Orcas hunting seal on ice floe in Antarctica

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  • @dwes49
    @dwes49 6 років тому +1857

    The intelligence involved with this is remarkable

    • @zootsootful
      @zootsootful 5 років тому +59

      If they were a little more intelligent, one of them would be waiting on the far side of the floe, opposite the wave.

    • @patdonovan330
      @patdonovan330 5 років тому +23

      @@zootsootful one of them was kind of poking its head out of the water before they attacked as a distraction

    • @FelipeACR
      @FelipeACR 5 років тому +121

      @@zootsootful they were training a young thats why they didnt catch the seal

    • @happysappy21
      @happysappy21 4 роки тому +64

      Nah if they were that intelligent they would have made the seal believe he was committing a hate crime by sitting on the ice depriving them of their right to a meal so that the seal, in a final suicidal act of cognitive dissonance, would have voluntarily hopped in the water and allowed himself to be eaten without a fight. That has been known to happen in nature.

    • @John_Doe....
      @John_Doe.... 4 роки тому +29

      @@zootsootful they did do that, 2:10 & 2:39. But it's probably training for the young orca's (seal training 😉)

  • @BeerRunBennyTheKid
    @BeerRunBennyTheKid Рік тому +58

    The fact that this is only a training exercise for the little Orca makes it all the more amazing.

    • @johnbernhardtsen3008
      @johnbernhardtsen3008 Рік тому +2

      what if its only that seal they harass! him thinking "Oh No! Not u basturds again! Leave me alone!"

    • @nikhilthatte6167
      @nikhilthatte6167 9 місяців тому

      Bhosdike as if you are some Nat Geo Expert 😂

  • @ogrebattle22763
    @ogrebattle22763 3 роки тому +324

    This is absolutely incredible both intelligent creatures Orcas in hunting mode & a lone seal in survival mode.... both determined.... usually the Orcas make it look easy but this Seal was obviously a seasoned veteran & learned a few tricks or two on survival methods.... amazing video...

    • @dmcfelix
      @dmcfelix Рік тому

      The orcas probably only trained their calves

    • @jan7064
      @jan7064 Рік тому +20

      Its also possible that the Orca only train here and put the seal back on the Ice. In my opinion this is much more realistic because the orca dont need so mich trys to kill the seal

    • @ogrebattle22763
      @ogrebattle22763 Рік тому +3

      @@jan7064 So in other words they're passing on a possible meal just to teach I don't believe that's the case at all but if you say so...

    • @jan7064
      @jan7064 Рік тому

      @@ogrebattle22763 that is scientifically proofen that orcas teach their children hunting techniques especially the advanced one. In Argentina they take their children to the beach and push them to beach their selves that is much crazyer than they pass a opportunity

    • @ogrebattle22763
      @ogrebattle22763 Рік тому

      @@jan7064 Yeah I know all about that & I'm still not buying into it... sorry...

  • @allenpeck8239
    @allenpeck8239 4 роки тому +202

    At 2:12, when all those Orca heads raise above the surface to take a look, the fear that Seal must have felt would be astronomical...

    • @whoamiidk398
      @whoamiidk398 3 роки тому +1

      KKKKKk true

    • @nebitnoify
      @nebitnoify 2 роки тому

      Poor seal.....

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @allenpeck8239
      @allenpeck8239 Рік тому

      Why are you yelling at me

  • @Johnh7390
    @Johnh7390 12 років тому +2012

    Every time the seal fell off I was thinking, 'come on little dude'

    • @BoyanaBG
      @BoyanaBG 4 роки тому +25

      Lol same here 😁

    • @taek956
      @taek956 4 роки тому +8

      Lmao same

    • @Sunnyhari1982
      @Sunnyhari1982 4 роки тому +77

      Actually the killer whales are teaching their young ones how to hunt..thats why they are letting the seal get away. There are lot of nice documentaries on this killer whale behaviour

    • @cnope2444
      @cnope2444 4 роки тому +8

      That's bc ur a good man

    • @kaliyahbrown4179
      @kaliyahbrown4179 4 роки тому +1

      Oh yeah sorry your really old

  • @gregorioh5263
    @gregorioh5263 5 років тому +1602

    That was well Orcastrated.

    • @dewaynethomas1423
      @dewaynethomas1423 5 років тому +49

      Those guys sounded like they had a whale of a time

    • @davidharrison7014
      @davidharrison7014 5 років тому +43

      Dewayne Thomas Not to mention the Seal of Approval!

    • @nichevo1
      @nichevo1 5 років тому +3

      You're soaking wet. Looks like you just blew a seal.
      No, it's just ice cream!

    • @guadalupebaptista9757
      @guadalupebaptista9757 5 років тому +17

      It sealed its fate on that ice floe.

    • @taylorwilkins248
      @taylorwilkins248 5 років тому +20

      Greg Hodapp Yes, whale done.

  • @arivanilla
    @arivanilla 3 роки тому +217

    I don't know but I'm so proud of the orcas they're training and the way they all work together is beautiful.

