows, pigs, fowl, we eat OK? Do we care if they die? No, because we are gonna eat them. Or in a vegan's/vegetarian's case, that plant was alive until you butchered it, it had a life and offspring, but you murdered it.
@@Zankaroo that’s person would definitely be Louie 😂
Plot twist: the porpoise was actually saving the mahi from the humans
DaBrute nah playa
DaBrute evil humans....... Typical leftist sentiment..... 🤦♂️
No more Hawaiian slings or spearguns on the divers. If they had fish catching tools like a 'speero' that mahi would be on the boat...
@@mandatethis8024 They could've just been making a joke you know.
Duplicator nice that you automatically assumed they were serious and not making a joke, then proceeded to make it political
The murkiness, camera movements, and heavy breathing make this feel like a horror movie! Super cool video!
Haha it really does.
that Whale was just playin or maybe thought "you gonna take the fish? I could take the fish if you don't really want the fish. If you really want the fish please, go ahead get the fish. Hunting must be hard shaped like that and slow. You're lean; are you really hungry? Please, take the fish if you really want and need the fish. I dont totally need the fish but could use the fish; I'll get the fish only if you really don't need the fish. I guess I'll just take the fish then since your ok with that"
Wtf?
@@stevenhair3250 it was pretty funny to read tho
@@wesleyvitality8504 True XD
your comments makes me dizzy, but I understand what you mean
A lot of clicks and whistles, like they're cheering while this whale trying to catch the fish lol
@Joseph Della Ripa yea i mean the whales I'm sorry my english is not that great
you’re english was good enough for me to understand. trust yourself.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is how one should hold their camera when taking a video of something amazing. 👏 Great shot!
Wonderful capture, what an experience. I love how the fish was trying to use you as a shield, very cunning that one was. I also like how respectful the preadetors were of your space, several times they went like "Yo man, ya gonn eat that? No? Can I have it? Aight, thanks." A bit worried about the fish being a bit skinnier than what I normally see though, kind of worrisome.
Love the two mahi mahi swimming around. “Harold? Harold. We are so fucked Harold.”
@emi It was, For those who don't know mahi mahi travel in pairs,, When you catch one its mate will hang around and you can catch the other. They rarely get put back because they taste so good, kind sad. I put them back cause of it. Though thats the circle of life as long as regulations are follow do your thing.. Whats my is question, is what happened to its mate before hand? also eaten i guess, which lead to it hanging around i suspect
Thanks for the detailed explanation. You guys seem like very knowledgeable & conscientious marine life enthusiasts. Sure you love deep sea fishing as well but glad you seem to respect the ocean.
It's really cool being able to hear the vocalizations they're making!
When i eat my lunch, people often circle me in the restaurant and yell and cheer. Its weird.
Hehehehehehehehehehehehe
This kind of video reminds again and again that dolphins, toothed-whales, and their gangs are terrifying predators
Tyler: "Ohh Noo!!" The other guy: "Hehehe"
I love the ominous clicks and whistles. This is some amazing footage.
4:05 I love how it’s clicks rev up like an engine
Mazda?
you really love that?????? strange
>upload any video with animals in it, regardless of content >youtube comments: "DUDE STOP ABUSING THE ANIMALS!!" why are you people like this?
>upload a video of yourself mortally wounding animals and feeding them to other animals for youtube views >youtube comments "DUDE STOP SAYING THEY"RE ABUSING THE ANIMALS!!" why are you people like this?
crazy, I went Mahi Mahi Fishing and was done in Ten Minutes, the only mask I had to wear was the one Costco required.
The less extreme Mahi Mahi fishing
No trust me, there are sharks everywhere
Mahi Mahi: HELP ME PLEASE! HELP ME! THEY TRYNA KILL ME!!! Divers: OOOOOHH YEEAAAAAAHHH!!! WOOOOOH!!! Disclaimer: I'm only joking 😅 idk but some may see this as me insulting the divers or anything. No I'm not.
Mahi mahi looks like its seeking for help from humans
They will stick to anything in the ocean for protection....even a micro sized piece of kelp.
Schooling behavior due to being actively hunted.
Mahi pair for life. There was 2 of them. Im guessing the other one was taken. And the 2nd one gave himself or herself up.
fake news, they don't pair for life and those both looked like males
So heart-warming to see social interaction between the two different species
I seen the fish in the thumbnail and it grabbed my interest, then I read the title and clicked so fast. I had no idea what a “false killer whale” was until today. The ocean is so cool! It’s like having a planet within our planet.
Super cool description (loved you put the reference for the facts you were writing about)
Glad you appreciated it! Judging by the comments, plenty of people aren't reading it, but that you for doing so! :)
Amazing footage, thanks for sharing! Thanks to KZhead, we wouldn't have these kind of gems.
