Yes its pretty interesting. But its also no just a regular seal either. Its an elephant seal. They are pretty damn big. Alot of them get to be the size of an automobile, and weigh as much as one too. Thats one was obvious not that big, but she definitely had a couple hundred pounds on her. As the commenter before me mentioned..she bled out about as much as a human. Could u imagine one of the massive 15-20 foot long 2000 pound males getting ripped open?!
Sharks will immediately leave the area that an Orca pod is hunting in. Even great whites will swim hundreds of miles from any action involving Killer Whales
@@darman6453 correct its just too many for 1 great white....tactical smart evasive Orcas run the ocean they do as they please with the safety in numbers of the pod...this is why they are far more dangerous than a great white but could you imagine if sharks were to maneuver in pods
Just amazing. Drones are really giving a new perspective to nature video. You can clearly see how coordinated the attack was and that it was a team effort.
@@norwegianblue2017 male sea lions and elephants seals actually have good fighting chances against orcas. They main weapons is claws that they use against whale eyes.
I have watched videos of male elephant seals attacked by great white sharks. If male elephant seals could not fight back again great while sharks, they should have no chance against a group of orcas
@@paddlefar9175 Yeah, that was playing with their food and teaching their young to hunt. You can see they show the younger Orcas all their favorite tactics. Here's how you ram them son. Now Sally grab the tail and Johnny, you squish his head while she holds the seal and mangles his flippers. You see with the kill bite that opens the seal up, that all the prior attacks were training attacks by the younger pod members. Then an adult went, enough rope a dope, lunch and took it out with a single fatal attack. We're lucky they seem to tolerate humans. That attack made Jaws worst attack on film look tame. LOL
As a 25 year RN.... I can tell you that blood is like paint. Mixing with water just makes it bigger. One ounce of blood in a gallon of water will look like a gallon of blood. One drop will make a whole gallon pink.
@@angeramirez25 the heart was still pumping when they most likely ripped the artery. the same happens when you see people who have been killed the more blood means the heart was pumping -sad bloody truth
@@lilmobop Unlikely, this amount of blood can't come even from biggest artery even if heart was still pumping. Looks more like orcas tore body apart causing huge blood rupture.
I have seen documentaries explaining how once captured, the “live” prey is then given to young members of the family to practice preying on before the entire family then share it. This footage shows it so well. Such amazing video, thank you 🖤🤍
@@robtangent4664 by that logic, then you should consider how the family of the fish the seal eats feels about it, or how the abandoned elephant seal pups (either abandoned for unknown reasons, something their mother senses is wrong with it,mother not having enough milk to sustain nursing, or become prey while out feeding on fish to produce enough milk) desperate for milk turn to other nursing elephant seal mothers for nourishment and life only to be rejected and chased off at best, and viciously attacked or even killed at worst-how they feel when they turn to their own kind, starving and desperate for life saving sustenance to no avail and at major risk of being killed, but most certainly destined to starve if they don’t try. This is nature and how these animals fuel their bodies with the specific nutrients needed to survive that lead them to prey specific to their nutritional needs. They don’t have the luxury of a grocery store or plant based shakes full of protein powder, supplements and the large quantities of healthy fats they would get from seals that is needed to survive in frigid waters. Honestly, the people in comments under animal documentaries showing animals hunting tactics and behaviors needed to survive crying over the prey and condemning the predator while ignoring the fact that the prey are often also predators that hunt and kill and eat smaller animals. At least Orcas stay with their children and family pods for life, looking out for each other, but ting and sharing with each other, teaching each other, and don’t abandon their young at birth, before nursing is supposed to end or even at 2 -4 weeks when nursing is supposed to end, but then they are left to fend for themselves and hope they can hack it alone like seals do with their young. Honestly, you are watching the wrong video content if you are concerned about how the seal’s family feels about it being eaten by orcas….I’ll tell you how they feel…..they don’t feel because they don’t stay together with their families-never meet their fathers or siblings and are left at a few weeks old by their mothers, so pretty sure the female seal’s family gives zero fucks and won’t even know anything happened because they are solitary animals except when mating, birthing and a few weeks of nursing. The orcas on the other hand would devastated at the loss of one of their young as they are together for life.
@@robtangent4664 err..this is a wild life video, firstly. calling this a "sick video" is really illogical lol secondly, do not twist my words and take it out of context, its so rude. i said its an amazing video as it is showing in real how orcas teaches their next generation.catching this process in real is amazing. again, do not take my words out of context. or if you really must, do it elsewhere and get off my comment, mr.keyboard warrior. thank you for your zero cents.
@@mermaidandpearls Chill out. I didn't say this is a sick video according to human. However, elephant seals would tell you that this is sick if they could talk. Whose POV that you ask....
What shocked me was at how big the elephant seal was! I'm used to seeing orcas absolutely outsize everything except baleen whales... and yet here's a seal that was a significant portion of the size of a full grown orca. Wow!
