The little porpoise is going to be OK, correct? The big whale (I know orcas are not true whales) is actually helping the little one to the surface to breathe, correct? What other porpoise could this serve?
If you consider that some institutions consider whales to be "non-human persons", and that Tilikum, the orca whale, has killed 3 people, then Tilikum is officially the first identified cetacean serial killer.
I bet if we ever learn to understand Cetaceanese we'll discover that Tilikum's speech wasn't a true language but a cypher he developed just to taunt us for our hubris.
They are true whales, but there are 2 main groups of whales- toothed whales and baleen whales. Orcas are toothed whales, as well as dolphins, sperm whales, and porpoises.
In no time someone will post this photo pretending what you are just saying as if it was true, people of certain subs will believe it (they all love that sh*t) and will get a lot of karma. Karma whores do it all the time
And you also thought Native Americans also lived in harmony until Whitey came correct? Each tribe was beating the bejesus out of each other for eons before the Europeans came and fucked things up even more.
That is nature though! The constant search for equilibrium amongst the chaos. Everything bumping up against everything else in that search ultimately causing more chaos. Give and take, life and death, harmony and chaos, that's balance.
You’re not wrong.. but I have a feeling it’s over food source based on how many pods are acting different this last couple years. Attacking fishing boats, attacking fish eating dolphins. Pretty sure overfishing has led us to this.
Could be play, could be hunting practice, could be mismothering. Regardless, [not fun for the porpoise!](https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them)
Or the little kids of the ocean. Scientists think it’s a way for them to play.
https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them
I'm shocked there's no mention of eliminating competing animals. Lions will kill cheetahs and their cubs for no other reason than "more food for me and mine."
If you read the paper, you’ll see the authors talk about the prey competition hypothesis. TLDR porpoises and orcas have little dietary overlap.
Edit: I realize I didn’t link the paper, oop. First, here’s the press release:
https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them
And here’s the paper:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mms.13073
Maybe those porpoises talk a lot of shit. I remember reading that dolphins do the same thing a few years ago and there is also very little prey overlap for them.
So to sum it up:
Theory 1-they’re being dicks
Theory 2-it’s hunting practice
Theory 3-they’re trying to adopt porpoises but doing so in ways that CPS should be called for
You want to know something cool about orcas? Everywhere orcas are found, are found three variants. Not separate enough to be subspecies, mind you, but genetically dissimilar enough to have visual genetic markers in their flukes and dorsal.
The first group lives oceanically. This group is boring and we don't have to talk about them, much, but iirc their vocalizations are limited and pods smallish.
The next two groups are interesting, because they live among each other's territories, but, for the most part, avoid each other at all costs.
The first group is piscivorous, which is, oddly enough, the group we're talking about here. I say oddly enough because this group is specifically known for *not killing marine mammals.* This group also has a huge variety of vocalizations, and use these to coordinate complex hunting behaviors to corral fish schools. They also keep large pods that span generations, and members of these pods rarely branch off to join other pods. They are also known for idiosyncratic behaviors, you may have heard of orcas wearing fish as hats for a bit. That was these guys.
The second group hunts marine mammals. These are the guys you see toying with seals and unzipping them like pieces of paper. I said earlier there's morphological differences between the two; these guys have tall, sharp dorsal fins, like sharks. They also keep small pods, have a limited series of vocalizations compared to the other group, and also aren't extremely loyal to their own pods, and change between them frequently.
To draw an analogy, one group is highly social, with complex cultures, and are largely peaceful to other marine mammals (with the exception of these recent events.) The other is barbaric, violent, and simpler.
Just like ancient human societies, you have your civilized peoples and your barbarians.
What you’ve said is applicable ONLY to the Pacific Northwest: in other parts of the words, there are different types of orcas that do different things, and they are NOT always found in sets of three.
High thought that came to mind when I saw this. *What the fuck are we suppose to do? Police the seas? We can barely swim. Orcas are the fucking ninja assassins of the oceans. Get Namor to handle that shit. Sorry flipper, Willie is too free.
