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Quoted: That pod of orcas which fucks up great white over a long standing blood feud are my favorite animals! Love those things. Maybe its because I'm terrified of sharks. I bet the giant squid is what got the meg, but I'm pulling for the orcas! With how huge the meg was, what all did it eat? View Quote Sperm whales love to screw with giant squids |
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Looks more like a dolphin than a shark to me. It has a long snoot for a shark.
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That was like a shark-seeking missile!
Kinda laughing at the NSFW tag, though. Violent, sure, but pretty tame from that distance. |
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Quoted: Totally agree. First world zoos are very well-run, but they don't have the space to simulate living in the wild. Only large game preserves do that well. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Shouldn't be here for our entertainment. I dont go outside to pet the bobcat or coyote im trying to remove. Zoos should only exist to save animals that might go extinct Totally agree. First world zoos are very well-run, but they don't have the space to simulate living in the wild. Only large game preserves do that well. Yup. |
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If it was indeed a shark: When assholes collide.
If it was a dolphin: Poor Dolphin. |
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Quoted: Megalodon QUITE a bit bigger. 52' - 82'. In pod form MAYBE orcas harrasing and killing megs. But one on one I can't see that happening. Even the mighty mosasaur couldn't likely deal with megalodon. I'm no scientist but two apex predators, with one being far larger than the competition. Now maybe orcas could "out eat" the megs and starve them, but eating up all the food that the megs ate. View Quote Eat the young megs, problem goes away. |
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Quoted: orca team work View Quote |
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Quoted: Megalodon QUITE a bit bigger. 52' - 82'. In pod form MAYBE orcas harrasing and killing megs. But one on one I can't see that happening. Even the mighty mosasaur couldn't likely deal with megalodon. I'm no scientist but two apex predators, with one being far larger than the competition. Now maybe orcas could "out eat" the megs and starve them, but eating up all the food that the megs ate. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: This thread is relevant to my interests. I watched some pretty cool YT vids about orcas and speculation about how they would fare in the different prehistoric oceans. Basically if the water was cool enough, the orca was favored in a curb stomp in ANY era. Even more interesting, it's speculated that the orca is responsible for the extinction of the MEGALODON. Possibly through direct harassment/violence like in this video. Megalodon QUITE a bit bigger. 52' - 82'. In pod form MAYBE orcas harrasing and killing megs. But one on one I can't see that happening. Even the mighty mosasaur couldn't likely deal with megalodon. I'm no scientist but two apex predators, with one being far larger than the competition. Now maybe orcas could "out eat" the megs and starve them, but eating up all the food that the megs ate. One is a dumb fish acting on instinct one is a cunning mammal with a big brain. I know where I’d put my money. |
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That was awesome. I watched it a few times. By the time that shark reacted it was too late. He was already dead and didn't even know it.
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Quoted: Megalodon QUITE a bit bigger. 52' - 82'. In pod form MAYBE orcas harrasing and killing megs. But one on one I can't see that happening. Even the mighty mosasaur couldn't likely deal with megalodon. I'm no scientist but two apex predators, with one being far larger than the competition. Now maybe orcas could "out eat" the megs and starve them, but eating up all the food that the megs ate. View Quote You have to take into account that Megalodons weren't born 50' long and one of the most difficult things to do in the wild for "big" animals is to defend their young from smaller, faster, pack predators. It's basically the entire reason for "herd" behavior, which I doubt Meg participated in but who knows. Tougher to do in 3d than on land anyway. |
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Quoted: This thread is relevant to my interests. I watched some pretty cool YT vids about orcas and speculation about how they would fare in the different prehistoric oceans. Basically if the water was cool enough, the orca was favored in a curb stomp in ANY era. Even more interesting, it's speculated that the orca is responsible for the extinction of the MEGALODON. Possibly through direct harassment/violence like in this video. View Quote Goddang vicious beastie right there. |
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Quoted: @RealityCheck0311 Here you go OP. I downloaded the video and then created it as a gif for folks who don't like to click on links. https://i.imgur.com/js509hf.gif View Quote Nice job! Those are excellent. It’s impressive that they mostly know to leave Man alone. They must teach their young to beware of the pale monkeys with opposable thumbs and Harpoons. |
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Quoted: You have to take into account that Megalodons weren't born 50' long and one of the most difficult things to do in the wild for "big" animals is to defend their young from smaller, faster, pack predators. It's basically the entire reason for "herd" behavior, which I doubt Meg participated in but who knows. Tougher to do in 3d than on land anyway. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Megalodon QUITE a bit bigger. 52' - 82'. In pod form MAYBE orcas harrasing and killing megs. But one on one I can't see that happening. Even the mighty mosasaur couldn't likely deal with megalodon. I'm no scientist but two apex predators, with one being far larger than the competition. Now maybe orcas could "out eat" the megs and starve them, but eating up all the food that the megs ate. You have to take into account that Megalodons weren't born 50' long and one of the most difficult things to do in the wild for "big" animals is to defend their young from smaller, faster, pack predators. It's basically the entire reason for "herd" behavior, which I doubt Meg participated in but who knows. Tougher to do in 3d than on land anyway. Yup. I don't know what the appropriate comparison is on land or if it even exists. Big sharks are tough and nasty but not smart agile and fast like an Orca. |
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Quoted: Yup. There's a reason that they are called "sea wolves". Cause wolves are dicks too. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Orcas are dicks. Yup. There's a reason that they are called "sea wolves". Cause wolves are dicks too. The videos of them teaming up to get a seal on an ice flow are kinda scary. Wonder if they'd do that to a person |
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What a bunch of PUSS ASSES. NSFW my ass.