The largest southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) ever recorded was a bull shot in 1913 in Possession Bay, South Georgia. The seal was estimated to be 22.5 ft long and weigh 11,000 lb, though it was only partially weighed. After flensing, the seal was accurately measured at 21 ft 4 in and weighed at least 8,818 lb.
@@seansmith9435 *You're commenting to an expert, who doesn't even want to bother with you, so I will.* *It's very easy to determine; go Google the images to cure your nescience.*
Orcas replying: Yup we are and you are the main course so get yourself ready, this elephant seal was just our appetizer, we're looking forward for some sharky meal.
@@gregoryquint7653 that may be true, but do sperm whales attack other animals in the sea in groups for fun? I may be wrong but the last time I checked, sperm whales go waaayyy deeper than other whales (except maybe the blue whale. I'll have to double check) because their diet consists of pretty much just giant squid (gonna double check this too)
It’s fascinating to see how they hunt. You can see how each individual appears to be targeting the side and rear of the seal as to stay away from the seals mouth. Each taking turning attacking the seal. It’s horrifying and stunning all at the same time.
Why would they care about a seal's teeth? They are not worried at all they are training young ones on hunting skill here they are not hungry. Only 1 is needed to kill a seal
@@kaijugodofoblivion5955 They were not playing with it, they were ramming the seal to cause internal bleeding, break bones, exhaust the pray...they are smart, they perform very quick attacks in succession to prevent being bitten or scratched by the seal. They always circle the prey so it can't go to the shoreline and escape.
It’s amazing how well coordinated and relentless the attack was…. Even giving the younger orcas a turn to run coordinated attacks…. Absolutely fascinating.
Opened the poor thing up instantly. Like a can of beans. It's necessary though. Seals breed incredibly high numbers when not in check. They out eat their environment. Sharks and Orcas are keeping much of the order of the ocean in check. Just as wolves and bear do our forest management.
THESE SO CALLED GENTLE GIANTS, ORCA'S ARE BEING BRUTALIZED AT SEAWORLD, ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR INVESTOR'S AND OWNER'S POCKETBOOKS! THE ORCA'S LIVE IN TANKS NO LARGER THAN THEMSELVES! LIKE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, WHEREAS THEY USE TO LIVE IN THE WIDE OPEN SEA! THEY ARE ROBBED OF THEIR NORMAL LIFE IN SEA WATER AND PUT IN SMALL OVERCHLORINATED POOLS! THEY LOSE ALL SENSE OF NORMALCY AND THEN THEY SNAP AND KILL TRAINER'S!! THE ORCA'S MUST BE RELEASED TO THE OCEAN AGAIN AND IT MUST BE MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! NO MORE KILLING ORCA'S AND DOLPHIN'S! STOP SEAWORLD!
That’s an insane amount of blood. I think what we saw here was the orcas first tiring out the prey before eating it at their leisure. obviously they could just attack it, the seal would have been easily overwhelmed. but there’s sport and practice opportunities there as well. I see what I might imagine was socialising behaviour: establishing strength, pushing through lesser males to have a push at the prey, trying their technique to submerge and drown. and then there’s the feast, once everybody has had their turn and the animal clearly dead, an easy meal.
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup The seal was NOT gonna go down with a fight though. She looked like she was trying to take a bite out of the orcas when they came at her!
Tiring it out also ensures lesser risk to the orcas. Elephant seals are no joke. They weigh several tonnes and they have sharo teeth. They could overwhelm it and it would be gone but it will attack them and someone would get bitten or smacked and hurt badly. In the wild where there are no doctors this can be fatal.
Elephant seals have over three times the amount of blood as humans per kg of body weight to allow them to dive long and deep when foraging for food. About a quarter of their body weight is pure blood. If you reckon her body weight to be in the order of 500-600kg she has over 100 liters of blood pumping through her system which is a lot to be released at once.
I’m speculating, and my physiology knowledge is human based so I could be wrong: the constant ramming of the elephant seal by the whales would cause enormous internal injuries. That blood is absolutely arterial blood based on how vibrant it is. However, elephant seal blubber can be 6 inches thick so I suspect that the aorta had dissected within the body cavity as a result of the physical trauma and 2:52 is simply where the whales first pierce through the blubber of the seals torso, releasing the build up of internal bleeding
Actually puts into perspective just how big Elephant Seals. This was a female. And yet she didn’t look small next to the Orca. Now imagine a male twice the size.
Even a single great white can take down an adult elephant seal whether it's male or female and because orcas hunt in groups it seems they too have a liking for elephant seal meat possibly also explains that in seal rich areas their does not seem to be any direct rivalry with great whites indeed the two species tend to avoid each other esp the sharks.
Also I forgot to add only a very few individuals of orca have learnt to hunt and kill great whites but they do so at great risk to themselves so probably only do it when their is a lack of other prey.
They could obviously tear the seal apart quite quickly but they drag it out. I know we talk about the way they ‘teach’ young orcas and all, but it’s almost sadistic. They play with their prey first. Great insightful video!