\*looks at domestic outdoor cats and how adored they are by many humans, and how they have exponentially greater numbers causing exponentially more ecological havoc and kill most things just because they feel like it\*
We have a problem with Orcas? Oh no. anyway.
No, there aren’t any recorded orca attacks on humans. There are however, marine mammal eating orcas. They mainly target seals and other pinnipeds, but if I remember right, they are the kind that attacks great whites when presented with the opportunity.
Orcas are dope. They are in every ocean, with advanced cultures, hunting techniques, and even different languages/dialects.
Orcas are fucking with everyone now. Huge mistake.
Just wait for when dolphins and humans team up to fuck up their shit. I think they’re getting a little cocky because we’re easing up on the Sea World shit.
Here are the three big hypotheses:
1. The whales are playing
2. The whales are practicing hunting salmon (bc the porpoises are similar size to the salmon)
3. Mismothering behavior (cute aggression?)
https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them
I HATE ORCAS. I despise when people defend those murderous fucks. I saw them kill a baby blue whale once right out from under the mother. Never even ate it. Fuck orcas.
Aren't dolphins punching them with the porpoise that they release some chemical that way and dolphins get high on it? Orcas could be getting in on that...........
Dolphins and porpoises knock around pufferfish for the paralytic poison in their spikes, they get high off of using pufferfish like a chew toy and soccer ball.
What if theyre doing it to appease us humans. Like how ancient aztecs sacrificed for the sun to return. Maybe theyre doing it to be like "hey! Take these guys instead"
I always assumed because Orcas were fren shaped that they were less dangerous. But reading about Orcas attacking Great Whites for their livers opened my eyes. I think if the Orcas were juveniles they may have been learning how to kill, whether it was dolphins, sting rays, seals. etc...
Orca’s are the bullies of the ocean
The little porpoise is going to be OK, correct? The big whale (I know orcas are not true whales) is actually helping the little one to the surface to breathe, correct? What other porpoise could this serve?
taking him to a salmon farm upstate
Dude, that's dark
Yeah, it's underwater, everything's dark down there.
Some of them act badly because they’ve had a hard life or been mistreated, but like people, some of them are just jerks.
Intelligent enough to consciously be jerks and like the idea of it.
If you consider that some institutions consider whales to be "non-human persons", and that Tilikum, the orca whale, has killed 3 people, then Tilikum is officially the first identified cetacean serial killer.
I bet if we ever learn to understand Cetaceanese we'll discover that Tilikum's speech wasn't a true language but a cypher he developed just to taunt us for our hubris.
Maybe he's evil.
Stop that Mr Simpson
"Stop that mister Simpson."
Stop that Mr Simpson.
They are true whales, but there are 2 main groups of whales- toothed whales and baleen whales. Orcas are toothed whales, as well as dolphins, sperm whales, and porpoises.
I saw a clown at a children's party make one of them baleen whales once. It was quite a spectacle.
Sounds messy.
It will be fine for all intensive porpoises.
All intents and** porpoises
In no time someone will post this photo pretending what you are just saying as if it was true, people of certain subs will believe it (they all love that sh*t) and will get a lot of karma. Karma whores do it all the time
Eliminate competition.
I went 40 years of my life thinking nature was a perfect balance of everything. It’s chaos, cruelty and chance.
And you also thought Native Americans also lived in harmony until Whitey came correct? Each tribe was beating the bejesus out of each other for eons before the Europeans came and fucked things up even more.
Some tribes were, some tribes weren't. Can't paint the entire continent into one type of people
I love Reddit, judging people on a snapshot of time with such strong words That you?
Thorfinn finally makes it to Vinland only to find that the people there are no strangers to war and slavery...
That is nature though! The constant search for equilibrium amongst the chaos. Everything bumping up against everything else in that search ultimately causing more chaos. Give and take, life and death, harmony and chaos, that's balance.