    • @traborangtt3909
      @traborangtt3909 Рік тому +4

      @Burr Anderson what climate change?

    • @andreaskaminski5098
      @andreaskaminski5098 Рік тому

      Intelligente Tiere diese.killerwale 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋

    • @anthonymicale3989
      @anthonymicale3989 Рік тому +4

      The seal does not share your enthusiasm. : P

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @AnaS-cm3mx
      @AnaS-cm3mx Рік тому

      @@sunderlan412 These however are mammal eaters, so hopefully this part of the population isn’t depleting as much as the southern and northern residents are. I’d like to imagine the seal this population feeds on have varied diets of fish.

  • @jasonm8017
    @jasonm8017 4 роки тому +292

    The seal will be in therapy for rest of its life.

    • @DamnCinderela
      @DamnCinderela 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah that was traumatic

    • @gogeta5303
      @gogeta5303 4 роки тому +24

      So like... fifteen seconds?

    • @sealandland3959
      @sealandland3959 3 роки тому +1

      @@gogeta5303 yeahhhh!!!!

    • @doniwilyam3461
      @doniwilyam3461 3 роки тому

      سبحان الخالق الله اكبر الله المبدع المصور

    • @catpawprints1
      @catpawprints1 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, he might just have had time to make an appointment, but unfortunately never turned up. That's the story of the rest of his life.

  • @syklalyf
    @syklalyf 9 років тому +1589

    His fate was sealed

  • @skkoloa
    @skkoloa 8 років тому +1174

    These orcas could have grabbed the seal many times...but in another video you can see that they were training one of the young ones.

    • @aremedyproject9569
      @aremedyproject9569 4 роки тому +1

      Shane Berry What can? The waves?

    • @Gobble-zc3kc
      @Gobble-zc3kc 4 роки тому +24

      A Remedy Project the seal thrashing with its claws and teeth, better to exhaust it and avoid injury

    • @lixus2024
      @lixus2024 4 роки тому +8

      @@aremedyproject9569 The seal can cause injuries to the orcas eyes.

    • @KinkssNCoilss
      @KinkssNCoilss 4 роки тому +48

      Shane B They attack seals all the time at aren’t exhausted, including elephant seals which are much larger. It would be nothing for them to bite the seal and let it bleed out a little if their intentions were to let the seal tire itself out. It’s likely they were training that young Orca because it did eventually join in with the adults as was seen in another video showing this footage.

    • @Geiger373
      @Geiger373 4 роки тому +4

      @@KinkssNCoilss From what I have seen the orca pod will wait until the seal is exhausted.

  • @giuliom7428
    @giuliom7428 Рік тому +23

    I can't help being on the seal side, as much as i have to admire how clever social hunters orcas are

  • @brmnplayr
    @brmnplayr Рік тому

    Ist das fies mit so vielen aber echt beeindruckend diese intelligenten Orcas.

  • @walkinwithjesus
    @walkinwithjesus 5 років тому +117

    I noticed how they always make sure to line the wave up so that it hits the seal broadside every time. So smart! But damn that seal is resilient.

    • @AB-yt8bk
      @AB-yt8bk 5 років тому +8

      That seal prefers to be alive though.

    • @S3ndIt13
      @S3ndIt13 5 років тому +27

      He's not lol. Probably training day for the young ones in the group. He won't last long if they really wanted him. Poor liddo guy, though.

    • @Mike007_
      @Mike007_ Рік тому +1

      That was a coaching for the younger orcas. When they really want the seal he is very fast death. They dont bite him when he fall in the water, normal they do it.

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

  • @christianlong1217
    @christianlong1217 7 років тому +689

    That seal is fucking rocky balboa

    • @borgman6672
      @borgman6672 5 років тому +1

      Insert music. Da da DAAA!

    • @dillinghamfilm
      @dillinghamfilm 5 років тому +1

      Right....pure

    • @cherubwords2472
      @cherubwords2472 5 років тому +12

      I mean I’m sure they’re doing it for fun. If they wanted too one could wait to catch it. I’m pretty sure. Could be wrong. Seal is tough as fuck tho

    • @BobbyTucker
      @BobbyTucker 4 роки тому +1

      @@davidlaidjeffseid283
      The Orcas play with the seal as a domestic house cat would toy with a mouse.

    • @BoyanaBG
      @BoyanaBG 4 роки тому +1

      Yep. He was so great that I hope he got away in the end. That is obe hell of a skillfull seal but orcas are cery inteligent beings for sure.

  • @angelmart08
    @angelmart08 2 роки тому +91

    Orcas really are the humans of the sea. Innovative, logical, and always perfecting its craft.

    • @Jedtumble
      @Jedtumble 2 роки тому +10

      No, they don’t destroy it.

    • @thomasmckenzie4584
      @thomasmckenzie4584 2 роки тому +2

      Yet five of them couldn't figure out a way to catch a little seal.