It is surely true that they use these opportunities to teach their youngs, but in this specific case the prey is anyway quite big (adult female elephant seal), so killer whales might want to make her more tired/inoffensive before actually trying to kill her. Bites from a 800 kilos seal could be dangerous even for a orca.
no, it's that they toy and play with you before eating you alive. look at how much they beat this seal up before blood was drawn. You can see it unconscious or dead before the blood.
I always remember a dream I had as a kid that I was floating in the ocean and I would go under water and look down into the darkness and see a killer whale coming up from the darkness about to attack me, just before it grabbed me another one would come from above and take me instead, I’d wake up as soon as it grabbed me. Freaky shit
My grandfather, a Norwegian whale hunter, always admired the Orcas, he said they were brilliant predators. Sadly for them, their tactics were so predictable that the whaling fleet my grandfather was a member of knew exactly how to cut them off and harpoon them. He said they used to turn the water red where they killed entire pods. Sadly, his generation pushed the decline of them. Hopefully they'll properly recover
@@acjohn6995 Much like the current generation, especially where the US is concerned. How many millions are slaughtered globally in illegal US wars? This is a human problem, not confined to one generation. It's just that humanity is generally a shitty species.
I wonder how strong that bite was that made so much blood spill all at once. If I remember correctly, elephant seals are huge and have really thick skin and orca teeth aren't sharp or pointy but rather rounded
Humans: Don't bleed underwater, the sharks will smell it. Sharks: I hope they bleed so we can track them. Killer Whales: Make it bleed as much as possible, let's add some sharks to this dinner.
They must have hit a main artery, but you could see them enjoying terrorising the seal before killing it. Intelligence unfortunately, has some sadistic side effects...
Yes, it is lots of blood. From very approximate calculations, probably 120+litres of blood ! It is not totally clear if the prey was cleaved in half, but surely broken abruptly where the main arteries run.
I know it's nature but still omg 😭😭😭 Imagine the panic the seal felt. She resisted a lot more for that numner of orcas against her. You can see she fougth to the end. RIP seal.
Idk what I’m more shocked by- the fact that the thumbnail wasn’t clickbait/photoshop or how much the seal actually bled out.
Absolutely agree with you on that! When they finally ripped it open they must've halved the thing,...
Yes its pretty interesting. But its also no just a regular seal either. Its an elephant seal. They are pretty damn big. Alot of them get to be the size of an automobile, and weigh as much as one too. Thats one was obvious not that big, but she definitely had a couple hundred pounds on her. As the commenter before me mentioned..she bled out about as much as a human. Could u imagine one of the massive 15-20 foot long 2000 pound males getting ripped open?!
Thought it was fake too
I thought that was hella photoshop 🤣🤣🤣🤣them seal have a lot of blood
That blood is insane
The attack was really well orca-strated. The victim's fate was sealed.
Your pun level just went through the seal-ling
You fin-nished?
@@hungrybear2161 yes finnish
@@orkunayteker9180 sea what I did there?
OMFG...How long did that take you to think THAT one up?!😱😄
I wonder how many sharks smelled blood, came to investigate, saw what was happening and thought, "I'm getting the hell out of here!"
But in the end no shark showed up !
Since the water is so cold there you will not find many sharks
Sharks like activley avoid orcas, even great whites leave their perfectly good territory if they even sniff a pod coming by.
😂😂😂😂
Probably a ton but they likely knew Orca's were in the area and likely bolted anywhere but the path of the orca's
That one orca spitting water be like: nothing to see here, here's a rainbow.
🤣
Imagine sharks sensing all that blood and thinking that its gonna be an easy meal. only to see the orcas responsible for it
😂😂😂
Actually I think the sharks would know to stay away until the orcas are done feeding
Sharks will immediately leave the area that an Orca pod is hunting in. Even great whites will swim hundreds of miles from any action involving Killer Whales
@@darman6453 precisely
@@darman6453 correct its just too many for 1 great white....tactical smart evasive Orcas run the ocean they do as they please with the safety in numbers of the pod...this is why they are far more dangerous than a great white but could you imagine if sharks were to maneuver in pods
I never knew blood could be so......red......
Hmmm, yes this floor here is made out of floor
Same ! I always imagined it dark ?
@@legendarybackstabber332 defo edited
I think bright red blood is high in oxygen and dark is low in oxygen, in a human anyway. But blood can also be blue, green or clear. Cray cray
geeeez u aint kiddn
It's hard to imagine what animals in the ocean think when they see Orcas coming their way. Terror I presume.
If you’ve ever seen space jam when it’s team monstars vs bugs bunny only
I presume so ! But elephant seal pups seem to be totally unaware of the risk, they often swim meters from the orcas as if they where playmates...😬😬😬
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup Oh wow, that's crazy!
PANDA SHARKS LETS GET THE FUCK OUT!!!
Nope they won't see them comin!
Just amazing. Drones are really giving a new perspective to nature video. You can clearly see how coordinated the attack was and that it was a team effort.
Yes absolutely true ! It is a real changer in studying cetaceans ! A part from the fact that we lost the drone after this video 😞
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup How did you lose the drone after this? Also, how far were you from this site? Thanks for your amazing work!
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup wtf?!?? you better go find my drone or pay me back back foo!!
