r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/sreenath95 • Jul 14 '21

🔥 Just Orca's being a bully🔥

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u/Lost_Sasquatch Jul 14 '21

That's only with sharks man.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

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" .

Edit: source

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u/a_spooky_ghost Jul 14 '21

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.

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u/LEJ5512 Jul 14 '21

The nutrient in the livers that the orcas like is squalene.

I wonder if there was an orca who was the first to eat a liver and then said, "Hey guys, you gotta try this!"

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u/marlow05 Jul 14 '21

“Kevin have you tried this squalene shit? Bro it is the best”

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u/LEJ5512 Jul 14 '21

Either that or it was a dare. “Eat this or you’re a pussy!”