Orca Grandmother Defeats Great White Shark with One Blow | Queens

Orca grandmother Sophia uses her strength and intelligence to take down a great white shark--and feed her family.

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Orca Grandmother Defeats Great White Shark with One Blow | Queens

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[beauch]

The speed and agility of an animal that size in the water is mind blowing!

[Chris-ptbl]

Crazy thing is Sofia is a grandmother she’s one of the older female orcas and yet she moves like that and on a solo mission dang a whole new respect

[MariaStarkTargaryen]

That wasn`t a blow, that was a tank crashing into a truck. Unbelievable power! Love orcas!

[MermaidMusings]

This is Sophia, a remarkable individual believed to be approximately 60 years old according to scientific estimates. Additionally, we have L25 Ocean Sun, estimated to be over 90 years old. Ocean Sun belongs to the Southern Resident orca community and primarily sustains herself on a diet of salmon. Lastly, we have T018 Esperanza, another fascinating individual estimated to be over 68 years old. Esperanza is a part of the mammal-eating Bigg's orcas group.

Orcas possess not only immense strength but also remarkable intelligence. Their limbic system, a collection of brain structures responsible for emotions, memory, and behavior, is exceptionally advanced.

[mypetscatsandfishes]

Now Jaws know the feeling of being circled.😂

[Lance-bigv]

Orcas are absolutely insane. The intelligence they have. Everyone wants to know what dogs are thinking. I’d give anything to have a conversation with orca. Can you imagine the knowledge you learn from it.

[itsot]

0:08 That had to be the most fire shot in all of Nat Geo

[MADMAN-bgzj]

The fact that she is a grandmother alone is already terrifying.

[owenator]

Orca showing that they are the true ocean's apex predator

[bilogskii]

Thisis probably the greatest Orca vs Shark that's ever recorded.

[LisaSimplified]

How exciting for the photographers to capture that shot! Amazing.

[toasterpastries]

*Orcas might be the top of all S tier animals. They are fiercely intelligent, they move like a guided missile, they're the biggest carnivores, immensely powerful strength, AND hunt in packs. Truly undefeatable with every possible stat totally maxed out.*

[paullee]

Dang! That Orca came out of nowhere and was flat haulin-A! That was intense, great footage. The shark never knew what hit it.

[makingsenseofitall]

Imagine the physics that allow the orca to take on that force with its snout/face! She essentially head butted an 18 wheeler going 60mph(?). . . and "walks" away. The engineering of that body to absorb and disperse the kinetic energy of that force is wild!

[GhaztMSMOFFICIAL]

Shark:i wonder what will i find/eat today...
Orca: *Death.*

[mvjoshi]

I had to rewind the video a couple of time to realise the speed of that grandmom. My God...the shark would have been pulverized. Like an underwater anti-tank shell. Fabulous footage, Nat Geo.

[arireadsstuff]

I've never felt bad for a shark before until today lol

[emmanj]

you can tell she’s been doing this for years! experience has no equal!

[PBAdventures]

That's unbelievable how fast the orca turned after full speed. Remarkable!

[Raidersscm]

Orcas are one of a few mammals that can recognize itself in a mirror. When they placed mirrors in tanks Orcas were in they had would come up to the mirror and stick its tongue out because it had never seen its tongue. Amazing mammals.