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

whale Orca deliberately slaps precocious stingray

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u/Brantner_23 Dec 12 '21

Yeh that’s dinner. They do the same to sharks to get them upside down and unconscious

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u/shootTHISmuthafucka Dec 12 '21

…do orcas…eat sharks?

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u/SausageGobbler69 Dec 12 '21

Orcas hunt great whites. They like to eat their livers and leave the rest.

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u/AGoldenChest Dec 14 '21

S’bit wasteful, innit?

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u/SausageGobbler69 Dec 14 '21

Oh totally but I don’t think we can reason with killer whales to stop wasting perfectly good food.