    • @diesirae8954
      @diesirae8954 2 роки тому +17

      @@thomasmckenzie4584 They were training the young.

    • @OctopusH2O
      @OctopusH2O 2 роки тому +6

      @@Jedtumble normal people like me and you don’t destroy nothing, we are born in a world that already destroys nature and its not our fault its the fault of who is in charge and decides this things

    • @dirtyfrank6162
      @dirtyfrank6162 2 роки тому +2

      You didn’t describe humans at all.

  • @mechengineer4894
    @mechengineer4894 3 роки тому +10

    When the seal escapes this many times, it means there was a juvenile orca among them. The adult orcas were teaching the youngster the art of the hunt. They do it over and over again letting the seal back onto the ice. Look at the end still @4:31 and you'll see a tiny dorsal fin second from the left belonging to the student orca.

    • @rayren2360
      @rayren2360 3 роки тому +1

      sounds logical lol.

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

  • @ethanjvbalga
    @ethanjvbalga 9 років тому +328

    To every saying the seal is smarter/a ninja/never gives up… yeah nah. Another video shows clearly that the orcas are training one of their young orcas to hunt in this method. Basically this is hunting school. You can see it for example at 2:12 swimming the wrong direction to the rest of them.
    If anything just proves that the orcas are WAYYYYY smarter then the seal.

    • @Craze4246
      @Craze4246 9 років тому +54

      Yeah unbelievable that we try to capther them to do dumb circus tricks. These are amazing animals that need the wide ocean to live.

    • @whythehellareallname
      @whythehellareallname 5 років тому +5

      there smarter then humans

    • @erfgtdsfsdf6993
      @erfgtdsfsdf6993 5 років тому +19

      This doesnt say anything about intelligence of the seal. What would you do if you were sitting on that ice instead of the seal? Do you have any clever ideas?

    • @PavelSTL
      @PavelSTL 5 років тому +12

      John Thoresen especially at spelling : )

    • @braydentonga9997
      @braydentonga9997 5 років тому +11

      Lol what is that seal suppose to do?

  • @luciusrex
    @luciusrex 5 років тому +453

    plot twist: seal was hired for young one's training

    • @trillfaldon9983
      @trillfaldon9983 5 років тому +6

      You mean the seal was a stunt seal ? What a pitty and a way to terrorize a poor seal who got Hired just to be reaped out apart by a pack of blood thirsty killer orkras.

    • @spencersnowman716
      @spencersnowman716 4 роки тому +3

      Trill Faldon The orcas have to eat too. It’s not cruel to do this to teach the younger orcas how to hunt... after all it’s necessary for their survival.

    • @jlassijlali290
      @jlassijlali290 4 роки тому +1

      Funny they do that they don't eat ir! some time they push it back to keep training

    • @maribs4636
      @maribs4636 4 роки тому

      @@jlassijlali290 😍

    • @adorableweiner1099
      @adorableweiner1099 3 роки тому

      thats actually true

  • @damongwinn
    @damongwinn 2 роки тому +123

    From the looks of it, it looks like a training session for the younger Orcas.
    Notice the Orca with the largest dorsal fin doesn't really participate in the wave making.
    He is just there giving instructions.
    You can see that after the seal falls into the water, one of the Orcas swim right past the seal and lets it get back on the ice.
    At the 2:11 mark, more Orcas show up and participate in the class coming out of the water in unison.
    If they wanted that seal for a meal, the largest Orca only need to smash the ice.

    • @michaelcobaugh7287
      @michaelcobaugh7287 2 роки тому +4

      nope. Seal is way more agile. That’s what’s saves it. Most times.

    • @Luembarde
      @Luembarde Рік тому +12

      The large dorsal fin isn't a sign of age, but of sex.
      Males have these big dorsal fins and big flippers, while the dorsal fin of a female looks more like a shark ones.

    • @schwambulin1986
      @schwambulin1986 Рік тому +8

      @@michaelcobaugh7287 sry but your wrong

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 Рік тому +1

      @@schwambulin1986 - *YOU'RE wrong.

    • @tym0014
      @tym0014 Рік тому

      @@markfox1545 youre WRONG!!!

  • @mokotramp
    @mokotramp 4 роки тому +14

    Now that's what I call 'on the edge of my seat' and tense! 😳
    One amazing little seal! ✌️

  • @ausserirdischesuniversum2235
    @ausserirdischesuniversum2235 3 роки тому +30

    This shows, that orcas and seals are capable of learning! And intelligence of orcas is incredible! They can
    speak and plan intelligently together!

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @irgendeinname9256
      @irgendeinname9256 Рік тому

      What's the deal learning??

  • @JabberCT
    @JabberCT 5 років тому +20

    Amazing footage! I think those Orcas were full. It looked like practice runs. Maybe teaching the young. When they do this for food, there is a Orca on the other side of the ice to grab the seal as soon as it hits the water.