Drones with be the death of us
they are mammals just like humans :)
they must share our intelligence of teamwork
Imagine sharks showing up and seeing the killer whales like "o_o.... tfo"
They’ll get eaten
@@Justinn229 u mean their liver will get eaten
They will never show up with killer whales around.
@@joshseecharan929 their livers
orcas also eats great white yep particularly their liver
Few animals can make an adult elephant seal look like small, helpless prey
I am impressed how big the Seal is actually. And how small the sword whales. And Look at the size of the birds. Lol
This is a female elephant seal, though. Less than half the size of a male. Not that a male would have a chance either.
@@norwegianblue2017 male sea lions and elephants seals actually have good fighting chances against orcas. They main weapons is claws that they use against whale eyes.
I have watched videos of male elephant seals attacked by great white sharks. If male elephant seals could not fight back again great while sharks, they should have no chance against a group of orcas
@@arystanbeck914no not at all. Orcas are too smart and big for them
The prey doesn't have a chance to catch his breath, doesn't have a moment's peace. Orcas attack is devastating
Yes. I wonder if they were trying to drown it. I guess an Orca can swim faster than an Elephant Seal and work together well.
@@paddlefar9175 i don't think drowning was the goal. Orcas are pretty ruthless, probably just playing with their food.
@@paddlefar9175 Yeah, that was playing with their food and teaching their young to hunt. You can see they show the younger Orcas all their favorite tactics. Here's how you ram them son. Now Sally grab the tail and Johnny, you squish his head while she holds the seal and mangles his flippers. You see with the kill bite that opens the seal up, that all the prior attacks were training attacks by the younger pod members. Then an adult went, enough rope a dope, lunch and took it out with a single fatal attack. We're lucky they seem to tolerate humans. That attack made Jaws worst attack on film look tame. LOL
Its nature !
@@vini_siq yea that's it cat and mouse is what I was thinking!
As a 25 year RN.... I can tell you that blood is like paint. Mixing with water just makes it bigger. One ounce of blood in a gallon of water will look like a gallon of blood. One drop will make a whole gallon pink.
Absolutely !
I was just thinking looked like too much blood😂
Oh my God, I genuinely thought the thumbnail was gonna be clickbait! The speed that blood came out was unreal! Wow, just wow...
I think when that blooshot finally appeared is rigth after the orcas finally sectionated a big artery. The color too looks like artery blood omgg 😭😭😭
@@angeramirez25 the heart was still pumping when they most likely ripped the artery. the same happens when you see people who have been killed the more blood means the heart was pumping -sad bloody truth
Same here. I was shocked!
@@lilmobop Unlikely, this amount of blood can't come even from biggest artery even if heart was still pumping. Looks more like orcas tore body apart causing huge blood rupture.
@Sarah Marie Boulerice What a strange thing to say 😳 I think that comment says more about your way of thinking than ours... 🧐
I have seen documentaries explaining how once captured, the “live” prey is then given to young members of the family to practice preying on before the entire family then share it. This footage shows it so well. Such amazing video, thank you 🖤🤍
Absolutely true. Thanksvfor appreciating it !
Amazing video? This is a sick video according to the elephant seal family.
@@robtangent4664 by that logic, then you should consider how the family of the fish the seal eats feels about it, or how the abandoned elephant seal pups (either abandoned for unknown reasons, something their mother senses is wrong with it,mother not having enough milk to sustain nursing, or become prey while out feeding on fish to produce enough milk) desperate for milk turn to other nursing elephant seal mothers for nourishment and life only to be rejected and chased off at best, and viciously attacked or even killed at worst-how they feel when they turn to their own kind, starving and desperate for life saving sustenance to no avail and at major risk of being killed, but most certainly destined to starve if they don’t try. This is nature and how these animals fuel their bodies with the specific nutrients needed to survive that lead them to prey specific to their nutritional needs. They don’t have the luxury of a grocery store or plant based shakes full of protein powder, supplements and the large quantities of healthy fats they would get from seals that is needed to survive in frigid waters. Honestly, the people in comments under animal documentaries showing animals hunting tactics and behaviors needed to survive crying over the prey and condemning the predator while ignoring the fact that the prey are often also predators that hunt and kill and eat smaller animals. At least Orcas stay with their children and family pods for life, looking out for each other, but ting and sharing with each other, teaching each other, and don’t abandon their young at birth, before nursing is supposed to end or even at 2 -4 weeks when nursing is supposed to end, but then they are left to fend for themselves and hope they can hack it alone like seals do with their young. Honestly, you are watching the wrong video content if you are concerned about how the seal’s family feels about it being eaten by orcas….I’ll tell you how they feel…..they don’t feel because they don’t stay together with their families-never meet their fathers or siblings and are left at a few weeks old by their mothers, so pretty sure the female seal’s family gives zero fucks and won’t even know anything happened because they are solitary animals except when mating, birthing and a few weeks of nursing. The orcas on the other hand would devastated at the loss of one of their young as they are together for life.
