Why did killer whales chase a tourism boat? - BBC 

A symbiotic relationship. More or less. 🌊

The orcas pulled an uno reverse card

😂😂😂

Very well said ''having fun'' this is by far the smartest fish it can easily tip of the boat if it wants too they see us as friends they will do anything to please us

Maybe they recognise they save energy by doing it

sicelo gumede literally there are no reports of orcas eating people, even in the 4 times that Orcas have killed people in captivity, they never actually ate them

@@sicelogumede6295 This isn't a fish. It's a mammal. All whales and dolphins are mammals, not fish.

@@shestewa6581 you rock dude thanks I didn't know that

Pls stop using gendered language

what?

I love any animal encounter, I enjoy spending time with the skinks in the yard

Well, orcas are dolphins so maybe that's what happened here

@@himhim3344 Did you just tell another person what they can say? GTFO and stay there.

@@Sidowse No teamwork because of the maps? no you are wrong. just watch some pro cs and you'll see its not just out-shoot eachother. But lowrank is pretty much no teamwork.

@@Sidowse danger zone is the worst shit that exist in that game lmao. what rank are you?

Simon Dowsett then i can tell you that you are no high rank player based on the fact that you think its only about reflexes and nothing more. Get on a higher level and it shows more of the teamwork in that game

@@Sidowse Even if the game is boring for you and the maps are dull, it doesn't change the fact that the game has teamwork.

Well - their survival depends on teamwork.

I was looking for this comment!

Hahahahahaha

Was hoping I wasn't the only one who caught that.

Hahah

Haha 4 years too late..

I wouldn’t have slowed down to find out though!

I agree chasing a big fish 😂

I went on a whale watching tour once and killer whales were explained as really big dolphins. And dolphins love to hang out in the stream as it makes swimming easier.

Jennifer Rees Absolutely! They are just having fun in the wake of the boat. Leave nature alone and they will leave you alone!

Sue Brune I mean if I were the guy on the boat I wouldn’t stop to find out lol

lol_itsgonenow and you are one of them! Ewwwwww burn

I know that's right XD

That includes you for saying 'smarter *then* some people'.

They are smarter than humans period. Difference is that we have arms and legs and can use them to develop technology while Orcas cannot so they evolved into harmony.

@@remikvalheim3431 I agree people suck

They wanted din dins.

Orcas are dolphins

@@lennarthagen3638 I always understood that they were all members of the Porpoise family, but a different species within the family. Just as Homo Sapiens and Chimps are close species in the Ape family.

@@lennarthagen3638 And Dolphins are a type of Cetacean, as are Whales.

This interaction probably wasn't a game. Teaching and practicing hunting techniques is a constant part of their lives. Orcas will continuously hunt and not eat the prey, hunting purely to teach and practice. The flanking formation they were swimming in is identical to when they hunt whales by exhausting the whale in a long chase that lasts hours, and it requires a lot of coordination and tactics which has to be mastered through lots and lots of teaching and practice. And endurance is developed and maintained.

A “killer” video.

A "killer" comment.

Tilikum Skirata thank youuu!!! exactly!

That's what they said in the video did you even watch

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There were divers in the water and they got on the boat to get out. So it could be a kind of get out of my hood. Also different pods have different hunting techniques they learn from their families. Look up the orcas that are now targeting fishing vessels for food. It is really cool to see animals that are communal and teach their offspring about hunting grounds and hunting stratagies.

the_lusty_goat The point is ... that they tried to treat it like such a mystery and postulate all sorts of ridiculous ideas. As they mentioned, Orcas are in the dolphin family, and like other dolphins they enjoy playing along the bow of the boat. It is also no mystery why the dolphins had to move to the front... Orca trumps smaller dolphins. As far as the learning to hunt part, animal play always has a role in learning adult roles... To treat this like some experts have just stumbled onto solving the mysteries of play is somewhat ridiculous. None of this is new. But people are good at putting themselves at the center of everything.

Almost every water predator could out swim you and keep up with a boat without a problem

@Buddy Guyerson you're not very smart, are you?

Buddy Guyerson when a school gives you permission to give them 20k a year and so now you think you’re special making fun of other people’s honest jobs in a youtube comment section

Whoa, are people still here?

Buddy Guyerson lmao ok gender studies

Sea pandas

thats an insult to dolphins

Killer whales eat their dolphin cousins. Maybe somebody should ask the dolphins what they should be called.