  • @robertleach4496
    @robertleach4496 3 роки тому +24

    So many experts noticed it was a training exercise and of course the giveaway clue was the adult shouting out instructions ...🤣

  • @christopherhalim2801
    @christopherhalim2801 4 роки тому +87

    Orca Mafia: "We can keep this all day old man"

  • @trumayne2010
    @trumayne2010 5 років тому +151

    The fact that they can survive in warm and freezing water is amazing

    • @aaa-bm1fv
      @aaa-bm1fv 2 роки тому +9

      The magic of adapting and Evolution

    • @seanjones2456
      @seanjones2456 Рік тому +6

      @@aaa-bm1fv God made them this way! fart sound

    • @adriaandoelman2577
      @adriaandoelman2577 Рік тому +2

      @@seanjones2456 what, Jupiter?

    • @user-bu5sk6ub3o
      @user-bu5sk6ub3o Рік тому

      @@adriaandoelman2577 Mars. Jupiter was too busy having fun with human females

    • @richardeast3328
      @richardeast3328 Рік тому +1

      @@seanjones2456Yes, through the evolutionary process, congratulations you finally have gained enough intelligence to understand.

  • @Crucialkid22
    @Crucialkid22 7 років тому +376

    They really torture yo ass before they eat you lol

    • @bvyner5727
      @bvyner5727 5 років тому +40

      Hahah thats what i was thinking, god it would suck to be hunted like that. See a wave of death and know there are hungry animals going to eat you alive when you eventually fall off, hey where toying with him... But if they really wanted to kill it, 1 (or a bunch) would be on the other end to get it when it falls off, * as they tented to. There were babies in the shot so probably teaching

    • @keithelliott2328
      @keithelliott2328 5 років тому +4

      Bone Collector just fuck with you have fun until they kill

    • @joseheleno6593
      @joseheleno6593 5 років тому

      Filmi,tubarao

    • @SACHINKumar-qu4pf
      @SACHINKumar-qu4pf 4 роки тому

      @@bvyner5727 animals has also feelings........humans can also feed on vegetarian......but the world knows only india and Nepal are majority country where people don't eat non veg.......

    • @salebanjama9466
      @salebanjama9466 4 роки тому

      8MILE

  • @fireclaw2
    @fireclaw2 4 роки тому +175

    I be feeling bad for seals. They just be chillin and enemies just be hunting. Like chill bro, let the man relax on his ice palace.

    • @Michael-ne6fc
      @Michael-ne6fc 4 роки тому +31

      Watch what they do to penguins. This will change your mind

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 4 роки тому +22

      The sympathy we feel for the prey is probably an ancestral remnant of the fact that we were prey to large predators not too long ago ourselves.

    • @ang.etrav747
      @ang.etrav747 3 роки тому +5

      TheTruthPenguin they too act cruelly to penguins

    • @rgncajun21
      @rgncajun21 3 роки тому +5

      Why do orcas do this when it’s easier to just lean their heads on one side of the ice to tilt the seal off the ice?

    • @xdragonwarfarex804
      @xdragonwarfarex804 3 роки тому +5

      @@rgncajun21 the sheet of ice won't always be small enough for this to be an option that's why there's an emphasis on teaching multiple techniques to catch a prey item

  • @MrKinghuman
    @MrKinghuman 4 роки тому +21

    Makes you think just how intelligent they are when they use their tail to create the wave to push it off. They have reasoning skills

  • @FreedomForce100
    @FreedomForce100 9 років тому +188

    Regardless of everything, I was cheering for the seal and this certainly was a traumatic experience for the poor guy.
    Glad that he was still intact a the end of the video.

    • @freedomranger3276
      @freedomranger3276 7 років тому +66

      FreedomForce100 That don't mean he's intact now lol

    • @alexhayden2303
      @alexhayden2303 5 років тому +7

      They wouldn't go till they got him!

    • @p.butler9071
      @p.butler9071 5 років тому +10

      he survived but is therapy for his fear of water now.

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 4 роки тому +24

      @@alexhayden2303 they were teaching a young orca. They intentionally didn't catch the seal. Just chasing it back onto the sheet for more practice.
      There's a separate video.
      I've seen one where they safely return a seal to the coast after using it for practice.
      Definitely traumatized 🤣

    • @sintasirait835
      @sintasirait835 4 роки тому

      @@tylerdurden3722 lol

  • @jollybadger227
    @jollybadger227 5 років тому +58

    There was one orca that was supposed to grab the seal as soon as it was in the water. . ."you had ONE JOB, Sam!"

    • @faanizafar2897
      @faanizafar2897 3 роки тому +5

      They are training . See the other video first.

    • @xxMiCkEyPRx
      @xxMiCkEyPRx 2 роки тому

      They didn’t want to catch the seal…..they were training!!!!!!!

  • @robert3325
    @robert3325 4 роки тому +52

    The seal was in a very Orcward position.

  • @Belisarius1967
    @Belisarius1967 2 роки тому +11

    That Seal is a legend. RIP sir.