@@robtangent4664 err..this is a wild life video, firstly. calling this a "sick video" is really illogical lol
secondly, do not twist my words and take it out of context, its so rude. i said its an amazing video as it is showing in real how orcas teaches their next generation.catching this process in real is amazing. again, do not take my words out of context. or if you really must, do it elsewhere and get off my comment, mr.keyboard warrior. thank you for your zero cents.
@@mermaidandpearls Chill out. I didn't say this is a sick video according to human. However, elephant seals would tell you that this is sick if they could talk. Whose POV that you ask....
Absolutely ruthless and tactical. Makes me wonder how Orcas would stack up against some of the more ancient aquatic life.
You meen Mozazaur?
@@oskardrabikowski3780 Mosasaur, Liviyatan, Megalodon, Pleiasaurs especially.
They would win easily with thier vastly superior intelligence.
After watching this video I was wondering the same thing
@@YoJoRockThaBeat what about aliens
Imagine knowing you're gonna die but being toyed around by a group
I know. Often nature is quite rude.
Don’t travel my city at night..
Evil
@@kelvyquayo *Or mine in the mid-day, without a gun.*
They thrive off of toying with their prey.
I feel like this is adults teaching juveniles to hunt. There is a noticeable size difference.
indeed there is...class is in session...and we brought lunch
Still though
Kids stop playing with your food!
They are always teaching their young to hunt in their pods. This is the most common feeding dynamic they've shown.
Absolutely ! And one of the calves is just 2 weeks old !
What shocked me was at how big the elephant seal was! I'm used to seeing orcas absolutely outsize everything except baleen whales... and yet here's a seal that was a significant portion of the size of a full grown orca. Wow!
And that was just a female elephant seal ! Adult males are a lot bigger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The largest southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) ever recorded was a bull shot in 1913 in Possession Bay, South Georgia. The seal was estimated to be 22.5 ft long and weigh 11,000 lb, though it was only partially weighed. After flensing, the seal was accurately measured at 21 ft 4 in and weighed at least 8,818 lb.
@@ElephantSealResearchGrouphow do you know it’s a female.?did you asked one of the orca haha
@@seansmith9435
*You're commenting to an expert, who doesn't even want to bother with you, so I will.*
*It's very easy to determine; go Google the images to cure your nescience.*
@@seansmith9435because males are 3-5 times larger and very distinct looking?
Sharks: “We havin a party or what???”
Orcas replying: Yup we are and you are the main course so get yourself ready, this elephant seal was just our appetizer, we're looking forward for some sharky meal.
@@cesaryaelmurillosandoval3313 😂😂😂
Orcas party !!!
@@cesaryaelmurillosandoval3313 6⁶77
Lol
Me: 2:46 “man I knew this was click bait. Ain’t no sea lion going to paint the waters red like that…”
Also me: 3:00 “Oh! Fuck!”
That's what I was thinking too
Ah ah I know! But no clickbait !
Yeah for real!
It's nice to see an animal video that isn't clickbait for once
Wow, the power of an Orca is incredible... They act just like a wolf pack, its amazing...
That was completely insanee.. they wrecked that elephant seal.
@@blazingspartan7128 poor baby girl 😢😢😢😢😢😢
That's why killer whales are at the top of the oceans food chain
@@kingofthemountain_1 Then there is this one called the bull sperm whale which reaches lengths of nearly 80 feet.
@@gregoryquint7653 that may be true, but do sperm whales attack other animals in the sea in groups for fun? I may be wrong but the last time I checked, sperm whales go waaayyy deeper than other whales (except maybe the blue whale. I'll have to double check) because their diet consists of pretty much just giant squid (gonna double check this too)
It’s fascinating to see how they hunt. You can see how each individual appears to be targeting the side and rear of the seal as to stay away from the seals mouth. Each taking turning attacking the seal. It’s horrifying and stunning all at the same time.
The constant ramming,don't forget about that,It feels like being rammed by mini truck
I think they are going for a specific organ in the seal, like the liver. I know they do this with sharks at least.
Why would they care about a seal's teeth? They are not worried at all they are training young ones on hunting skill here they are not hungry. Only 1 is needed to kill a seal
How u know its female from tue the sky
they're not threatened by the seals mouth at all
amazing footage, nature can be both beautiful and cruel, thanks for sharing
Absolutely true! Thanks for watching !
Especially since orcas sadistically play with their food instead of killing it right away
@@kaijugodofoblivion5955 They were not playing with it, they were ramming the seal to cause internal bleeding, break bones, exhaust the pray...they are smart, they perform very quick attacks in succession to prevent being bitten or scratched by the seal. They always circle the prey so it can't go to the shoreline and escape.
Well, thank GOD for this UNNECESSARY cruelty.
@@clbo9878 this isn’t cruelty, it’s a tactic to kill, it’s a simple as that.
It’s amazing how well coordinated and relentless the attack was…. Even giving the younger orcas a turn to run coordinated attacks…. Absolutely fascinating.
Yes, it's amazing watching them ! One of the baby orcas was just a couple of weeks old, but still having a chance to get close to the prey !