That was incredible. The mahi mahi was swimming along side you guys to use your size for protection from the dolphin. That shot was priceless.
Love the excitement of the divers after! Great video!
Can’t even imagine how incredible it must have been to see this in person
Mahi was clearly injured, otherwise would have been tough catch.
Please do not underestimate the resilience of fish or the persistence of whales. Fish in general can function well despite sustaining severe injuries. These whales could have chased the Mahi for a while. It may have also been disoriented by the whale's sonar.
Chaotix Fox that doesn’t mean it’s not injured lol. Plus it’s clearly underweight by like a lottt
1.51 it has a fresh puncture injury I think it got speared
The whales had been tiring these mahi out for a while. Not to mention biting and raking them with their teeth. Pretty gnarly to watch.
I seen somewhere not to long ago that false killer whales and bottle nose dolphins were somewhat mates like they thought the false killers were after the dolphins but then they got in closing distance then they all started greeting each other and was thought that certain ones knew each other like they were old friends. Thought that was super weird as seeing orcas hunt dolphins but false killers and dolphins are cool. So crazy how they can hear each other and how they communicate with each other under water with clicks. The animal world is so fascinating and unknown
The whale just hauled the mahi mahi off by the tail. Did it eat it, or was it just pulling it away from the man?
They usually take em super deep so the mahi gets bent & dies, then they eat da buggah...
Let me translate for the haoles: Yep, his lunch was Mahi mahi sashimi. Whales likely dive with their prey, because fish don’t like sudden major depth changes, it damages their swim bladder, and fish get super disoriented or die when that happens. The water is also colder the deeper you go, so prey move slower.
Also dragging it backwards will oddly enough "drown" or "suffocate" the el Dorado, which I am amazed at the precision of it grabbing it by the tail... I'd be having the same elated reactions as those divers so aptly demonstrated! Awesuuuume!
@@restart426 I think it's just "dorado".......you're thinking of John Wayne....two different things.
@@edstimator1 lol thanks for the correction!
Fish be all like: "Are you not entertaaaaaaaiiiinnnnnned...."
Yes, Gladiator reference. Love it
This is so sick, one of the most underrated youtube ocean moments ever
That fish had wounds on it...so that may have been the attraction.
Almost like they were thinking that this helped you out.
I agree, the Mahi Mahi look damaged and didn’t act like one of the faster fishes in the ocean. Plus I thought I saw one try to hide next to a diver, who kicked it back towards the False Killer Whale. The whole thing seems kind of unsporting, like crippling an antelope to watch a lion eat it.
I would kick it away too to potentially not lose a leg or being dragged into the abyss
Not about sport. Don't want to be that close to a prey animal with a predator making passes at it. False-killer came up fast from below.
too dangerous to help that fish, the whales are too big and strong, wrong moves kill in the ocean
You aren’t really the sharpest tool in the shed. That’s like trying to save said antelope from a hungry pride of lions and you have nothing but a toothbrush. So go ahead and volunteer yourself as a meatshield for the prey animal. Your emotional response to save the prey animal will not stop the determined predator in hot pursuit.
WOWWWWW This footage is AMAZING, incredible!
Homie: Hey bud, what are ya watching? Me: I'm watching some Tyler Vision
The mahi-mahi tilts every time the whale closes in/goes under. Is it to keep an eye on it or perhaps a posturing position to appear larger?
Interesting thought... Maybe both?
Love how you can clearly hear the false killer honing his echolocation as he closes on the Mahi
That’s a once in a lifetime experience, very cool. Some days just end up amazing, rarely when you’re sitting home in the couch tho👍
The mahi mahi was like ‘if I’m going down your going down with me’ we going near the divers
Wow, great video, how cool to have seen that! I see the spotted dolphins in the Bahamas hunt houndfish the same way
Im here after that dudes Tik Tok that called them a sharks sleep paralysis
I’ve fished for Dorado (Mahi-mahi) a lot over the years and I’ve seen how agile they are in the water. It amazes me something as big as a false killer whale could catch one.
In Australia we call them Dolphin fish! We fish for them off the Perth coast at the FADS which attracts them.
Such disappointing comments "imagine being a fish.." News flash, wild animals aren't buried like humans, they're eaten by the other wild animals. Getting upset that some divers got to witness a very interesting predation with interaction AND while filming from multiple angles but folks are upset at the diver's excitement. Its just soo sad that people think with their feelings instead of their brain. I blame Disney and video games for warping children's realities
Love hearing those locator clicks as the whale zeros in perfectly on his prey.
The algorithm hath found you. Rejoice.
Amazing video. Fun to watch!
“You guys gonna eat this?”
What were the rough-toothed dolphins and the pilot whales doing together? It's really hard to tell.
