Fierce battle between killer orcas and blue whale

Scientists have monitored a very rare incident, in which a flock of orca whales, nicknamed the “Deep Killer”, carried out a mass attack on the largest creatures of the earth, the blue whale, in a phenomenon that is considered the first of its kind.

The researchers documented the killer whales attacking and biting a blue whale from several areas, strangling it and then devouring it, in a phenomenon that is rare to this day.

Scientists have monitored these killer whales, Orcinus orca, attacking and killing blue whales only 3 times, off the southwest coast of Australia between 2019 and 2021, according to Sputnik.

According to the study published in the scientific journal Marine Mammal Science, the attacks seemed very brutal, as the orca jumped on the head of the blue whale, pulled it into the depths of the water, and devoured part of its tongue while it was alive.

According to the article published in the Live Science magazine, stopping a blue whale for whale hunters or even orca whales “is like trying to stop a train” because of its endurance and speed, but these whales found a solution to attack it, as they carry out quick attacks targeting the fins and head and away from the tail because it is strong very.