Well, the article starts assuming empathy on the side of the orca without any evidence. Then as the story progresses: > In 2022, researchers saw something else

Well, the article starts assuming empathy on the side of the orca without any evidence. Then as the story progresses: > In 2022, researchers saw something else they had not observed before: pilot whales coming back after being chased away. They did this three times. The researchers wrote in the paper: “It is possible that the movements of the killer whale group as a whole could have been influenced by an active effort of SN0540 [Sædís] to obtain another pilot whale calf.” > “If it was an abduction or kidnap, this may go some way in explaining why long-finned pilot whales are often seen chasing pods of orcas away.” At this point I remembered seeing a video years ago of some African feline predator (don’t remember the species) that seemed to be caring for an antelope calf but later ate it. I thought that the orca might have been just keeping the meat fresh. > Sædís was again spotted interacting with long-finned pilot whales in 2022, but the calf was no longer with her, and it is presumed to have died. I would be surprised otherwise.