    • @angarebrahimkhil5973
      @angarebrahimkhil5973 Рік тому +6

      😕 Didn‘t stand a chance and survived probably that long because this was nothing more than a training session. Orcas are a hell of a social creature, letting their prey live to show their young ones their hunting techniques

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @irgendeinname9256
      @irgendeinname9256 Рік тому +1

      @@angarebrahimkhil5973 also they can be sadistic and play with their food

  • @AGAZILLION
    @AGAZILLION 4 роки тому +44

    it honestly looks like they're practicing.

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 роки тому +3

    We have recently had Orcas where I live.. they are beautiful creatures and friendly and I had a seal visit me yesterday.. we ❤️ them. Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

    • @sree6699
      @sree6699 2 роки тому +1

      Orca's are top of the food chain and the most disrespectful animals on the water they bully sharks for no reason and the video you see here the orca's aren't even eating the seal they wait for the seal to get back up just to push it down again.

    • @allgood6760
      @allgood6760 2 роки тому +2

      @@sree6699Orcas do what Orcas do it is called nature.. we recently tried to rescue a baby Orca and we desperately tried to find the pod... the baby Orca named Toa was adorable and loved by everyone sadly he paased away and someone is going to write a children's book about him... there was a special bond with the baby Orca.. Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

    • @adibfarhan7956
      @adibfarhan7956 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah orca visit my place too in johor

  • @thomasgumersell9607
    @thomasgumersell9607 Рік тому +3

    Incredible video showing a Pod of Orcas hunting a Seal. It appears that the Pod of Bulls and Cow Orcas are training their young on hunting techniques. They are such intelligent and a close knit family. Really love to watch this type of true life video. 💪🏼

    • @mariozd971
      @mariozd971 Рік тому

      Bulls, cows?? These are not cows, these are orcas

    • @thomasgumersell9607
      @thomasgumersell9607 Рік тому +1

      @@mariozd971 it seems you are naive when it comes to Marine life. I am emphathely correct as Orcas are a sexually dimorphic species. They look similar but have obvious differences. Orcas / Killer Whales do go by the terminology of Bulls, Cows and Calves. Bull Orcas are Male, females are called Cows and the young Orcas are called Calves. A group of Orcas / Killer Whales is known as a Pod. Also one can state that the Pod of Orcas is either a Resident Pod or a Transient Pod. Those are the scientific names one uses in describing Orcas / Killer Whales. 💪🏼

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 8 місяців тому

    Orcas are the most brilliant animal on the planet. This is freaking awesome footage!

  • @ApolloWasReal
    @ApolloWasReal 12 років тому +58

    Note the adult (mother? aunt?) spyhopping in the left background, watching the youngsters begin their synchronized run. These are some intelligent animals.

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 4 роки тому +1

      Their intelligence is overrated. Lots of animals work together like this.

    • @veritasabsoluta4285
      @veritasabsoluta4285 3 роки тому +2

      @@darkprose Such as?

    • @3me0
      @3me0 3 роки тому

      @@veritasabsoluta4285 Hyenas, dolphins, crows, wolves (crows and wolves will sometimes hunt TOGETHER to catch prey that is capable of evading one of them, but not both), coyotes and badgers hunt together, and groupers and moray eels hunt together. There are probably many more examples that I'm unaware of.

    • @PlayshotKalo
      @PlayshotKalo 2 роки тому +4

      @@3me0 Orcas have been known to follow commercial fishing boats to locate fish and snatch up all the fish before fishermen get the chance to set their nets. They use humans and outsmart us to get their prey. They also bait birds by putting dead fish on shore and grabbing them up for dinner. Orcas are also more emotionally and socially complex than even humans. Orcas are smart as hell

    • @Realofficialdee
      @Realofficialdee 2 роки тому

      @@PlayshotKalo exactly why they don’t hurt us unless the world take away their freedom or hurt them.

  • @gregparrott
    @gregparrott 5 років тому +180

    Very impressive - Both the Orcas' intelligence as well as the seal's evasive ability.
    Orcas in other parts of the world briefly beach themselves in an effort to catch seals. If the orcas here knew this technique, one could 'beach' on top of the berg, keeping the seal off the berg, if not catching it outright.

    • @lukasgnarfer820
      @lukasgnarfer820 4 роки тому +51

      possible but as many people suggest this might be even more impressive as the orcas are possibly just training a young one this technique, by circling the ice floe the seal has no choice but to keep hopping back onto it, wich gives the next generation of whales a perfect learning seassion on how to hunt seals, since the seal keeps hopping back on the ice on the opposite side that it went into the water it is very unlikely that the orcas never had a chance to grab it when the seal went right by them, very impressive either way :)

    • @Animal-Reaction-Clips
      @Animal-Reaction-Clips Рік тому

      They were training the little orca .

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @AnaS-cm3mx
      @AnaS-cm3mx Рік тому +1

      Beaching is much safer than them jumping onto the ice floes. That’s why they create a sub-surface wave- to prevent injury.

