Just to fuck with you all a little. What if they are doing it because its fun to watch it explode?
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Submitted 2 days ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to science_memes@mander.xyz
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DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 2 days ago
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s the reason. Dolphins also pick on fish just because it entertains them.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Maybe. There was a orca calf that fed on the exploded bits, while the adults left the small parts for it and only ate the bigger parts.
They made baby food.
Squibbles@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Hank Green did a video about Sunfish and apparently they are mostly collagen which is not very nutritious so most things don’t bother eating or hunting them so it’s quite possible the orcas just do it for fun. I think the article speculates that breaking the Sunfish into small pieces might help young orcas to eat it more easily though so it’s a bit unknown I think
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I wouldn’t put it past them
starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Probably. Orcas can behave in quote a human manner sometimes.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
waldfee@feddit.org 2 days ago
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Flashbacks to the Invincible train scene.
Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
And conquest did the same but ran him through a crowded beach
Town@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Looks like it’s just some fun target practice for them.
ZeroCool@piefed.ca 1 day ago
“If you can explode a sunfish you can sink a yacht” - Orca Proverb
dan69@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Any science sauce of what’s happened
Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Orcas are such assholes, but in the best way possible.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good. I hate sunfish
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
Exploding is a quick and probably mostly painless death.
Orcas are such nice and ethical creatures!