# Killer Whales hunting young seals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126 "2007-01-08T06:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126/1 "2007-01-08T06:19:43Z")

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[Some interesting videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1e2zyjkWQ)

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126/2 "2007-01-08T18:33:42Z")

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Thirty-love. Your serve.

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**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126/3 "2007-01-08T22:00:11Z")

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Geeez, where’s Captain Ahab when you need him… ☹ made me want to go on that beach and throw rocks at those whales.

I know, let’s have a UFC match with Paul McCarteny vs. Shamu in the “Octogon Pool”. We can give Sir Paul some waterwings.

I wonder if this had been around at the time of the whole free Willie / Shamu debacle, if all that public support for the cuddly Orca would have evaporated…

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-whales-hunting-young-seals/387126/4 "2007-01-08T22:38:04Z")

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That’s pretty impressive. I’d seen that before, and I’m still awed at how intelligent the orcas are.

In the list of files related to this, youtube shows [another](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBF9cDBUakA&mode=related&search=) which I’ve never seen. The filmed hunt required even _more_ coordinated, intelligent cooperation.