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Submitted ⁚⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁚Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁚science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

    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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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      That’s the reason. Dolphins also pick on fish just because it entertains them.

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ 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.

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t put it past them

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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      Probably. Orcas can behave in quote a human manner sometimes.

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      • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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    • Squibbles@lemmy.ca ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ 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

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  • waldfee@feddit.org ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

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    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      Flashbacks to the Invincible train scene.

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      • Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

        And conquest did the same but ran him through a crowded beach

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    • Town@lemmy.zip ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      Looks like it’s just some fun target practice for them.

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      • ZeroCool@piefed.ca ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

        “If you can explode a sunfish you can sink a yacht” - Orca Proverb

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    • dan69@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      Any science sauce of what’s happened

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

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  • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

    Good. I hate sunfish

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  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

    Exploding is a quick and probably mostly painless death.

    Orcas are such nice and ethical creatures!

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    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      The original article said that the sun fish was already dead, and exploding it is probably a way to create bite size pieces for the juvenile orcas.

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      • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks. Not sure if that makes it feel more or less gruesome lol

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    • spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

      The mola was already dead

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  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁚3⁩ ⁚weeks⁩ ago

    Orcas are such assholes, but in the best way possible.

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