Buncha candy ass liberal babies. |
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Quoted: Looks more like a dolphin than a shark to me. It has a long snoot for a shark. View Quote National Geographic: "This is a video of a great white being hit by an Orca" Arfcom armchair quarterbacks: "Nah bruh, that's clearly a dolphin" ...do you guys even hear yourselves? |
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I believe there were two buddy Orcas that roam the ocean in South Africa that hunt for fun. Victims were Great White Sharks. And the way they remove the livers as trophies were done with precision.
Scary ocean mofos. |
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NSFW?
Do they think all the Great White sharks we work with will be offended by the video? |
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I was having breakfast at a restaurant on the harbor in Kodiak. For about 5 minutes or so I watched an Orca play toss the seal in the harbor. Seal was getting launched a good 15 feet repetitively by the Orca.
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Quoted: Speed, surprise and violence of action. Orcas are master strategists. Imagine fighting and army of men with that strength and mindset. Yet they wisely leave man alone. I can’t help but think they are keenly aware of what we could do to them. View Quote Unless you are in a boat off of Portugal or Spain. Orca Attacks |
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View Quote Yeah, came here to post this too. I guess some boat owner pissed off a pod of Orcas. |
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Quoted: Speed, surprise and violence of action. Orcas are master strategists. Imagine fighting and army of men with that strength and mindset. Yet they wisely leave man alone. I can’t help but think they are keenly aware of what we could do to them. View Quote Humans can go almost anywhere and generally all predators avoid them. Exceptions for diseases and cubs / etc - even those are a rarity. Yet humans are typically easy prey without weapons or numbers. ”“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Genesis. |
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Quoted: Incredible. And that seals look on its face as it stares at the camera says "I'm screwed". View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: orca team work Sometimes, the orcas play with their food. Killer Whale Flips Seal Into the Air |
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they say if a orca grabs it by the tail the great white almost always gives up.
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Quoted: That was a shark. Look at the tail fin. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/styles/original/s3/dam-migration/640x427-dolphin_bottlenose_nb_w.png?itok=e6t8QRC9 Vs https://cdn.britannica.com/63/200163-050-91406475/sharks.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Looks more like a dolphin than a shark to me. It has a long snoot for a shark. That was a shark. Look at the tail fin. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/styles/original/s3/dam-migration/640x427-dolphin_bottlenose_nb_w.png?itok=e6t8QRC9 Vs https://cdn.britannica.com/63/200163-050-91406475/sharks.jpg It's a shark. The Great White is the bad ass of the shark world and stories get more clicks when headline contains "Great White Shark!" so there is a tendency to mislabel every shark as a Great White. I actually think that is a Mako shark, which has a very similar silhouette to a Great White but has a more pointy beak like snout. |
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Quoted: It's a shark. The Great White is the bad ass of the shark world and stories get more clicks when headline contains "Great White Shark!" so there is a tendency to mislabel every shark as a Great White. I actually think that is a Mako shark, which has a very similar silhouette to a Great White but has a more pointy beak like snout. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/ea/75/d5ea759271e71ab469e57490642ae0c5.jpg https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/isurus/800px-Isurus_oxyrinchus_by_mark_conlin3.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looks more like a dolphin than a shark to me. It has a long snoot for a shark. That was a shark. Look at the tail fin. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/styles/original/s3/dam-migration/640x427-dolphin_bottlenose_nb_w.png?itok=e6t8QRC9 Vs https://cdn.britannica.com/63/200163-050-91406475/sharks.jpg It's a shark. The Great White is the bad ass of the shark world and stories get more clicks when headline contains "Great White Shark!" so there is a tendency to mislabel every shark as a Great White. I actually think that is a Mako shark, which has a very similar silhouette to a Great White but has a more pointy beak like snout. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/ea/75/d5ea759271e71ab469e57490642ae0c5.jpg https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/isurus/800px-Isurus_oxyrinchus_by_mark_conlin3.jpg Looks to be a bit wide for a Mako. I'm thinking it's a juvenile great white. Think the NatGeo social media post was a preview for some upcoming show. I'm sure more details will follow. |
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Quoted: Looks to be a bit wide for a Mako. I'm thinking it's a juvenile great white. Think the NatGeo social media post was a preview for some upcoming show. I'm sure more details will follow. View Quote A juvenile would make sense. You're right, looking again the length seems short for it's width. Even the pectoral fins seem to large for the rest of the body. Probably a juvenile. |
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