Pandas of the ocean

Orcas

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Ummmm 🤨 they actually do that *EXACTLY* when they hunt.

They hunt & kill their prey while having fun and toying with them as well you know.

thats true... but at the same time those type of animals are tricky and upredictable!

If boat had stopped, orcas would definitely have shown them what FUN they are having.

Malamute Aerospace absolutely... they were just playing

Precisely. They're just playful animals.

Now you know common sense logic and knowledge need not apply when trying to entertain the masses. God forbid they come out and tell the truth! No one wants that! Must dramatize the situation!

Totally!!

@@wordswritteninred7171 "KILLER" WHALE TERRORIZES BOAT, AND TRIES TO EAT SOMEONE INSIDE that's right folks, you heard it here first on BBC

lol wtf you on? they are one of the most dangerous predator of seas try to swim with them and they will shred you to pieces

Tony scarface - There's not a single lethal attack in recorded history of a killer whale killing a human in the wild. Only few cases of whales bumping into boats where no one got seriously injured, one case of a whale grabbing a divers bag filled with fish and no one got even injured, and there's one and only case of a killer whale biting a human and the bite wasn't lethal. Stop talking out of your ass when you obviously don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Killer whales are really picky eaters and don't randomly attack anything they see even if they're hungry. They know a human from a salmon, and they're really friendly.

Journalists being Journalists nothing surprising here...Real journalist are extremely rare these days...

Pale Emperor and that is just in the wild.

All the best i hope you find some great discovery something like a way to interpret there language.

They didn't say the Orcas were hunting. The zoologist said they were playing and this play helps to hone their hunting skills when they hunt as a pack. Did you actually stay around for the whole 3 minutes of the clip? Or has the average American adult attention span fallen below 3 minutes now? It's a BBC production which has the finest natural history unit in the world and is narrated by Chris Packham who has a degree in zoology and is a very well regarded natural history presenter in the UK.

John Bull sorry for my late reply but just a few things: first of all I’m not American so that was a general assumption and second I did watch the whole clip. The zoologist made perfect sense, what was irritating was the narrator. Now I am not british either so maybe that’s where my misinterpretation comes from but it almost sounds as if the narrator is challenging everything the zoologist is saying, which for me made it hard to distinguish what was to be trusted and not trusted from the clip from the point of view of someone with no knowledge on the subject.

quirkydobrev I'm still not sure what your point is. All Chris Packham did was lead the piece in to the final conclusion. What were the Orcas doing? Hunting the boat? A little a bit about their behaviour and then the conclusion. No, they weren't hunting the boat, they were learning as a group through play. I haven't got a major in biology but even I can understand that.

quirkydobrev u

@Luna EB but orcas are extremely intelligent AND have exceptional eye sight for what they are and living in the ocean. They prefer fatter mammals, well a good deal of transient orcas diets are larger marine mammals. This can include other dolphins, sea lions, seals, and whales. I wouldn't doubt that they can see that our bones and lack of fat (mostly) wouldn't be on their menu

Autumn Taylor Go swim with some wild orcas then and see what happens they could easily be hungry and when wild animals are hungry they will eat organisms that may not be in their usual diet

@@bravesirrobinn lol dude I wasn't saying I was running to norway to jump in freezing cold water with the orcas have a chill pill. I was just stating they could possibly see we arent on their menu

hang around in there with them long enough and i imagine they'll end up giving you a try

Shaggy Watch Dr Ingrid Visser. She’s a marine biologist in New Zealand who studies Orca. There are videos of her swimming with hunting Orca

and remember these guys are BIG!

the only reason there is no record of them having not killed a human is that there is no one to survive to tell the tale....im not stating this as fact...only a possibility!

@@russellking9762 have you not seen videos of people swimming with wild orcas? people describe them as a 1 in a lifetime experience & they talk about how gentle they are. if a wild orca attacked and killed someone, it would most definitely be all over the news. wild orcas only show aggression when they feel they are in danger. if you don't threaten an orca, they won't threaten you. what you're saying is the equivalent of saying that since someone got killed by a tiger, there's nobody there to tell the world that a tiger killed a person. theres such thing as witnesses

@@russellking9762 humans are not orca's natural food.

In the *wild* but definitely in captivity.