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott Рік тому

      @@AnaS-cm3mx Safer? With all the friction of running up on rock, I would think going atop a floating berg that is slippery and gives (slopes and sinks) with the orca's weight would be safer

  • @kilyannn
    @kilyannn 2 роки тому +18

    Amazing that most of people even don't understand it's a practise and the orcas could catch the seal whenever they wanted. Probably ate it in the end.
    These animals are more intelligent than most of viewers.

    • @Lench923
      @Lench923 Рік тому +3

      "These animals are more intelligent than most of viewers."... and never a truer word was spoken

    • @galewinds7696
      @galewinds7696 Рік тому +1

      Including you

    • @heathb4319
      @heathb4319 Рік тому

      @@galewinds7696 found one of the most viewers right here.
      proven by his snarky whinny childish comeback.

  • @phenomena4237
    @phenomena4237 5 років тому +20

    Young Orca: "Mum where are we going with aunt and uncle?"
    "We're going to Seal Hunting School baby! Topic is.. 'how to catch a seal in a Floe'

  • @ftghb
    @ftghb 12 років тому +122

    they're just messing with the seal to teach their young...

  • @mudigowayed510
    @mudigowayed510 3 роки тому +65

    The Orcas could kill the seal instantly. They just train.

  • @georgerabogatu199
    @georgerabogatu199 2 роки тому +1

    Pentru foca nu a fost un joc ! A AVUT o mare dorinta de a trai .La cat efort a fost supusa a reusit .De am aplica sì noi OMENIREA acesta modalitate ! nu near asupri ACESTI monstri . ACEASTA FOCA ne invata :de cate ori cadem , TREBUIE sa ne ridicam . Binecuvantari PENTRU TOATA CREATIA DIVINA .

  • @howzany6832
    @howzany6832 3 роки тому +11

    This was actually an Orca teenager training session... there are younger orcas in this pod and the adults are teaching them how to hunt... hence the repetition... They are teaching them the proper technique through repetition and then when they finally get the hang of it they get to kill the seal.

  • @alienlv426ify
    @alienlv426ify 12 років тому +4

    In my opinion as a biologist the orca is the top predator in the world (excluding man). This species is huge, highly intelligent and live in groups.

  • @topgeardel
    @topgeardel 4 роки тому +103

    This is one of the most fascinating animal videos I've seen. I'm not convinced the Orcas are really trying to get the seal b/c they are right there to get him when he goes into the water. A training exercise for a young Orca?

    • @jacquelineohayon507
      @jacquelineohayon507 Рік тому +8

      This seems likely.

    • @claudiotedeschi9991
      @claudiotedeschi9991 Рік тому +9

      Yes, this is the true! And they also like playing with their food before eating them.

    • @brianshepherd9927
      @brianshepherd9927 Рік тому +1

      Okay that makes a lot of sense!!!

    • @jackstar6018
      @jackstar6018 Рік тому +15

      They Obviously playing with that seal. Those orcas could easily jump on the ice float and get that sea off that ice.

    • @elidyson256
      @elidyson256 Рік тому +1

      yes they are

  • @tephlon2595
    @tephlon2595 Рік тому

    Eines meiner absoluten lieblings Tierjagttechniken ❤️ super interessiert und unglaublich cool

  • @angellite8313
    @angellite8313 3 роки тому +14

    The seal is literally everyone holding on to life in 2020 during quarantine

    • @heathb4319
      @heathb4319 Рік тому

      Just to realize we were all part of scam to further more government control and there really was no danger to be panicked and paranoid over or destroy an economy and shut down small business which are the back bone of this country.
      You could go to the liquor store, fast food places and the grocery store.
      But you couldn't go to church, the local farmers market the gym.
      if you can stand in line to pay for groceries you can stand in line to vote.
      But NOoooooo...can't have that mess up our plans.

  • @TormodSteinsholt
    @TormodSteinsholt 6 років тому +8

    The orcas were practicing their technique. You can see many times that the orcas were just circling the ice floe to corral the seal back onto it.

  • @jeffhodge7272
    @jeffhodge7272 11 місяців тому

    Seal: "Ok.I'm tired of this."😳
    Orca: "Good.We're hungry."🤭

  • @mshourba27
    @mshourba27 9 місяців тому

    Aww everytime i saw the seal scramble back on the ice ❤️I was deff rooting for the guy

  • @icarus8471
    @icarus8471 5 років тому +8

    This is a training exercise. Each pod develops its own hunting culture and they pass it on to the younger members.

  • @rodgerringtailstudios9911
    @rodgerringtailstudios9911 5 років тому +10

    Orcas: We`re gonna end this guys whole career.
    Seal: Not today.
    Looks like they could not seal the deal.

  • @noormurrar9935
    @noormurrar9935 10 місяців тому +1

    These Orcas must have a degree in physics 😮

  • @MegaTorgoman
    @MegaTorgoman Рік тому +2

    When you wanna take a nap, but you have set too many alarms.
    This seal reminds me of myself and how I cling to bed everytime in the morning.

