Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to science@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoSperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attackwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkSperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attackwww.livescience.comDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to science@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 months agoorcas hunt sperm whales? goddamn edit: I just looked it up and orcas even hunt fucking blue whales! wtf? are they the ultimate ocean predator to ever live?
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoOrcas are seriously scary.
minus-squareGalli [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months ago Orcas are not usually a threat to humans, and no fatal attack has ever been documented in their natural habitat. They’ve never even left a survivor to tell the tale.
minus-squareDeathsEmbrace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoHence the term killer whales
orcas hunt sperm whales? goddamn
edit: I just looked it up and orcas even hunt fucking blue whales! wtf? are they the ultimate ocean predator to ever live?
Orcas are seriously scary.
They’ve never even left a survivor to tell the tale.
Hence the term killer whales