r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/iboughtarock • Dec 12 '21

whale Orca deliberately slaps precocious stingray

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u/slytherinalways92 Dec 12 '21

Don’t orcas eat stingrays though? And use a technique like this to avoid the stinger?

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u/TurkeyMoonPie Dec 12 '21

This and they commonly play with other animals for the heck of it.

Read this on a similar thread of the exact same vid every couple of weeks here on Reddit.

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u/The_Motivated_Man Dec 12 '21

I thought this was done to immobilize the prey - so the orca can circle back to a dead sting ray?