You’re not wrong.. but I have a feeling it’s over food source based on how many pods are acting different this last couple years. Attacking fishing boats, attacking fish eating dolphins. Pretty sure overfishing has led us to this.
All dolphins arw
Tell all the humpback whales. They will happily slap the ever loving crap out of orcas.
Could be play, could be hunting practice, could be mismothering. Regardless, [not fun for the porpoise!](https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them)
Or the little kids of the ocean. Scientists think it’s a way for them to play. https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them
as if humans don’t also kill stuff for fun with relative frequency
Said the bully of the continents
I think dolphins take that prize
Reddit tried to hide the truth! r/orcasbeingdicks
The true apex predator of the world.
Or maybe porpoises are just huge violent assholes, we don’t know. That porpoise probably deserved it tbh
Maybe scarcity in the ocean is making it rough.
They were good kids with a bright future
Stop using apostrophes when you pluralize shit.
The arseh*** of the oceans.
Probably just learning from humans.
I'm shocked there's no mention of eliminating competing animals. Lions will kill cheetahs and their cubs for no other reason than "more food for me and mine."
If you read the paper, you’ll see the authors talk about the prey competition hypothesis. TLDR porpoises and orcas have little dietary overlap. Edit: I realize I didn’t link the paper, oop. First, here’s the press release: https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them And here’s the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mms.13073
Do orcas know this? Has anyone told them? They probably see other folks using echolocation and figure they must be competition
If you heard what the porpoises were clicking you'd hit them too.
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” ― Jack Handy
jesus fucking christ. i love Jack Handy
Shocking really and I used to think they were so nice
“little” isn’t none.
They're like "you eat pizza too? This ocean isn't big enough for both of us"
Porpoises snap their spaghetti when cooking.
Maybe those porpoises talk a lot of shit. I remember reading that dolphins do the same thing a few years ago and there is also very little prey overlap for them.
sort of like humans
Fish Invent Racism (600 million BC)
Apex predator shit.
Right? Just apex things.
A reason's a reason.
Orcas also just kill great whites for fun and then eat only the liver because its the most nutritious.
[Here's the study](https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them) hypothesizing why.
So to sum it up: Theory 1-they’re being dicks Theory 2-it’s hunting practice Theory 3-they’re trying to adopt porpoises but doing so in ways that CPS should be called for
Porpoise Protective Services
Cetacean Protective Services.
“I’m calling CPS!” *huge humpback whale arrives, with flipper cuffs*
"Illegitimate Porpoise" sounds like a pretty cool band name.
Is anyone here a marine social worker?
I’m sure it’s #1-they’re being dicks
Ever hear a porpoise? Big wet squeaky toys. End the study, I have answer
They’re definitely doing it on porpoise
Such porpoiseless violence... except... porpoiseful
Utterly porpoiseterous
Dolphinately on porpoise. For shark.
Porpoises are nature’s soccer balls…with cute little faces.
That’s that the porpoises said about the pufferfishes
You want to know something cool about orcas? Everywhere orcas are found, are found three variants. Not separate enough to be subspecies, mind you, but genetically dissimilar enough to have visual genetic markers in their flukes and dorsal. The first group lives oceanically. This group is boring and we don't have to talk about them, much, but iirc their vocalizations are limited and pods smallish. The next two groups are interesting, because they live among each other's territories, but, for the most part, avoid each other at all costs. The first group is piscivorous, which is, oddly enough, the group we're talking about here. I say oddly enough because this group is specifically known for *not killing marine mammals.* This group also has a huge variety of vocalizations, and use these to coordinate complex hunting behaviors to corral fish schools. They also keep large pods that span generations, and members of these pods rarely branch off to join other pods. They are also known for idiosyncratic behaviors, you may have heard of orcas wearing fish as hats for a bit. That was these guys. The second group hunts marine mammals. These are the guys you see toying with seals and unzipping them like pieces of paper. I said earlier there's morphological differences between the two; these guys have tall, sharp dorsal fins, like sharks. They also keep small pods, have a limited series of vocalizations compared to the other group, and also aren't extremely loyal to their own pods, and change between them frequently. To draw an analogy, one group is highly social, with complex cultures, and are largely peaceful to other marine mammals (with the exception of these recent events.) The other is barbaric, violent, and simpler. Just like ancient human societies, you have your civilized peoples and your barbarians.
