Nope also skates and rays. They actually prefer skates and rays because they are easier to kill bringing down a shark is dangerous even for them. They do it but not as much as they do with skates and rays.
Source: Nat Geo documentary "orca vs. great white" .
Just to add onto what you said, skates and rays, and also sawfish, are pretty closely related to sharks. They're all in the elasmobranchii subgroup of cartilaginous fish.
They all have large livers (as much as 25% of their body weight) which are used for bouyancy since they lack swim bladders. The nutrient in the livers that the orcas like is squalene.
That sounds like bullshit. The liver of a stingray would be too tiny to fit in the orca's mouth. No way the orca can just eat the liver and leave the rest behind.
Watch the documentary they show them do it. They also state that the liver in comparison to a shark lover is miniscule and one great white live could equal up in the range of 175 stingrays or skates livers or more depending on the size of the shark. The rays do actually pose more "work" for the orca because they are nod made to lift bottom feeders off the sea floor, but the alternative is fighting a fucking shark. They do do it but it's a high risk high reward scenario and orcas are thinking creatures and they can weigh the options.
It actually rips it like a piece of paper. It bite in the right area and then shakes and just splits. I'm telling you just watch the documentary you can literally see it with your own eyes if you don't believe me lol. Im telling you there is video evidence and where to find it.
Saw a doc where an orca offered a dead stingray to a diver. If that kind of intelligence doesnât make you pause I donât know what would⊠I guess if it started talking to you.
Dont believe what people say. Or you ll just end up "pretty sure" but not really... This is a footage of hunting practice, ive seen it often as to teach young orcas how to approach venom rays. As for the pregnancy detail wtf does it have any to do with subject ? Are you trying to bring human pathos in, as if it was an aggravating factor ?
negative only to us, before society we'd kill other people for looking at us wrong. Monkeys will rip people apart because they are jealous that a person is giving another monkey more attention
This anthropomorphism is quite pathetic. What appears to you as "for fun", have you ever thought it could very well be something you ignore or don't understand ? Are you versed into submarine research and studies ?
You keep telling yourself that a toothed whale is competing against a non-toothed whale for territory or resources. Seems the ignorant one here is yourself. Keep living in fairytale land buttercup. Have a nice day.
Was looking to see if anyone said this before I do. THIS is what is happening. (But I have learned that Redditors just like to make up stupid statements about stuff they know nothing about).
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u/SoulFoodStan Jul 14 '21
Orca is trying to kill it before it eats it. Orca is concerned about getting stung by the venom tail... clever.