When there’s a pod of orcas concerned in a chase, it’s normally fairly protected to imagine that it’s the orcas which are doing the chasing. Not this time, although. Pacific Offshore Expeditions just lately shared a video exhibiting orcas being chased by humpback whales. What makes it maybe much more fascinating is that the orcas have been looking when the humpback started to chase them off.
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“It’s important to see it to imagine it . . . however yesterday we had pods of Humpbacks chasing a pod of Killer Whales!!” wrote Pacific Offshore Expeditions in an Instagram publish sharing the video. “The orcas have been looking sea lions inside a mile of a number of Humpbacks. When the whales realized what was happening, they grouped up and charged the Orcas!”
The corporate notes that people have documented this conduct earlier than, however that it’s nonetheless uncommon to witness. It’s additionally fascinating to notice that the group noticed this conduct twice with two completely different teams of humpback whales.
“[It’s] an incredible show of both intuition or emotion for Humpbacks to try to intrude with Killer Whales killing,” the publish reads. “We noticed this occur twice yesterday about 2 hours aside on separate sea lion assaults with [separate] teams of Humpbacks.”
Watch humpback whales chase off some orcas right here:
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