Where did you see a Rough toothed Dolphin? Those werent Pilot Whales....they are False Killer Whales.
@@CleverClover2023 According to the video, starting at 1:02.
The open Ocean is one of the most beautiful yet terrifying things to me
how did the mahi mahi get injured
I like how you can hear the dolphin using its "sonar" to acquire the range to the target I assume.
The way it disappeared into the blue in the most scarry part imagine one of these things just biting yiur foot or leg and dragging you down to the deep like that.....
this video made me as stoked as the lads at the end
Aww the fish was looking for protection...
Ewewwwwww
is that the sonar?
Mahi pair up for years. The poor thing was coming for help. Sad
correct i suspect its mate was eaten before hand, it just disappeared and its mate was waiting for it
I didn’t know Darth Vader goes snorkeling!
Great footage. That pelagic didn't seem to have its A game available for this encounter. Figure it knew its time was up.
Fish was trying to eat human, whale says "not on my watch"
Martin Siedlecki looks like someone didn’t get the joke
Bro you can tell how smart these animals are just by watching them
Beautiful Video! What a luck to see this
Whale be like: Mahi mahi sandwiches tonight, yo!!!
The dolphins and whale interactions with each other were amazing
That "whale" is closer to a dolphin than to an actual whale, since they are both toothed whales which is different from the classic whale
@@vincenzocapasso9990 False Killer Whales are members of the dolphin family, but all cetaceans are whales. There are Baleen Whales (gray, blue, minke, humpback ect) and Toothed Whales (sperm, beaked, dolphins and porpoise). There is NO 'classic whale'. People just dont have any grasp of cetacean taxonomy and think whales and dolphins are separate when they are the same.
@@CleverClover2023 I know, but he was referring to the false killer whale as a mysticet, while it is an odontocet (don't know how to spell the two terms correctly since English is not my frost language). Whale is an incorrect term to refer to both odontocetes and mysticetes, just call them cetaceans
Pauly Shore: “Free, mahi-mahi! FREE MAHI-MAHI!!!”
Didnt u put this dizzi mahi just next to you ? Sorry if im wrong Bit this Fish didint look concious to me
Wow, what a thing to see. And not just see, but almost become a part of!!
Did the whale use it high freq clicking to stunt its prey?
A little explanation would have gone a long way...
what do you mean?
Wish god Girl ‘False Killer Whale catches Mahi Mahi’ is your explanation
Someone's illiterate.
Wow great video!
"Yeah! Yea-ah!!!" "2 Million Views, right there!!" -- ahem... no, sadly, barely 300K in 2 years.
amazing footage
I love how you can hear the whales clicking change from slower to a more celebratory i got the fish clicking
Dope video. But the Mahi was definitely sick or injured, those effing things are like underwater wolverines. But damn cool, vid.
Man you can really see (and hear) how the whale uses focused sound waves to totally mess with the Mahi Mahi's brain, disorienting and incapacitating it.
PETA is furious right now for the false killer whales not killing the mahi humanely 🤣
Those damned false killer whales should go vegan!!
Cuando lo atrapa super cerca del buzo y se lo lleva para el fondo SÚPER EMOCIONANTE
R.I.P. Mahi-mahi 🙏🙏🙏
Imagine them catching mahi-mahis then something else catches them...
I'm just glad I'm at the top of the food chain!!! Great Video!!
As long as you stay on land perhaps...
Wow! Nice vid!!!
U could hear the dolphins clicking soo cool
Magnificent video.
That's an epic moment you got on camera
Is it weird that I get vertigo from looking at that endless blue?
Notice how the Mahi turned on its side when the whales came in from below. That’s the Mahi trying to defend itself from being eaten by keeping its sides exposed rather than its underside because it makes it look bigger :)
Looks like that mahi had been gaffed and released, you can see the two holes, and it wasn't up to speed....
thats what I thought, it was even swiming on the back
Good catch. I looked at 3:06 in the video again, put it on .25 speed to see if the video was clear enough to confirm gaff marks instead of cookie-cutter shark bites, and it is hard to tell. The front mark doesn't look as clean as a usual cookie cutter shark bite, while the rear one might be. The one on the bottom definitely is a cookie cutter shark bite, but a good case for being a gaffed male mahi could be made just by the front mark. I tried to see if there were any fishing line marks around the mouth but I didnt see any.
@Amy Richard not gaff marks, those are whale tooth holes. The mahi had been getting chased and beat up by the whales for about 30 minutes before this video was shot. The mahis were very much not up to speed but that was all the whales doing, not ours. Mahi mahi are the most documented prey species of false killer whales. They need no help from us.
Those are defaintly teeth marks.the 2 holes are where the teeth went deep and 3 scartches are where they were shallow and slipped.
Am I the only one who finds this absolutely terrifying Just the vastness of the void beneath and around them