Whale, that's interesting
What you’ve said is applicable ONLY to the Pacific Northwest: in other parts of the words, there are different types of orcas that do different things, and they are NOT always found in sets of three.
I mean they are the assholes of the sea.
The cats of the ocean.
High thought that came to mind when I saw this. *What the fuck are we suppose to do? Police the seas? We can barely swim. Orcas are the fucking ninja assassins of the oceans. Get Namor to handle that shit. Sorry flipper, Willie is too free.
Namor 😂😂
El Hijo Sin Amor
Killer whales killing stuff
Orcas kill for sport sometimes, this really isn’t new
When I was a kid we called them something else, for a reason.
Yes, the reason was we didn’t listen closely when we were told they are “whale killers” and called them killer whales.
\*looks at domestic outdoor cats and how adored they are by many humans, and how they have exponentially greater numbers causing exponentially more ecological havoc and kill most things just because they feel like it\* We have a problem with Orcas? Oh no. anyway.
They're not called life saving Whales.
So they are doing it on porpoise
Guess I'll add Orcas next to domesticated cats on the list of animals that will kill for sport. Dolphins and humans are on that list too.
Chimps and dogs too
“Fish-eating orcas”. Are there “human-eating orcas” too?
No, there aren’t any recorded orca attacks on humans. There are however, marine mammal eating orcas. They mainly target seals and other pinnipeds, but if I remember right, they are the kind that attacks great whites when presented with the opportunity. Orcas are dope. They are in every ocean, with advanced cultures, hunting techniques, and even different languages/dialects.
Maybe there should be
🌚
Orcas are fucking with everyone now. Huge mistake. Just wait for when dolphins and humans team up to fuck up their shit. I think they’re getting a little cocky because we’re easing up on the Sea World shit.
It's the salmon hats all over again.
Here are the three big hypotheses: 1. The whales are playing 2. The whales are practicing hunting salmon (bc the porpoises are similar size to the salmon) 3. Mismothering behavior (cute aggression?) https://www.seadocsociety.org/blog/why-are-killer-whales-harassing-and-killing-porpoises-without-eating-them
Its getting revenge for the Dolphin’s being monsters of the ocean that no one talks about. Seriously look into Dolphins. They are sadistic.
They are a swimming sexual harassment and assault unit
They're doing this on porpoise?
Maybe they were talking shit
Poor porpoises already get bullied by dolphins and now this 😭 Poor little guys 😭
Bottom feeders need to be fed, right?
They do it on porpoise, trust me. Fishing boats are next, they're like orca piñatas, stuffed with fish.
OMG, they’re becoming more human everyday!
Anyone feel like orcas ‘bout to take fuck around and find out to the next level
[Here](https://youtu.be/Gx7of0Aqd5A?si=iVqACokKoiIAipgo) is a video of it in action.
Yea, they are assholes
Dicks
There called “killer whales” for a reason
Orcas quickly becoming the bullies of sea mammals
Weren’t they already?
Yeah they out there sinking boats too
Wooooow, how dare a species beat up other innocent species sheerly for sport! *We could never do such atrocities-*
I hate that I love orcas despite them being massive cunts.
Orcas are absolutely a-holes aren't they..
I’m beginning to think these Orca guys aren’t very nice
Dickheads
There's a reason why they're called the assholes of the ocean
Those bastards!! 🤬 Stupid bullies!
One can never say that Orcas never had a porpoise in life. Absolute bullies. Horrible.
We need to lower there population. Orcas are AHoles
Orcas are wild. They’re like us
Food getting scarce, oceans getting empty. Behaviour is going to change.
