I will try not to think about those photos people posted a lot back in the days of orcas getting hold of penguins. especially the one where a penguin had been chopped in half and was only connected to its lower body by some entrails.
Depends on which group of orcas it originally belonged to. There are several distinct orca cultures, which rarely interact with each other, and each has a distinct way of life and preferred prey.
Let me join and ask for more! I don't see any difference of the behaviors of those Orca species and Dolphin species. Because all I saw were mostly SeaWorld zoo's entertainment and TV shows...
@Vaccine As I recall, they're not species yet. Their cultures, however, are effectively driving speciation because they don't really interact much with orcas outside their own cultures. For example, orca pods which hunt schooling fish tend to be chatty and vocal pretty much all the time. Those who hunt other whales and other prey which can hear their chatter, however, go silent when they begin the hunt. There's also an open ocean culture which specializes in sharks and possibly other big fish if I recall correctly. Then within the marine mammal specialists, you have those who hunt seals and sea lions. Again, another set of traditions. Then on top of this, you have traditions which are passed down within a pod, such as beaching techniques for nabbing seals off the beach or how to work together to create a bait ball. Worth noting, orcas are just giant dolphins, and other dolphins are much the same in terms of having culture and traditions which they pass down.
So it's not much difference. But thanks. Soon the future will invest new devices for marine mammals to learn more. Like African Wild dog collar that records their tracking patterns.
Orcas are studied pretty extensively as it is, partly because of this. If you're curious, I invite you to do a quick google papers search for more information- behavioral papers are likely to be easier to read than, say, anatomical papers. Might be a good starting point
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