@@whisperingwhiskerss4877 they only attack in captivity because they are literally kept in a bath tub. it causes a lot of stress because when they use echo location, all they see are concrete walls. this is actually why their dorsal fins collapse. and unfortunately they take their stress out on humans sometimes

hahaha

Max Yellow they were just having some fun the narrorator was terrible lol🤣

M39 that was an amazing respond . what a smart mammals they are

They didn't check anything

Or he was adult playingaround

Love your comment made me laugh

Exactly, just like sharks. If you think you can outswim them you might become their target. If you stand your ground and show them no fear, you are 99,9999% safe in the water :-)

+Na'xia Xi'Larn Not true. You are safer. But sharks are timid curious creatures. They like to "test bite" new creatures.

Hector Diaz they tend to swim and observe first, then bump into things first to feel through their receptors what things are and then test bite. They dont bite if you dont act like a prey.

+Kaiser Frost : I don't think that's safe to think like this. Or at least to imply that they chase each thing that flee from them, like in the case of a boat. The fact they enjoy chasing sometimes doesn't mean they enjoy chasing boats, since they certainly don't; they just follow them and benefit from their inspiration to move fast without spending much energy, adding the playful aspect. If you've done endurance sports with partners, you'll understand how much it's more motivating to have a focus, than to have no objective or doing it alone.

Not necessarily true. As mentioned in the video, Orca whales aren't whales. They are members of the Delphinidae (dolphin) family. This behaviour isn't abnormal for this family. It's called wake riding. Dolphins ride at the bow of a boat (bow riding), while Orcas ride in the wake (wake riding) because they are too big to ride by the bow. The wake also generates larger waves for the Orcas to play with. Like Dolphins, they have been known to emit higher pitch frequencies when having "fun" in activities like this. They're just big, adorable Dolphins who are enjoying some nice waves.

Kidd Nicholas77 eeeeeeek

You should have slowed or even stopped. I bet they woulda had a real good look at you then moved on.

My cousin used to play the flute for them on his fishing boat. They seem to love it. They are very playful.

@@jwrosenbury that's so cute omg

They never attacked anyone ya fool lol orcas are smart unlike your dumb comment!

Nah, they were hoping one of those fat tourists would roll over the rail. I mean that's pretty intelligent too.

@@pakde8002 Hell yes! That's what I thought too.

It’s sickening!

AJ Fan Boy only once in the wild a guy was bit

Ok :)

AJ Fan Boy none we know of in the wild.... In captivity , oh yes many . Letting sea world folk know theys about had it with all that trick doing shit and they're bout to up out that mofo but first gots to let sum slimmy sonsabitches who's who and what's up! They've hurt many and even killed humans . All I believe having to do with mentally checking out and stress due to captivity. I agree with the whales and humans should learn some things in this world are in fact best appreciated from a distance.

there have been a handful of attacks in the wild. they are rare but have happened.

humans attack and KILL each other every day in the hundreds if not thousands... and we are worried about a handful of dolphin attacks that by the way had no murderous intent behind it... lmao xD as of this point the few deaths that have happened were unintentionally by dolphins... cant say that for humans..

But isn't the idea of whales "having fun" is also an anthropomorphic notion? The notion that humans and orcas have the same "idea" of what constitutes "fun"?

It's the same with cats. When they try to have fun they chase after stuff or fight with their siblings. They probably have fun doing so but they also train for a hunt or real fights.

@@Vic82toire V, I suspect GM knew exactly what he was doing, and was having a little bit of fun himself. I personally thought it was quite a clever comment.

@@pspicer777 Do you think so? A very limited exclusive sense of "fun" then. :)

Vic82toire Indeed. A little bit of fun is not a bad thing and friendly banter makes it all the more interesting 😀. May you and yours be well V.

Cute you are correct, hug not a good idea, instead of wasting your life and hug you can give that hug to me.

do they make Orca costumes?

This is true. In all of recorded history not one. Not in captivity though. That’s a different story

@@nathancepeda7407 Good catch.

@cheap cigs agree

@cheap cigs all comes down to morals, but then how about people that eat meat? support the breeding of animals just to be killed? how bout people that support big brands like Nike, they support slavery? i don't think the trainers deserve to be killed per say since it's not them that captured and held the whale captive, but that's just my opinion

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Pandu Wiranegara to be able to swim faster for a longer period of time

Pandu Wiranegara What is it that you and the 36 people who liked your comment find questionable? :)

Maidros because it's a retarted and honestly pointless video. Just show the footage, no need to spend hours trying to provide a fancy explanation for which they honestly have zero clue, they're just orca's having fun no need to make a ridiculous 3minute long video which is pretty much not informative at all.