It's like spilling red paint in the sea
More like INK I thought, it was amazing
It's beautiful
A truckload of it. When it bled out, it gushed. That was so surprising. Great footage.
Oh man thats was a lot of blood.
Yeah! It happens went it got split two
Yup, redder than the red sea... Looks almost like paint!
Opened the poor thing up instantly. Like a can of beans. It's necessary though. Seals breed incredibly high numbers when not in check. They out eat their environment. Sharks and Orcas are keeping much of the order of the ocean in check. Just as wolves and bear do our forest management.
@@Tigershark-qy2gq Humans breed incredibly high when not in check. They destroy their environment and anything within it in their path.
@@emilie7372 yikes
I can't understand why you don't have more supporters. You post some really stunning footage.
Thank you so much for your comment, really appreciated ! Will try to post more footages soon ! Spread the voice ;-)
True
Maybe because this is brutal to watch. Not many people want to see things like this...
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup Adding music on top might help. Just a suggestion.
@@Vingul you are right, I need to work on this ! Thanks !
Hard to watch, but it's amazing just how smart and calculating orca can be. Great footage.
Nature is brutal. So is survival.
If you think Elephant seals are timid little seals that dont prey on weaker targets you want to watch more wildlife videos...This is karma.
@@shadowbanned5164 "karma" in nature?) Come on man. This is called food chain. That's all.
Thanks ! They are quite amazing animals!
@@shadowbanned5164 well, more than karma it is nature, and food pyramid. By the way elephant seals feed on squids and fish
To think that an elephant seal can weigh up to 4 tonnes and they are throwing it around like a rag doll.
tones*
Males only
@@johnnybussart4721 That's why it says "up to" 🙄
Yes, and even females can be up to 8-900 kilos !
@@tomatonater9660 tonnes stupid.
Apex predators with as much intelligence as us. We're lucky they're so gentle with humans
Yeh, Dawn Blanchard agrees
@@itsnotme3882 these animals only killed people in captivity. They never did it in the wild. NEVER.
THESE SO CALLED GENTLE GIANTS, ORCA'S ARE BEING BRUTALIZED AT SEAWORLD, ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR INVESTOR'S AND OWNER'S POCKETBOOKS! THE ORCA'S LIVE IN TANKS NO LARGER THAN THEMSELVES! LIKE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, WHEREAS THEY USE TO LIVE IN THE WIDE OPEN SEA! THEY ARE ROBBED OF THEIR NORMAL LIFE IN SEA WATER AND PUT IN SMALL OVERCHLORINATED POOLS! THEY LOSE ALL SENSE OF NORMALCY AND THEN THEY SNAP AND KILL TRAINER'S!! THE ORCA'S MUST BE RELEASED TO THE OCEAN AGAIN AND IT MUST BE MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! NO MORE KILLING ORCA'S AND DOLPHIN'S! STOP SEAWORLD!
That’s an insane amount of blood. I think what we saw here was the orcas first tiring out the prey before eating it at their leisure. obviously they could just attack it, the seal would have been easily overwhelmed. but there’s sport and practice opportunities there as well. I see what I might imagine was socialising behaviour: establishing strength, pushing through lesser males to have a push at the prey, trying their technique to submerge and drown. and then there’s the feast, once everybody has had their turn and the animal clearly dead, an easy meal.
Yes, it is a matter of food but surely also a social/learning event
@@ElephantSealResearchGroup The seal was NOT gonna go down with a fight though. She looked like she was trying to take a bite out of the orcas when they came at her!
No elephant seal would go down easily. Their teeth could cause some serious damage.
Tiring it out also ensures lesser risk to the orcas. Elephant seals are no joke. They weigh several tonnes and they have sharo teeth. They could overwhelm it and it would be gone but it will attack them and someone would get bitten or smacked and hurt badly. In the wild where there are no doctors this can be fatal.
Elephant seals have over three times the amount of blood as humans per kg of body weight to allow them to dive long and deep when foraging for food. About a quarter of their body weight is pure blood.
If you reckon her body weight to be in the order of 500-600kg she has over 100 liters of blood pumping through her system which is a lot to be released at once.
Wow. What a very raw video. Thank you for capturing this! It's sad but it's a part of life.
Thanks ! Yes indeed, it is definitively part of life !
Felt bad for the poor thing… the fear it must have felt
Yep but that's nature. Elephant seals also eat other animals so it's the cycle of life.
@@dieterrosswag933 I mean that was a LOT of blood probably died fairly quickly
@@user-hv2cq9we1s fairly quickly?!?! They were throwing her broken body around for a good time whilst still alive.
@@TeunR Yeah that wasn't quick, that was the equivalent of being beaten to death
The fear arent great as human, if they have oursense of fear, they will stayed at land mostly
terrifying how invisible they are except for the heart-shaped markings on their backs
I know, in particular if the water is not completely clear and still.
Remember some of these orca are as long as a school bus 38'
The seal when it noticed the whales were
surrounding it: Hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right
Just want to congratulate this group for not using fake clickbait thumbnails. We actually got what was advertised.