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

  • @casanovahagfish
    @casanovahagfish 11 років тому +31

    orcas are so fucking smart, bro
    get them the hell out of tanks and offa those damn platforms, they're supposed to be weightless and murderous

    • @mrreyes5004
      @mrreyes5004 4 роки тому

      So are we.
      "You think you own the planet? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT--!?" **Stabbed dead**
      "Nobody GIVES us the right.. *we take it.* "

  • @aleksfridman322
    @aleksfridman322 3 роки тому +9

    Как хочется выжить и жить дальше!!!

  • @richardbool4232
    @richardbool4232 4 роки тому +19

    Orcas: Dinner is Served....
    Seal : I'm Gonna Ruin this Orcas whole career

    • @richardbool4232
      @richardbool4232 4 роки тому

      @John’s TV yes but it was so funny when the seal made it and survived.

  • @YahawahsChild-sw6vc
    @YahawahsChild-sw6vc 4 роки тому +5

    Amazing intelligent animals I love orcas and everything about them

  • @Visionery1
    @Visionery1 5 років тому +7

    Those Orcas are more intelligent than most people! The seal should've gone for the bigger ice floe at the back.

  • @user-qe6nf7xs2v
    @user-qe6nf7xs2v 2 роки тому +3

    Какой храбрый котик... Капец как ему жить хочется..

  • @physician4541
    @physician4541 Рік тому

    They are not hunting, they are playing and teaching the youngsters how to hunt seals, they could have grabbed it from first hit. Amazing video

  • @u-n-isurvive3030
    @u-n-isurvive3030 4 роки тому +1

    At 2:10 you can see one of the orcas giving the cue to start the wave, then again at 2:39. This is clearly a training session for the younger orcas.

  • @cynthia6919
    @cynthia6919 Рік тому +3

    That's one fast seal! Imagine being circled by that many Orca. It's only a matter of time...Great video footage.

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

    • @DionelaJanHaroldM
      @DionelaJanHaroldM 5 місяців тому

      that's the strategy of the orcas making an artificial tidal waves to wash out seals to the ice floe. Based on statistics only a hundred orcas could do this tactics its a difficult to them to mastered it in a synchronized way. They adopt it through training like breaching and playing with the pods as their practice and training ground. The Intellectual Quotient of an orca is as same as a 16 year old human. Its hard to underestimate this incredible intellect mammals. The seal looks resisting throughout the threats of being a lunch here but if that seal is sickened, injured or weak there would be no chance the seal to survive.

  • @BlaBla-zd8mb
    @BlaBla-zd8mb 6 років тому +7

    Faszinierend wie synchron die schwimmen.

  • @tommcdonough6086
    @tommcdonough6086 Рік тому

    That seal gave them the slip, these types of videos are amazing!

  • @jameschilemi4690
    @jameschilemi4690 Місяць тому

    More suspenseful than a 200 million dollar blockbuster

  • @cassandrawilliams8565
    @cassandrawilliams8565 9 років тому +92

    This is one school that doesn't need the "common core" initiative.

    • @stevied3400
      @stevied3400 5 років тому +1

      Cassandra Williams
      Orcas swim in pods (not schools).

    • @mom2adevildogw489
      @mom2adevildogw489 5 років тому

      No one needs that bullshit!

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 4 роки тому +1

      What kind of a sick mind tortures this video into a political rant? Jesus Christ.

    • @inbuckswetrust7357
      @inbuckswetrust7357 3 роки тому

      Joseph Charles Yugoslavia vs Nato ?

  • @abhinavsingh1757
    @abhinavsingh1757 4 роки тому +4

    I mean who are the fools who disliked this video courage of intelligent seal deserves infinity likes👍

  • @jba977
    @jba977 Рік тому +2

    The Orcas learning the younger orcas how to Hunt seals from ice. Its like a test seal for training. Normaly the 3 orcas pick the seal from the ice and 1 is waiting on the other side

  • @lauragriffin6512
    @lauragriffin6512 3 роки тому +2

    That ice floe was getting smaller and smaller. I'm sure he was exhausted. Orcas are incredibly intelligent.

  • @ocbeachfishing
    @ocbeachfishing 4 роки тому +7

    Orcas: it's just a prank bro!

  • @Sizuper
    @Sizuper 5 років тому +5

    They weren't hunting. They were practicing.

  • @Aftor2
    @Aftor2 3 роки тому +1

    Orcas - the smartest predators on the Earth.

  • @user-pl6md5hs9v
    @user-pl6md5hs9v Рік тому +2

    Тюлень просто опытный акробат !!! 👍🤗

  • @stevenk.4272
    @stevenk.4272 9 років тому +21

    Intelligente Jäger!

