Orca Attack Seal with Waves

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In January 2006 while visiting Antarctica, we witnessed a most unusual method for orca to dislodge a crabeater seal from an ice floe - they made large waves to wash the seal off the relative safety of the ice. Later the orca put the seal back on the ice and dislodged the seal a second time which suggested strongly they were training their young.

Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: September 6, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Author: firpeace

Length: 00:04:00
Rating: 4.72
Views: 662048

Tags: orca seal Antarctica waves unusual training juvenile

Video Comments:
aoecake (September 8, 2008 at 4:55 am)
They problary do.. maybe thats why we never hear about it!
ItsTheE30guy (September 6, 2008 at 1:46 pm)
lol, why dont they make a wave to knock over the boat so these people can STFU!
Cherokee85 (September 5, 2008 at 3:04 am)
Now that's the mighty of nature. Poor Seal, but thats the way it goes. They kill to live - we live to kill. 4 Whales together to produce a wave - incredible.
FloridaBoy5 (September 2, 2008 at 9:31 am)
I actually watched the video you are referring to after i commented here. For the record, i never called them whales. i referred to them as "killer whales" because that is another common reference.
Celly222 (September 2, 2008 at 1:51 am)
Theyve most likely eaten their fill and were training the young. There is a national geographic video called Wolves of the Sea which shows a Orca capturing seals by sliding onto the beach. It had eaten its fill but still continued to try and catch them for fun. It caught another, brought it out to sea and played with it for a while, then gently carried it back to shore and let it go, unharmed. Dolphins are amazingly intelligent animals. (yes, dolphins. Orcas are NOT whales)
FloridaBoy5 (September 1, 2008 at 12:55 am)
Okay i still don't get why they would put the sea lion back. I've never heard of a lion putting a wildebeast back or anything like that. on Wikipedia it says Orcas eat 500 pounds of food a day and there were like 5 killer whales how could they afford to spare it. Or at least why. This makes no sense.
eckman69 (August 31, 2008 at 5:27 pm)
The seal actually bit an orca's penis, that's why they put him back
jmonie02 (September 1, 2008 at 6:52 am)
LOL
iaintgonletup (August 25, 2008 at 8:01 pm)
Those damn Orca are getting way to smart; we better watch our backs.
hyroglyphx (August 24, 2008 at 10:41 am)
Incredibly intelligent.