Sometimes nature goes farther than click bait 😮
2:52 something happened, blood explosion....crazy how much blood came out of that seal at that moment.
I’m speculating, and my physiology knowledge is human based so I could be wrong: the constant ramming of the elephant seal by the whales would cause enormous internal injuries. That blood is absolutely arterial blood based on how vibrant it is. However, elephant seal blubber can be 6 inches thick so I suspect that the aorta had dissected within the body cavity as a result of the physical trauma and 2:52 is simply where the whales first pierce through the blubber of the seals torso, releasing the build up of internal bleeding
@@TDWPown THank you for that, it was quite explosive.
For a sec I didn’t think the pic in the thumbnail was real but my God. Thats the most blood ive ever seen . Poor seal man
Actually puts into perspective just how big Elephant Seals. This was a female. And yet she didn’t look small next to the Orca. Now imagine a male twice the size.
Oh yes, elephant seals are bog, and in fact it is not so common to have adult males killed by orcas
Wow, this scene is crazy. Rainbows coming out of nowhere from the orca
Shark: "did someone say blood?? OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT!"
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Stunning video and to think a female elephant seal is well over 1000kg and toying with such a big animal is unimaginable
Probably around 500-700 kg, but still a huge animal
Even a single great white can take down an adult elephant seal whether it's male or female and because orcas hunt in groups it seems they too have a liking for elephant seal meat possibly also explains that in seal rich areas their does not seem to be any direct rivalry with great whites indeed the two species tend to avoid each other esp the sharks.
Also I forgot to add only a very few individuals of orca have learnt to hunt and kill great whites but they do so at great risk to themselves so probably only do it when their is a lack of other prey.
Warning: Do not rip the seal open!
Orcas: Oops it's unsealed now!
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6 tonnes of force coming at the seal from all angles. Just truly remarkable creature's
They could obviously tear the seal apart quite quickly but they drag it out. I know we talk about the way they ‘teach’ young orcas and all, but it’s almost sadistic. They play with their prey first. Great insightful video!
It is surely true that they use these opportunities to teach their youngs, but in this specific case the prey is anyway quite big (adult female elephant seal), so killer whales might want to make her more tired/inoffensive before actually trying to kill her. Bites from a 800 kilos seal could be dangerous even for a orca.
No, all they want is the liver, and it takes a min to find it.
sadistic and animals dont belong in the same sentence
@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96 i wouldnt call that sadistic. id call that pretty normal animal behavior
@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96 кошка играет с мышкой, тоже садизм😂
I feel like people don’t understand how much blood is that for that much space of water to become that red
i´m by no means an expert, but those 3:43 minutes had more blood than Jaws.
Probably one of the most terrifying things about orcas is that they sing to you beautifully as they eat you alive.
like almost every wild animal :D
no, it's that they toy and play with you before eating you alive. look at how much they beat this seal up before blood was drawn. You can see it unconscious or dead before the blood.
THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN IN THE SEA ARENT SHARKS, BUT THESE KILLER WHALES.
Wrong. It's the kraken
They are not whales, they are dolphins.
@@samlebon9884 even dolphin is a whale.
@@multifandom8274 technically true
Naaahhh its not. Its the tilapia fish!
The absolute brute force of those killer whales hitting a massive elephant seal and making it move like that is mind blowing.
Urrrh, no shit, they are bigger. It's like a bus hitting an suv. Both are big, but the bus will obviously win
Orca - 7,000 lbs / Elephant Seal 4,000 lbs
@@HulkVahkiin why are you arguing against yourself
@@gerardomonreal8513 What argument is there? I'm just making a statement LOL
@@HulkVahkiin *woosh*🤦
Great drone and camera work.
Horrifying thing about the killer whales are they play with the prey before killing it..
I know, it looks so sad for the prey, but it\s probably all part of their hunting technique and also teaching to their calf
That is one of the most gruesome scenes I've ever seen in nature.
Death never comes easy and in the wild with apex predators. Being eaten sucks!
Totally agree.
Wild dogs attack about the same, biting and ripping apart. I can't imagine the bite of a 35 foot orca.
What happened at 3 minutes? Was that multiple arteries rupture? Such explosion of blood!
Very likely they ripped the whole body apart, so all blood came out at once.
she was screaming "HELP" entire time, that's why they cut off the sound.
These animals are great actors and the makeup artist who did the blood, really went over board.
I know its part of life but I still felt sadness for the seal 😞
Its alright to feel for prey animals
I don't
@@spermchef2731 Just remember, the seals are also predators.
@@rogerrabbit80 Yeah, they even eat penguins... ;(
Just think of the poor penguins this seal terrorizes.
Cool👍🏼wonder how many nuggets you get from a e-seal?
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2:50 It is terrifyingly beautiful when the plume of red comes out.
That bull is throwing that seal around like it's a rag. Impressive.
I always remember a dream I had as a kid that I was floating in the ocean and I would go under water and look down into the darkness and see a killer whale coming up from the darkness about to attack me, just before it grabbed me another one would come from above and take me instead, I’d wake up as soon as it grabbed me. Freaky shit
Freaky shit indeed! 😟
Not the best dream ever 😬
You were probably a seal once or killed by them.
