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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

orcas hunt sperm whales? goddamn

edit: I just looked it up and orcas even hunt fucking blue whales! wtf? are they the ultimate ocean predator to ever live?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Orcas are seriously scary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Orcas are not usually a threat to humans, and no fatal attack has ever been documented in their natural habitat.

They've never even left a survivor to tell the tale.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Hence the term killer whales