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Orcas can work together and create waves to hunt seals on ice floes. It is fascinating, and I think proves that Orcas are extremely smart. https://www.youtube.
by m_a_g 5y ago
Orcas can work together and create waves to hunt seals on ice floes. It is fascinating, and I think proves that Orcas are extremely smart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwbNRNCxhFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwbNRNCxhFg
- throwawaysea 5y agoThey also flip seals into the air to carefully avoid injury while hunting - see this article and video: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-explain-video-orca-punting-seal-80-feet-air-388554 https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-explain-video-orca-punti...
- inglor_cz 5y agoThere are orcas in captivity in San Diego I think? I watched a few videos. They are obviously fairly smart, their interaction with people and each other is thoughtful. At some moments, you really tend to think "there is an almost-human intelligence locked in a very nonhuman body, what could they achieve if they had versatile hands like we do"?