Hmmm, wonder what it means, look up
" dreaming of a whale"
@@niamtxiv shit I hope not 😂
Is the colour of the blood edited in this video?
Not at all !!!
that is some epic team work. love watching orcas.
The amount of BLOOD ! Is like DAMN!!
Crazy how small they make elephant seals look
Yes ! And they are not small at all !!!
The orcas are amazing. They pulverize and drown their prey until it’s either dead or completely immobilized then eat it.
Amazing animals !
Does this hurt the elephant seal?
Nah they are all paid actors don’t worry
Even though orcas not known to attack humans I’d still shit myself if one came up to me in the ocean. Even if I was on a boat I still be freaked out.
My grandfather, a Norwegian whale hunter, always admired the Orcas, he said they were brilliant predators. Sadly for them, their tactics were so predictable that the whaling fleet my grandfather was a member of knew exactly how to cut them off and harpoon them. He said they used to turn the water red where they killed entire pods. Sadly, his generation pushed the decline of them. Hopefully they'll properly recover
You don't blame HIM for the orca's decline, right?
@@CoreyMillionaire2029 We should blame them. They were an awful generation that killed everything that moved.
@@acjohn6995 They're trying to make amends and help them now, I'll bet.
He admired them but his generation tried to wipe them out that's so two face and pure stupidity
@@acjohn6995 Much like the current generation, especially where the US is concerned. How many millions are slaughtered globally in illegal US wars? This is a human problem, not confined to one generation. It's just that humanity is generally a shitty species.
The birds literally swooping for a blood bath.
Taking their chance for a free snack !
I wonder how strong that bite was that made so much blood spill all at once. If I remember correctly, elephant seals are huge and have really thick skin and orca teeth aren't sharp or pointy but rather rounded
Ask the walrus how strong the bite was. Stop guessing 🤣
These were calves.
That seal had no chance against all of those killer whales
2:50 --> look how one of Orcas tears open her stomach! You can literally see her bite and then tug her stomach open.
Humans: Don't bleed underwater, the sharks will smell it.
Sharks: I hope they bleed so we can track them.
Killer Whales: Make it bleed as much as possible, let's add some sharks to this dinner.
No big sharks in that area
i feel bad for the poor elephant seal she didn't stand a chance
saddly this is how nature works and we cant do anythin bout it
One of the sea gull is like.."TAKE A PICTURE OF ME LEROY, IM IN THE RED SEA"
Wow, amazing ! The red is soooo red !
This predation event was quite incredible for the quantity of blood released ! And sooooo red !
I saw this comment before I watched the video and I was like "no, shit, red is red" but I see what you meant now! Holy crap is that a LOT!
@@meredithlindsey3835 ah ah ah...yes red is red...but this is...OMG ! 😉
Now I know what an epiphany seal bleeding out in the ocean looks like. For some reason I didn’t expect it to be so red.
It is very oxygenated blood
They must have hit a main artery, but you could see them enjoying terrorising the seal before killing it. Intelligence unfortunately, has some sadistic side effects...
Weird how Orcas terrorize there prey at times before they kill but I still admire these Ace Predators!
Shark: I am a fearless hunter, I smell blood the prey is mine.
sees an Orca
Shark: Aww hell naw!
Exactly
2:49 My god, how much blood does the eleph seal have? That was SO much blood rushing out. Was it cleaved in half or something?
Yes, it is lots of blood. From very approximate calculations, probably 120+litres of blood ! It is not totally clear if the prey was cleaved in half, but surely broken abruptly where the main arteries run.
very sad and brutal, the elephant seal fights for its life for minutes
1:03 that impact though,that would be like getting hit by a car
Totally !
Brutalmente impressionante. Simplesmente brutal. Uma pintura da Natureza Selvagem.
So is nature !
Natures version of grocery shopping is pretty brutal...ngl
Yes !
0:55 beautiful rainbow came from breath :)
Incredible drone footage.
0:25 shot out a rainbow 🌈
Me: oh that's scary...
Also Me: 0:56 Aww look a Rainbow! 😍
😂
It's like they torture their prey and don't kill it quickly
Unreal the amount of blood that came out from a single sea lion !
Elephant Seal: “I’m on a suicide mission!”
Killer whales : “We’ll take it from Ms!” 🦭🩸🐳
Can god chill with the rainbows while this seal is getting unboxed? Lol
Their attacks are so coordinated and amazing.
Orcas are the Wolves of the Ocean, very Smart and hunts in a pack
I think the orcas are the marine humans
That was bloody eerie and beautiful
Thanks
I didn't know Elephant seals could release red ink like octopuses can. Amazing.
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I know it's nature but still omg 😭😭😭 Imagine the panic the seal felt. She resisted a lot more for that numner of orcas against her. You can see she fougth to the end. RIP seal.
😥😥😥🦭💔
I know !
Never look at Free Willy the same way ever again kids.
😂😂😂
Yeah, Willy needs to be locked up. Jk.