  • @ruffmeian
    @ruffmeian 12 років тому +3

    OMG. At 2:12 when you see FIVE of them pop up.. It looked like such a bad ass moment. But was still screaming JUMP BACK ON, LITTLE GUY!! Don't let them get you! Determined little effer! I hope he won..he deserved it!

  • @azinegg
    @azinegg Рік тому +2

    The sinister way the orcas bob up to get a peek is quite frightening , the seal must be freaked out too!

  • @michaelmiller2397
    @michaelmiller2397 Рік тому

    the orcas are making the waves that knock him off!! I saw a movie clip from "Nanook of The North" made in 1915 - it was an outtake of course, a camera man had his tripod set up on an ice spur and was filming orcas and one orca leaped out of the water, OVER the ice spur, and snatched the camera man very neatly away from his camera. The tripod was seen standing all alone. The camera man was eaten by the orca. I am sure in this clip in just a little while more that seal was eaten too.

  • @wakeup96
    @wakeup96 2 роки тому +4

    ออร์ก้าแม่งโคตรฉลาดเลย สุดยอดนักล่าที่มีแผนการล่าอยู่ในหัว มีการสร้างคลื่น ไปทางน้ำแข็ง ทำให้น้ำแข็งเกิดความเคลื่อนไหว และสั่นสะเทือน เพื่อที่จะให้แมวน้ำร่วงลงมาในน้ำ แล้วกินเป็นอาหาร

  • @jdoust007
    @jdoust007 12 років тому +7

    I loved it so cool that he got back but I felt the immense fear for the seal

  • @James-oo1yq
    @James-oo1yq 2 роки тому +2

    Legend says that seal is still hanging on today

  • @johntate9612
    @johntate9612 Рік тому

    Orcas: We are gonna eat you for lunch...And guess what ? Seal : What ? .. Orca's : There's not a damn thing you can do about it....

  • @nipponnihon
    @nipponnihon 4 роки тому +7

    remembered the movie "Orca, the Killer Whale" by Michael Anderson (1977)

  • @busybillyb33
    @busybillyb33 5 років тому +8

    I feel bad for the seal, but I laughed every time the seal scrambled back on to the ice out of nowhere. 😂

  • @DaGleese
    @DaGleese Рік тому

    The narration was great haha!

  • @Christian.Kuestenkind
    @Christian.Kuestenkind 3 роки тому

    Ihr steht da und feiert den Kampf ums nackte Überleben 😂👌
    Is echt faszinierend wie intelligent die Orcas sind. Super gute Aufnahmen 👍

  • @erickbates8320
    @erickbates8320 4 роки тому +5

    This guys parents teach him to play with his food. I remember getting told to stop when i was young.

  • @samkurly7270
    @samkurly7270 3 роки тому +3

    All the dislikes are the seals

  • @danni1993
    @danni1993 Рік тому

    Damn...those Orcas are SMART!

  • @DELILER-xe4cw
    @DELILER-xe4cw 3 роки тому

    🏆This Orca's needs One Oscar for this Work

  • @Babarflower
    @Babarflower 4 роки тому +6

    Imagine if one of got in a situation like that , a certain death. But never give up. Strive to the end.
    Brave seal.

    • @dieschildkrotenr.1251
      @dieschildkrotenr.1251 2 роки тому +3

      If the orcas wanted to kill the seal, they would... but they were just teaching the youngstars

  • @user-iq4cp4rx4i
    @user-iq4cp4rx4i 5 років тому +6

    Как косатки грамотно тюленя волной смывают,но им надо было кому-то ловить его с другой стороны льдины! А тюлень как за жизнь борется, молодец!

    • @yauhenikavaliou3442
      @yauhenikavaliou3442 5 років тому

      Они тренируют молодняк смывать тюленей со льдин. Потому тюлень так долго жив

  • @gododgers3491
    @gododgers3491 Рік тому

    So did they get him?

  • @jaredbradley4095
    @jaredbradley4095 Рік тому

    How many seals were under the ice?

  • @topgeardel
    @topgeardel 3 роки тому +5

    This is really a great video of the animal kingdom. Those whales show amazing intelligence to do what they are doing. I believe they are "training". Surely the whales are smart enough to catch the seal if they wanted to.

  • @belagatinhaj
    @belagatinhaj 5 років тому +9

    Magnífico! Como são inteligentes!

    • @4n7r4x9
      @4n7r4x9 Рік тому

      THE ORCAS DONT WANNA KILL THE SEAL. THEY ARE TEACHING TO THE JOUNGER ORCA TO DO THE JOB. THEY ARE PRACTICING!!!
      IN THE REAL HUNTING, IN TWO OR THREE TRIES THEY KILL THE SEAL...

  • @anglowarrior3871
    @anglowarrior3871 Рік тому

    When you're on a little ice flow and you see those orca's circling,you know you're time is coming to an end.

  • @JotaP1n
    @JotaP1n 4 роки тому +1

    The most impressive thing is that they were trainning!

  • @elkemm1
    @elkemm1 5 років тому +7

    It's a crual world but it's life.