Witness the Bremer Orca Hunt of Adult Male Cuvier's Beaked Whale
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Witness the Bremer Orca hunt as today over 80 known Orca completed a successful hunt of an adult male Cuvier’s Beaked Whale during a phenomenal day with the Orca of Bremer Bay. It was set to be a cool day as thunderstorms rumbled towards the mainland but the journey to the Orca sighting grounds was clear. Arriving at The Patch we scanned carefully and came across Alki and a few members of her family pod as they seemed focused and we waited carefully for that next surfacing. The ocean erupted as to our port side they surged, launching forwards and with incredible momentum as The Patch came to life with dozens of Orca hitting top speeds as they raced towards the calls. Queen and her family had found something and their commotion had captured the attention of all others as they flew as fast as they could towards the surrounded prey.
Noosa was right in the mix alongside Queen and Three Stripes as they had control of the adult male Cuvier’s Beaked Whale and were keeping him calm at the surface. He tried to outmanoeuvre them but was completely surrounded as the Orca strategically targeted arteries to increase blood loss. It was clear to see after another impacting bite the entire pod peeled back and allowed the Cuvier’s to swim ahead of them and we could observe the heavy blood loss trail as he moved forward. The families began to breach and tail slap to cause him to continue moving and maintaining a high heart rate. The tactic worked well as we could see him losing energy and become weaker in his movements as he appeared to lose consciousness as the family closed in for the final stage of the hunt. It ended at that point and the family pods involved erupted in celebrations as they lit up the Southern Ocean with incredible surface activity.
During this time we were approached by an old friend we had been missing, it was Cookie! She was back in The Patch and so very excited to see us with an enormous spy hop alongside the Steep Point before she spent the next 15 minutes swimming from one side of the bow to the other looking at everyone onboard. It felt like a warm hug and will be an interaction we will always remember with this special matriarch, a reunion 11 months in the making. The joy amongst the Orca was wonderful to see after many long days of searching they were due for a big hunt and today was the day. Social interactions followed as with so many Orca in one spot it was a great time for them to all catchup and feast at the same time. A truely remarkable day to witness the Bremer Orca hunt as we reflected on the way back to the Bremer Bay Boat Harbour the incredible spectacle that had just unfolded creating memories we will never forget.
Other comments acting like Orca's don't have to eat to survive... Although this is very sad for the Beaked Whale, the Orca do need to eat as well. It will always be that we feel sad for the smaller/less fortunate animal, that doesn't mean the bigger animal is some kind of monster. For example, we feel sad when we see a penguin eaten by a seal, but then you feel sad when we see the seal eaten by an Orca. The natural world is incredibly complex and without human interference it is incredibly well balanced. Of course this is sad but it is what happens, if you aren't someone that likes watching videos like this then maybe don't click on a video that literally says 'Orca Hunt' in the title...
It's very hard to accept but everything you said is 100% true
Very curious to know what location that occurred at.
Off the coast of Bremer Bay in Western Australia
Sad story... I believe what they say about their intelligence. How scared that whale was
They orcas are eliminating all they whales 😂😂😂😂
No they're not; they're eating just enough.
They killing machine eat everything😢😢😢😢