Sighman42 In the world of predators, game and practice go hand in hand. It's the same thing immature cheetahs do, for instance. Therefore, I don't think the statement is false.

Pandu Wiranegara It's the same as when athletes do training drills to strengthen themselves for the actual big game.Its not the hard to understand really....

Literally a dumbass you are xD

@ clearly my opinion was to spark humour to whoever read it. Obviously it failed with you!

If they eat other animals then they are killers.

The deadliest "killer" on earth is human. We deserve that title, not the orca.

Dande lion your talking crap! The deadliest killer on Earth is the Mosquito actually. Humans are 2nd.

@Alexander, haha nope. Mosquito may be the deadliest killer for human, but human is the deadliest killer for all living things on earth.

Triggered LMAO!!

Really? They're esentially feeding the whale. That makes them deserving of being drowned? Just stop.

😂😂😂 savage

You are right bro, humans are shit. I hope they die also. This is why I watch efukt and kaotic, watching humans get killed and gored gives me like a sense of relief for all the shit humanity has done to these innocent creatures.

Are We Not Men? Should we put you on a watch list? U sound like you might shoot something up

sounds like a human.. humans get pissy when they dont get whats expected.. xD

I bet if one of those boat seals were to have fallen off and it was recorded you'd think differently

Tyrion Lannister people wind up in the water with Orca all the time. Lots and lots of recorded wild close encounters every year. I am not aware of any incident of a wild orca attacking or harming a human...

@@rronmar So you have no evidence to support this claim? Just because they're dolphin's largest relative doesn't mean they wouldn't. They act more like cats with their prey. So, by that reasoning if house cats were the size of a jaguar, panther or tiger, we should assume their carnivorous bloodthirsty nature wouldn't extend to humans as prey, wait those cats will kill us and eat us. Hmmm, evidence to support my case. How about that? So where's yours?

Tyrion Lannister a cat is not a orca, different environments and most importantly different evolutionary conditioning. Evidence that something DIDN’T occur? I don’t have to prove anything, you need to prove that an orca in the wild has ever attacked a human(if it bothers you that much). We have been interacting with orca in the wild for centuries with no recorded attacks that I have ever heard of. I am sure if there were, someone would have spoken up here, so good luck with your research:) considering we interact with them on a DAILY basis, if it has ever happened it would be nearly unmeasurably low odds... Based on evidence your odds are certainly greater that another human would kill AND EAT you before a wild orca did, evidence throughout our history certainly proves that... On the other hand land carnivores throughout our evolution have(and still do) hunt humans. Basically on land, WE are the seals and salmon:) It was not until we developed enough brain power to create tools to push us to the head of the food chain that we ceased to be as easy a meal. We still are, without our tech... Big cats do not eat insects that I am aware of, it would certainly not be typical for them to do so. Our relationship to the orca is probably like that, we just are not on their food radar... I have sailed from the arctic to the antarctic, you need to get out on the water and live/experience a little more of our cool planet...

@@rronmar When did I mention insects? Second, so you would swim with wild orca whales? It's nice you've been to both poles. Have you shared pictures online of it? And as for showing proof that orca's would eat us, I'd rather be on the side of not in the water with them if I have the choice. Just in case they would.

Well I'm Australian and he doesn't sound like me so he must be British.

He's definitely British (it sounds like Chris Packham, if I've remembered correctly - he used to present lots of wildlife programes ~15 years ago then fell off the radar a bit), but that's just how he sounds, not the accent in particular.

Ive been thinking the same thing! I think he just has a lisp.

Yeah, he speaks with a lisp. It's nothing to do with his accent.

6ix Jr. - such contrasting accents ... get experience.

+Weapon Valhalla ask sonic

llmasterswordll81 Sonic the hedgehog?

+Weapon Valhalla no they are gentle and kind respect humans in the wild but in captivity its very common attacks on humans.

Blanca Rosales hmm its pretty amazing how the oceans top predators don't hunt us. So if you meet them in the wild you could swim with them and pet them?

+Weapon Valhalla yes you can swim with them but always keeping your distance without disturbing them they will never harm you in any way they respect you and your space and also protect you when in danger pretty much like dolphins.

Nah. Orcas have never attacked a human in the Wild. Only in captivity - their trainer. There are plenty of people that go dive with Orcas in the wild. There are even businesses that offer anyone a swim. They drive you to Orca location, find them and then you dive and swim near them. Often they will come to check you out and if you are lucky they might play around and swim with you. If not - they will just avoid you.

I thought they wanted human meat too LoL