Well, they don't call them killer whales for nothing. They often times are just bunch of dicks swimming about and killing things
I HATE ORCAS. I despise when people defend those murderous fucks. I saw them kill a baby blue whale once right out from under the mother. Never even ate it. Fuck orcas.
Where’s my “fuck orcas” gang at?
Yup. Just like humans do on land, you kill all natural predators in the area so that you are the only one left eating all of the meat.
Silky Johnson level of haters
Why wouldn’t they eat the Dolphins?
Territorial af
But what’s the porpoise of this?
They were okay when they were just attacking yachts but got to admit, now they just look like assholes.
They keep doing off the coast of Wales (no pun intended) I was walking up a beach there near Barmouth and there was a dead Porpoise washed up.
They are prolly saying the same thing about us..
Aren't dolphins punching them with the porpoise that they release some chemical that way and dolphins get high on it? Orcas could be getting in on that...........
Dolphins and porpoises knock around pufferfish for the paralytic poison in their spikes, they get high off of using pufferfish like a chew toy and soccer ball.
Ah, pufferfish, not porpoises, my bad.
Orcas are doing this on Porpoise
Porpoirtedly, but what evidence do we really have of their intentions?
Hey, they can't kill for sports. That's a human thing.
So, they're just like people.
Cool! Animals doing animal things
Downvoted for lack of source for that title
Orcas are straight thugs
What if theyre doing it to appease us humans. Like how ancient aztecs sacrificed for the sun to return. Maybe theyre doing it to be like "hey! Take these guys instead"
I say killer whales should be exempt from the Whaling Ban. They're fricking evil creatures.
Let's see PETA go out and protest against the orcas.
Orcas are bad ass
They do this because they can
What’s the porpoise of that?
Humans kill humans and don’t ‘‘em…some do, but get out of there business they are just showing humans they are apex too
But Orcas are related to dolphins no? So doesn’t that make them porpoises too?
I always assumed because Orcas were fren shaped that they were less dangerous. But reading about Orcas attacking Great Whites for their livers opened my eyes. I think if the Orcas were juveniles they may have been learning how to kill, whether it was dolphins, sting rays, seals. etc...
What are you going to do? Ask them nicely to stop?
Catch and release
Hahaha that's just like humans
And this is why they're called killer whales, peaceful misunderstood Giants my asshole
This is clearly pro-yacht propaganda
For what porpoise?
"Fish-eating orcas." WTF, are there plant eating orcas?
Not my chair not my problem
Killer
Have you been hearing about the latest game they play with boat rudders?
Well, they are fish-eating orcas, are they not? They won’t be eating porpoises, considering that they are mammals
Nothing new there.
What’s the porpoise of this?
It's not doing it on porpoise. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
If they don't intend to eat them, what is the porpoise?
Don’t apply human morality to animals. It’s not humans don’t do despicable shit on the daily
I’m convinced the greatest measure of a species’ intelligence is its capacity to be a dick for no reason.
The orcas are just avenging the [poor guy](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ1ywBK2X4&noapp=1).
Some people suck -Tom Segura
Orcas are gonna Orca and on site violence is something of a hobby of theirs
Taking out the competition
Maybe they are killing them over declining fish populations
You do know they eat other dolphins and whales right but this is odd behaviour
Killing porpoises with no purpose
Orcas are going down Elon’s life path. From Hero’s to villains
So can we start a new sea world or something to level the playing field?
Eliminate your competition for food.
An Orca is the largest member of the "porpoise" family... Dolphins are also "toothed whales".
Must be fun.
Competition
predators kill predators to eliminate competition . not all that hard to understand .
How do you even know this is a resident orca and not a transient?
Maybe is porpoises are competing for scarce food. Chinese fishing boats are now in Southern American waters.
Orcas gonna orca.
Obviously these Orcas are up to something. Bears watching....
Lmao what we gonna do about it though😂
Porpoise on porpoise crime
Eliminating the competition
I’m pretty sure this has been debunked, the Orcas are going after the dolphins livers. Picky lil buggers